2000 AD #1543

Two massive robots clash in brutal close-quarters combat on Steve Yeowell's striking cover for this 2007 weekly anthology — one armored behemoth gripping a sword while another looms in to meet it, the tagline "Metal Storm! Detonator Exed in the Final Scrap?" cranking up the tension before you've even cracked the spine. Inside, John Wagner and Colin MacNeil continue "Mutants In Mega-City One" with Chris Blythe on colors and Annie Parkhouse on letters, promising the kind of gritty Judge Dredd storytelling the Galaxy's Greatest Comic does so well. Rounding out the prog are Judge Dredd, Defoe, Greysuit, and Nikolai Dante — solid value at £1.75 for a Wednesday that earns its "detonating" tagline.