All Flash Vol 1 27

All-Flash #27 is a comic-book published by DC Comics in 1947 and it features Joan Williams as a damsel in distress.

Story
The Golden Age Flash goes after one of his worst enemies, The Thinker, that escapes from prison earlier in the comic and that sees the speedster as the only one who can stop him. The Thinker fools Flash girlfriend, Joan Williams, making her think another girl is in distress, and once Joan and Flash tries to help, he lures the Flash into a trap and takes Joan hostage.

The Flash escapes from a death trap and then goes to stop The Thinker and his goons, while he does he finds a tied up Joan Williams held with rope to a chair. Jay Garrick knocks out the bad men holding her and then untiels the damsel.