2000 AD #1497

Judge Dredd looms large and furious in the foreground of this Prog 1497 cover, his jaw set and his eagle-crested helmet filling nearly the entire frame — while behind him a wild, densely packed crowd of oddballs, mutants, aliens, and eccentric Mega-City types spills in every direction, cheerfully oblivious to his barely contained menace. The tagline "Can Dredd sort the psychos from the weirdies?" sets up a delightfully absurd challenge, and D'Israeli's cover art rises to the occasion with an irresistible contrast between Dredd's granite intensity and the gloriously chaotic cast surrounding him. It's a 2006 edition of Britain's beloved weekly anthology that promises a riotous mix of satire and action — exactly what fans of Simon Spurrier's writing and Paul Marshall's linework have come to expect.