2000 AD #1031

A dark rider on an armored mechanical horse charges across the cover of this 1997 prog, a blonde woman clinging on as purple smoke billows around them — all while a looming, shadowy figure bearing a weapon watches from above in a spotlight-drenched background. John Burns's painted linework gives the whole scene a gritty, cinematic energy that perfectly suits the teased showdown between Lonesome Dave and Judge Dredd headlined as "Unforgiving!" Inside, Pat Mills scripts and Dermot Power illustrates "Treasures of Britain, Book II, Part 8," promising another chapter of that distinctive British future-fiction the anthology does so well. There's even a Babylon 5 video competition thrown in — a fine week to grab a prog off the shelf.