The Flash #176

From February 1968, The Flash #176 presents one of the Scarlet Speedster's most unsettling cover moments: a massive, ghostly shrouded figure looms behind the Flash as swirling green vapor surrounds him, and his desperate cry — "I — I can't resist!" — makes clear that even the fastest man alive can be brought to his knees. Carmine Infantino's pencils and Murphy Anderson's inks give the scene a striking tension, with the enormous spectral presence dwarfing the helpless hero below. John Broome's story, brought to life by artist Ross Andru and inker Mike Esposito, promises a genuine threat worthy of that chilling cover tagline: "Death Stalks the Flash!