Flashpoint #1

Andy Kubert and Sandra Hope's cover for this first chapter of five sets the tone perfectly: the Flash bursts forward in a storm of crackling lightning, his suit torn and charged with raw energy, while a looming assembly of unfamiliar, battle-ready figures — including a dark, bat-cowled warrior and a trident-wielding figure — towers against a shadowy cityscape behind him. The sheer visual tension between the Scarlet Speedster's urgency and that ominous group signals that something is deeply, fundamentally wrong with the world he's running through. Geoff Johns, Andy Kubert, and Sandra Hope kick off this five-part DC event with a cover that promises a reality where almost nothing is as it should be.