Flash #37

The cover of Flash #37 (April 1990) frames a compelling psychological moment: Wally West, in civilian clothes, stares ahead with quiet intensity while the scarlet-clad Flash looms behind him like an emerging alter ego, and a silver-haired woman in purple places her hand on his shoulder urging him to "release… the hero within!" It's a striking dual-identity composition from penciler Greg LaRocque and inker Larry Mahlstedt that leans into character introspection rather than pure action. Writer William Messner-Loebs's story "Channels of Love… and Fear!" promises the kind of emotionally grounded superhero drama this creative team did so well in 1990.