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FLASH 226 PAGE 21 BY STEVE LIGHTLE

Artist: Steve Lightle (All)

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Title: FLASH 226 PAGE 21 BY STEVE LIGHTLE
Artist: Steve Lightle (All)
Media Type: Pen and Ink
Art Type: Interior Page
For Sale Status: NFS
Views: 107
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Comments: 9
Added to Site: 12/2/2025
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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.

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E DLS 
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 12/2/2025

Agreed, love the high contrast work on this page.

Ruben DaCollector 
Member Since 2008

1 - Posted on 12/2/2025

The entire story is replete with examples of great lighting technique. Believe it or not, the thing I like most about this page is the experimental Eddie Campbell-esque drawing/inking style in panels two and four!

Kavi H 
Member Since 2018

1 - Posted on 12/2/2025

Funny how people can act sometimes when they are helped without asking for it! Panel 2 angry face with the gritted teeth, I've seen that look before and it's usually followed up by some much fouler language! The smirk in that last panel is really great too. An excellently lit Lightle page, and I choose not to believe there's only 1 page left in the story! ;)

Paul Roach 
Member Since 2014

1 - Posted on 12/2/2025

Lovely expressions in the fifth panel. Interesting to see such different inking styles on the two faces in panel one. Nice page!

Mark V 
Member Since 2021

1 - Posted on 12/2/2025

Panels 2 & 4 resemble the work of John K Snyder. I think this was the story where I first noticed Lightle starting to evolve his style. 

Marcus Wai 
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 12/2/2025

A lot more bleak and harrowing of a situation from the way the page is drawn.  Lightle gives Flash's words more weight with those eyebrows and age lines around his eye.

1 - Posted on 12/2/2025

Beautiful!  Lightle is sooooo underappreciated!

James Dornoff 
Member Since 2019

1 - Posted on 12/3/2025

Great character page, and wonderful analysis.  

Jason Hussa 
Member Since 2017

1 - Posted on 12/8/2025

Beautiful staging, storytelling, and (as the others have said) lighting at play here.  Panel two is the immediate grabber here - a bit of visual gravel thrown into the blender to elicit a strong reaction from the reader (McKeever was the one I thought of, too!) and the thing I really like about it is how it feels like it's conveying a sense of the trauma that the character is just coming to terms with (having survived the ordeal of the last 20 pages).  It's all starting to thaw, and with that comes the accusations being leveled against Flash here.  The narrative flows smoothly - the storytelling is rock solid - and boy, do I love the stewing, simmering look of the dude in the last panel; glaring knives at Flash.  Great art and artistry!  Congrats, F M!

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