Flash Comics Vol 1 85

Flash Comics #85 is a comic book published by DC Comics in 1947, it is made of several unrelated storylines, one of them has a damsel in distress.

Story
Joan Williams has started making a theatre play and during the release night she suffers a terrible attack as a criminal shots the ballet company performing with a machine gun. The Flash goes to investigate and they both soon realize they are under the attack of a criminal called The Impresario, who is blackmailing every theatre producer to get money in exchange of safety.

The Flash discovers who is the criminal, but he is knocked out and taken alongside a kidnapped Joan, they are both tied up with rope, holding their arms and legs and they seat in an empty theatre where the villian reveals himself and menaces to kill them.

The Flash fools The Impresario to perform Macbeth for them and as he mocks him, he manages to trick him into cutting his ropes.

After stopping the criminals, he returns to untie Joan.