2000 AD #1515

Prog 1515 of 2000 AD arrives in November 2006 with a cover by Simon Davis that sets a genuinely unsettling scene: a pale, bound figure lies on a cell floor, restrained at the wrists and wearing red-tinted goggles, while orange-jumpsuited prisoners leer down through the bars above — rats lurking nearby for good measure. The bold tagline "A Time to Kill!" and the banner "Caged Shark in Sinister Dexter" tell you exactly the kind of tense, hard-edged storytelling waiting inside, including John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra's ongoing "Origins" epic. A solid mid-series entry from one of British comics' most enduring weekly anthologies.