Flash #136

The Flash surges forward in a blaze of lightning against a vast starfield, flanked by two children — a girl in a pink dress and a boy in a jacket — while a crowd of humanity stretches into the cosmic background behind them. The cover by Steve Lightle perfectly sets the stage for "The Human Race, Part One," the opening chapter of a three-part story written by Grant Morrison and Mark Millar, suggesting stakes that somehow involve all of mankind running alongside the Scarlet Speedster. With Paul Ryan and John Nyberg handling interior art, this April 1998 issue promises an ambitious, otherworldly adventure that puts the fate of the human race squarely in the Flash's lightning-charged hands.