2000 AD #1508

A brooding, long-haired figure in dark clothing and tinted goggles dominates this 2006 cover of 2000 AD Prog 1508, cigarette in hand, looming over a cityscape flanked by weathered statues — the cover tagline teasing "Back in Black… but has Downlode changed in Finnigan's wake?" Simon Davis's painted artwork gives the whole scene a moody, atmospheric quality that feels perfectly suited to the anthology's sci-fi noir sensibility. With three new stories inside, including John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra's "Origins Part 4: Scrapyard Army," this prog delivers the kind of gritty, compelling storytelling that keeps 2000 AD essential reading.