2000 AD #1053

The cover of Prog 1053 is striking — a woman's pale, wide-eyed face peers out from the folds of a dark hooded garment, a trickle of blood at her lip and a red-gloved hand gripping the fabric, rendered with unsettling realism in cover art by Jason Brashill. The bold headline "Judge Anderson: Dead or Alive?" makes the stakes immediately clear, while the promise of a new thrill sees Judge Dredd taking on smugglers in "Holiday Special." Rounding out the prog in 1997 are Witch World, Sinister Dexter, and I Was a Teenage Tax Consultant — a characteristically eclectic lineup from Britain's finest weekly SF anthology.