2000 AD #1051

This 1997 prog announces a "New Thrill" with a genuinely striking cover by S. B. Davis — a pale, ghoulish clown-faced figure dominates the foreground, dark round glasses reflecting an eerie scene, while a sharply dressed gunman in red looms behind clutching a pistol, heralding the arrival of the Gunsharks of Sinister Dexter in "Murder 101." Inside, Greg Staples brings his full artistic talents to bear on writing and art duties for the Judge Dredd story "Mad City, Part 2," with John Wagner scripting, alongside a packed lineup that includes Witch World, Anderson PSI, and Teen Tax Consultant. A fine slice of what made 2000 AD the home of "Future Fiction, Fantasy and Thrill-Power" in the late nineties.