Flash of Two Worlds Surprise

 

The cover to 1961's The Flash #123 by Carmine Infantino and Murphy Anderson is an icon of the Silver Age of Comics. The design was even made into a cold-cast porcelain statue a couple of decades ago (and I've written before that it is my favorite of all the many comics-related statues that have been produced through the decades).

But just a couple of weeks ago I found out something I had never realized for all these years: The design of the cover was an homage to the 1959 Jerry Grandenetti cover to Our Fighting Forces #48! Here, see for yourself: