2000 AD #1539

2000 AD Prog 1539 puts Nikolai Dante front and center in a vivid Richard Elson cover, showing the swaggering hero lunging forward through a swirling chaos of glowing green mechanical figures and crackling red energy — very much the lone defender taking on the Heavy Mob. This 2007 Eagle Award-winner for Best British Colour Comic delivers the anthology's signature blend of sharp storytelling, with Robbie Morrison writing and Mick McMahon handling full art duties on the interior strip "Shaggy's Big Shoot." A fine weekly slice of the galaxy's greatest comic.