2000 AD #1518

Marking thirty years of thermonuclear thrill-power, 2000 AD Prog 1518 opens 2007 with a cover by Mark Harrison that's hard to miss: the grinning, triumphant figure of Bad Bob Booth dominates the foreground, fist raised against a sky erupting in orange atomic fire. It's a genuinely unsettling image — pure villainy wearing a victor's smile — and it sets the tone for a packed prog featuring Judge Dredd, Stickleback, A.B.C. Warriors, Kingdом, and Nikolai Dante. Inside, the Judge Dredd epic continues with "Origins Part 15: Return of the Hero," crafted by the long-running creative partnership of John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra.