2000 AD #1054

The brooding close-up of Judge Dredd's helmet dominates this 1997 prog, with a menacing grinning figure reflected in the visor's darkened viewport — a quietly unsettling image rendered with real atmosphere by cover artist Kevin Walker. Prog 1054 packs in four strips, including Judge Dredd in "Fast Food," Judge Anderson heading somewhere celestial in Crusade, the tax-related misfortunes of I Was a Teenage Tax Consultant, and the darkly comedic Sinister Dexter tackling a Golf War. It's a typically varied slice of what Britain's premier anthology does best — future fiction, fantasy, and thrill-power all in one weekly package.