FLASH 226 PAGE 21 BY STEVE LIGHTLE

In this penultimate page to the story (believe it or not), we witness quite the surreal moment in that the Flash gets verbally assaulted by two of the people he rescued from the mountain/avalanche.

The first four panels is a sequence leading to the angry outburst of the ungrateful person Flash rescued. The second panel is particularly great with the close up on the angry mouth and for it shaky panel border that overlaps with other panels to suggest that the angry pressure is so close to exploding. The Flash’s more cartoony expression in panel 3 is also quite fun as he can’t believe what he is being reproached. Lastly, due to the different style Lightle went with in panels 2 and 4, his art reminds me of Ted McKeever or Randy Duburke in these.

The horizontal flow in the fifth panel is so great with Flash’s head leaning to the right, followed by his hand and that of the Asian character to finally end with the angry person’s gesture.

We then go to a small insert closing up on the Flash whose face is still a bit cartoony but clearly shows he is in a “I can’t believe all this” mode.

The close up on his face in the before last panel is different altogether as Lightle draws him dead serious as he hammers down his argumentation.

And in that last horizontal insert, you can tell the two persons who were angry with Flash saving them are coming to their sense slowly. It’s pretty clear for the person on the left side whereas the really angry one is still having a hard time about it but can’t seem to be able to refute Flash’s rationale.

This is another example of Lightle using great acting to convey the (in)action, all of which is highlighted by his stark use of b&w and negative space to delineate the characters.