The Flash #328

Laid out in three striking panels, this December 1983 cover by Carmine Infantino and Murphy Anderson delivers an immediate jolt of dread: a woman identified as Iris recoils in horror as she realizes the figure leaning in for a kiss is not her husband — it's the grinning, yellow-suited Reverse-Flash, whose chilling ultimatum ("Marry me — or die!") fills the third panel with unmistakable menace. The close-cropped, comic-strip storytelling format makes the cover feel like a scene already in motion, pulling you straight into the tension before you've even opened the book. With Cary Bates writing and Carmine Infantino on interior art as well, The Flash #328 showcases the creative team firing on all cylinders.