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Flash 226 page 15 by Steve Lightle

Artist: Steve Lightle (Penciller)

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Title:	Flash 226 page 15 by Steve Lightle
Artist:	Steve Lightle (Penciller)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	171
Likes on CAF:	9 10
Comments:	4
Added to Site:	4/30/2024
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First and foremost, Lightle makes again great use of verticality in this page. In the layout itself then in the actual drawing.

That first splashy image with the tiny Flash and Piper really gives a sense of dread as the two characters are boxed in by the surounding moutain. This gives a true sense of the �what are we in face of the dangerous nature� truism? Lightle centered them in a sort of pocket as if the moutain is about to crush or eat them, a feeling reinforced by the ice stalactites on the side of the ledge that makes it look like a preying mouth.

The first insert gives us a shilling (pun intended) close up of Piper drowning in avalanche snow. You really get a sense that he is nearly gone.

Then Flash pops in and dig him up. His speedy arm enhances the sense of urgency here.

Then an open panel to pull you in the intensity of the scene. Walton is missing, nowhere to be seen and the death clock is racing on. Piper's facer expertly shows the disorientation one would expect from someone having just been rescued from certain icy death.

Then we get a nice storytelling device in that that close-up of the Flash, where we can clearly sees that he is seriously doubting he will be able to rescue those two guys despite his vast powers, is open in the page and yet boxed in by two inserts. His self-doubt looking away from Piper in that first insert as he tries to warm himself up, facing the reader so that he perceives all the emotional turmoil of the hero up front, is spot on. The tension of that moment is closed by that second insert in which we are reminded that the hero is not at his best here as he is quite sick which renders him unable to function at his peak at a moment where nothing but his peak will save them all. His frustration is obvious. A diminished hero crushed by dire circumstances, the need to act quickly while being unable to properly think and function. The scene is sublty placed in the bottom right corner to prompt the reader to turn the page.

I will confess that I find that particular part may not be instantly readable as it is often the case with great storytelling/ers but the reader is rewarded by paying attention to it.

Another great emotional page from Lightle.

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E DLS
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 4/30/2024

Another sad reminder of a great talent gone much too soon (he was born the same year as me). Love that close-up at the bottom.

Ruben DaCollector
Member Since 2008

1 - Posted on 4/30/2024

The verticality of the page works so well because it fits the fact that the setting has the characters high up on a mountain and therefore helps sell the illusion that we are up there on the mountain with them. The storytelling is impeccable, as usual and the facial expressions are extremely well done, which personally helped me get past the fact that this (at the time) newer style wasn't to my liking. Lightle was a master craftsman, no doubt about that.

Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 4/30/2024

Nice natural ice shelf ledge that cuts across the composition and hangs above the both of them like a Sword of Damocles that could come down at any minute. Flash's hopeless dour look by Lightle is one of the very few times you'd see it!

Nick - Barry - Matt - Hal - Namor
Member Since 2015

1 - Posted on 5/1/2024

Beautiful!

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