The Brave and the Bold #8

The Flash and the Doom Patrol share the spotlight in this January 2008 team-up from DC's The Brave and the Bold, written by Mark Waid with stunning cover art penciled and inked by George Pérez. The cover pulls you right into the action: the scarlet speedster races forward in urgent motion while a distressed woman cries out "Flash! Only YOU can save us from… THEM!" — with two other figures, one mechanical-looking and one elderly, visible amid the chaos and debris behind them. It's a vivid, kinetic image that makes "Wally's Choice" feel like exactly the kind of high-stakes adventure these two fan-favorite teams were made for.