2000 AD #1143

A swaggering Nikolai Dante faces down a crossed pair of blades on the roof of the Trans-Siberian Express, a red-coated rogue with a grin that suggests he's entirely unbothered by the threat — while a red-haired woman in white reaches out behind him against a dramatic mountain backdrop. Simon Fraser's cover captures the breezy, swashbuckling spirit of the strip perfectly, teasing a tale of murder and intrigue aboard one of fiction's most atmospheric settings. Inside, the prog also promises Judge Dredd facing the deadly Orlok the Assassin, plus Mercy Heights and Balls Brothers — a typically packed 1999 edition of Britain's favourite weekly anthology.