The Flash #115

Few covers from 1960 capture a hero's predicament quite as vividly as this one: the Scarlet Speedster is shown in three progressive stages of ballooning weight, his red suit straining as he huffs "Puff — I can hardly run…" while a mysterious bald figure lurks above, seemingly the source of the trouble. Carmine Infantino and Joe Giella deliver a wonderfully absurd visual gag that makes the threat feel genuinely alarming — what good is the fastest man alive when he can barely move? Rounding out the package is a bonus Elongated Man story, making this a satisfying ten-cent read from John Broome at the height of DC's Silver Age imagination.