Flash #140

The haunting cover by Steve Lightle says everything with quiet devastation — a grieving figure, bare-shouldered and visibly shattered, clutches a gravestone bearing the name Linda Park, its inscription reading "In Loving Memory." This is part two of the three-part "Black Flash" storyline from 1998, written by Mark Millar with interior art by Pop Mhan, and the emotional weight on display here suggests the stakes for Wally West have never felt more personal. If you've been following this arc, this cover alone makes clear that things have taken a deeply painful turn.