2000 AD #1127

Two sharply dressed, gun-toting figures dominate this prog's cover — one in a striking red coat, the other in a leather jacket with wild curly hair and tinted shades — with the bold "BOOM TOWN!" tagline promising that Sinister Dexter's city is about to explode in the Eurocrash storyline. Cover art by S. B. Davis brings a gritty, painterly energy to the duo, rendered against a smoky urban skyline that sets a genuinely tense mood. Prog 1127 also launches two new thrills — Downlode Tales and Pulp Sci-Fi — making this a particularly packed January 1999 issue of Britain's finest weekly anthology.