The Flash #334

The cover of this June 1984 issue says it all — a massive, intense close-up of the Flash bearing down on a panicked crowd of bystanders, his outstretched hand filling the foreground as terrified onlookers scatter in what appears to be a television studio, with a news broadcast asking whether the Scarlet Speedster has "gone berserk." Cover pencils by Carmine Infantino frame the scene with real dramatic tension, the speed lines and oversized perspective making the Flash feel genuinely threatening rather than heroic. "Flash Freakout!" promises a story where Central City's greatest protector may have become its biggest problem — a compelling premise from the DC of 1984.