Flash #25

The cover of Flash #25 (April 1989) paints a striking, unsettling picture: shreds of the Flash's costume — the scarlet tunic with its lightning-bolt emblem and a detached boot — lie scattered across a scorched, smoldering landscape, while two civilians cling to each other atop a rocky rise amid billowing smoke and tongues of flame. The tagline "Runaway!" only deepens the tension, leaving the Scarlet Speedster's fate pointedly unanswered. Greg LaRocque and Larry Mahlstedt deliver a cover that trades superhero spectacle for eerie dread, setting the stage for William Messner-Loebs's "A Short Drive with Friends" with quiet, confident menace.