Flash #127

That blood-red cover by J. H. Williams III and Mick Gray sets an immediately unsettling tone — the Flash's glowing lightning bolt chest symbol is the only warm light as decayed, grasping figures surround him on all sides, the tagline "Dead Men — Walking!" making the threat unmistakably clear. It's a striking piece of horror-tinged superhero art that signals writers Mark Waid and Brian Augustyn are taking Wally West somewhere darker than usual for part one of "Hell to Pay." With Paul Ryan and John Nyberg on interior art, this July 1997 DC issue promises a story where the Scarlet Speedster's greatest challenge may not be one he can simply outrun.