Flash #153

The Folded Man makes his menacing presence felt on this 1999 DC issue, his massive blue-and-black form — bearing a glowing infinity symbol on his chest — looming over a smaller, defiant Flash mid-kick against a vivid yellow cityscape backdrop. Steve Lightle's cover art captures the dramatic scale difference between the two combatants, with crackling energy and sharp geometric folds giving the villain an almost architectural, otherworldly quality. Written by Mark Waid and Brian Augustyn with interior art by Paul Pelletier and José Marzán Jr., this one promises exactly the kind of larger-than-life confrontation its bold cover banner — "The Fury of the Folded Man!" — delivers.