Ryan Sook has done some incredible covers for DC comics' Countdown Specials. While his type  treatment might be unusable for an ongoing series, it is a striking and smart way of visually tying these one-shots together.  I especially like his take on the Kirby characters.  Usually comic artists fall back on  the "it's-a-Kirby-character-so-I'll-do-a-Kirby-knock-off" approach, while Sook applies his own aesthetics.





This Flash cover is another example of  how Sook is able to reference the past (below) without being a slave to it. He's come a long way from his days as 
a Mignola look-a-like- but, hey, we all have to start somewhere.

This image was found over on Todd Klein's blog where he did a logo study on the Flash's logo- 
part 1, 
part 2, 
part 3, and 
part 4.
 
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