The Flash #185

Few covers capture the turbulent spirit of 1969 quite like this one — the Scarlet Speedster finds himself flat on the ground, overwhelmed by a scrum of attackers while a crowd of protesters waves signs reading "Ban the Flash!," "Stamp Out Violence," and "Flower Power" in the background. Ross Andru and Mike Esposito pack the foreground with a genuinely chaotic street brawl, conveying a hero suddenly at odds with the very public he protects. It's a striking, of-its-moment image that makes The Flash #185 a vivid snapshot of superhero comics wrestling with the counterculture.