2000 AD #1469

Prog 1469 kicks off 2006 with a cover that leans hard into absurdist menace: three bald, battle-hardened figures dominate the image — one in the foreground with glowing eyes and armored fists, another hoisting a massive sledgehammer, and a third looming ominously in the background — all rendered with Carlos Ezquerra's gritty, kinetic linework and coloring. The tagline "Can these dogs cut it on the Planet of the Baldies?" perfectly captures the tongue-in-cheek swagger that makes 2000 AD such a distinctive anthology. At £1.75, it's a fine slice of the weekly's blend of dark humor and hard-edged sci-fi attitude.