The Flash #31

The New 52 era brought plenty of harrowing imagery, but this 2014 cover — penciled by Brett Booth and inked by Norm Rapmund — delivers something genuinely unsettling: the Flash in a badly damaged, scorched costume, crackling with golden lightning and looking as though the Speed Force itself has been tearing him apart. His wild-eyed expression and the swirling energy consuming the background make it clear that whatever "Through a Glass Darkly" has in store, the Scarlet Speedster is already paying a steep physical price. Written by Robert Venditti and Van Jensen, this is the kind of chapter that signals real consequences for Central City's fastest hero.