The Flash #12

The Scarlet Speedster crackles with golden lightning as Glider — a luminous, ethereal figure wreathed in pale tendrils — holds him face-to-face in an unnervingly intimate standoff on Francis Manapul's striking cover. The tagline says it all: only Glider's power can slow the Fastest Man Alive, promising a threat unlike anything Barry has faced in the New 52 era. With Manapul and Brian Buccellato at the helm of both story and art, this October 2012 issue looks every bit as visually arresting as the run's reputation suggests.