2000 AD #1164

The cover of this October 1999 prog from 2000 AD says it all — two hard-bitten hired killers, Sinister and Dexter, are nose-to-nose with a gun pressed between them, radiating the kind of barely contained fury that the tagline "Killing is their business… but this is personal!" promises. Greg Staples renders both men with gritty intensity: Sinister, pale and spiky-haired with cigarette and shades, squaring off against the bearded, broad-shouldered Dexter in a confrontation that feels ready to detonate. Inside, John Wagner scripts and Charlie Adlard illustrates "Endgame, Part 5," with the winning entry from 2000 AD's script-writing competition also included as an added bonus for readers.