The Flash #197

Inside a restricted Scientific Detection Bureau, a menacing bald figure in a red suit brandishes a rod at the Flash — while a second image of the Scarlet Speedster appears caught in the same confrontation — and a young blond man looks on in alarm as the villain declares, "Aha! Now I've got the proof you're the Flash — Barry Allen!" Gil Kane's cover art crackles with the threat of an exposed secret identity, framing the issue's central tension with bold, dynamic staging. This May 1970 issue, written by Mike Friedrich with art by Gil Kane and inks by Vince Colletta, promises a story where the Fastest Man Alive faces something no burst of speed can easily outrun.