2000 AD #1337

Prog 1337 of Britain's beloved weekly anthology arrives with a cover screaming "Under Fire!" — and it earns every word. Greg Staples delivers a visceral image of heavily armoured, mechanised warriors mid-battle, a massive cannon thrusting forward in the foreground while dust and debris billow around a second soldier in the chaos behind, the tagline promising "mek-anised mayhem with the A.B.C. Warriors." Inside, John Wagner and Cam Kennedy (with colours by Chris Blythe and lettering by Tom Frame) bring instalment two of "The Trial of Orlok," keeping this 2003 prog packed with the kind of sharp, genre-defying storytelling that has made 2000 AD a cornerstone of British comics.