2000 AD #1041

In "Nikolai Dante, Part 7," the fugitive mercenary Nikolai Dante faces execution—only to be offered a reprieve through a dangerous assignment with the Imperial Raven Corps. Sent on a mission with Tsarina Jena to investigate a crashed spaceship, he's thrust into a deadly mystery when a dormant Romanov bio-weapon awakens within him, revealing a hidden lineage tied to the dynasty he once sought to escape. Now hunted by the very bloodline he's descended from, Nikolai must survive the treachery of those who would see him destroyed.