2000 AD #1089

2000 AD Prog 1089 (April 1998) promises an "apocalyptic conclusion" to Durham Red: The Scarlet Cantos, and the cover delivers the mood in vivid style — a striking red-armored, red-haired woman bristling with arrows and holstered weapons stands confidently before a vast, churning mass of spacecraft and cosmic machinery, all rendered in deep crimson and shadow by cover artist Mark Harrison. The "Planet Killer!" headline says it all about the scale of what's at stake, while a second tease — "Beat the Devil! There's Hell to Pay for Sinister Dexter" — hints at even more trouble packed inside. Interior thrills continue with John Wagner and Trevor Hairsine on "Revenge of the Taxidermist, Part 3," coloured by Alan Craddock and lettered by Tom Frame, making this a well-stocked prog from one of British comics' most enduring anthologies.