The Flash #32

Part of DC's New 52 era, The Flash #32 arrives with a genuinely unsettling cover by Brett Booth and Norm Rapmund — a crackling, blue-lightning-wreathed speedster looms over a fallen Flash, gripping him by the collar with terrifying ease. The bold tagline "Who Will He Kill Next?" makes clear that this electrified threat is no ordinary villain, and the shattered darkness surrounding both figures gives the whole image a kinetic, high-stakes charge. Writers Robert Venditti and Van Jensen deliver "Cold Call," and if this cover is any indication, Barry Allen's 2014 is about to get considerably more dangerous.