The Flash #170

The cover of this May 1967 issue sets up a wonderfully puzzling premise: the Flash strides confidently through a scene of chaos — gunfire, explosions, scattered bystanders — completely unaware of the mayhem erupting right beside him, casually remarking that things seem quiet enough to turn in for the night. The Infantino and Anderson cover team frames that irony beautifully, with the Scarlet Speedster heroically posed against a burning cityscape while a gunman fires just feet away. Gardner Fox's story, "The See-Nothing Spells of Abra Kadabra!," promises the kind of imaginative Silver Age mischief that made this era of The Flash so enduringly entertaining.