2000 AD #1030

Five wildly distinct criminals — Demi Octavo, Tony Lacuna, Finnigan Sinister, Ramone Dexter, and Philly O'Fisch — line up in a police height-chart lineup on this 1997 prog, promising "Five Criminals, One Shoot-Out, No Surrender." The cover art by S. B. Davis captures the gang with terrific personality: a pallid woman in red, a sharp-suited man with a cane, a flamboyant clown-masked figure, a dapper gentleman in a bow tie, and a wild-haired creature wrapped in white. Inside, Pat Mills continues "Treasures of Britain" with art by Dermot Power — making this a genuinely fun snapshot of 2000 AD at its most eccentrically inventive.