2000 AD #1455

Prog 1455 of Britain's beloved weekly anthology arrives in 2005 with a striking Charlie Adlard cover featuring a cool, sharp-eyed woman in a leather jacket perched atop a surface, assault rifle in hand, against a brooding clouded sky. The propaganda-styled text beneath her — "Resistance Is Useless! Support the Volgan Peacekeepers — 'cos We Know Where You Live" — sets a darkly satirical, authoritarian tone that 2000 AD does so well. Inside, John Wagner and Kev Walker continue "Mandroid Part 3," making this a solid mid-arc instalment for fans of Wagner's sharp storytelling.