2000 AD #1525

The cover of 2000 AD Prog 1525 belongs to D'Israeli, whose striking monochromatic artwork dominates with a hulking, insectoid creature — all segmented armored plating, clawed hands, and a grotesque, sharp-featured face — looming forward under the Stickleback banner and the tagline "Who Will Rule the City of Sin?" It's a genuinely unsettling piece of design work, rendered in cool blues and grays that give the whole image a grim, Victorian-grotesque atmosphere. With Gordon Rennie writing and Ian Gibson providing art, inks, colors, and lettering on "Judgement Part 3," and the cover itself promising the explosive final episode, this 2007 prog is a fine showcase of the anthology at its confident best.