2000 AD #1400

Prog 1400 marks a milestone number for the Galaxy's Greatest Comic, and Clint Langley's cover art makes the occasion feel suitably epic — a fiery hellscape crowded with armored warriors, a massive heavily-built bruiser at center, a dark-clad gunslinger to the left, and a teal-helmeted figure to the right, all loomed over by the glowing green visage of a monstrous face and the helmeted profile of Judge Dredd himself. The tagline "The Future Is Now" says it all for a 2004 landmark issue promising four all-new stories, including the opening chapter of "Big Deal at Drekk City" from Cat Sullivan. It's a confident, action-packed package that reminds you exactly why 2000 AD has never stopped being essential reading.