The Flash #212

This 52-page 1972 DC Comics package opens with a cover by Dick Giordano that perfectly captures its whimsical premise: the scarlet-suited Flash streaks directly out of a glowing television set in a burst of speed lines while a delighted young child lounges on the floor below, exclaiming that the Scarlet Speedster is about to appear live on their favorite TV cartoon show. Titled "The Flash in Cartoon-Land!," the story promises a genuinely fun meta-adventure, and the issue sweetens the deal with a bonus Elongated Man feature and a reprinted Flash tale, "Snare of the Headline Huntress!" At a mere 25 cents for 52 big pages, this is a wonderfully energetic slice of early-'70s DC Comics storytelling from writer Cary Bates and artist Irv Novick.