2000 AD #1613

Prog 1613 of 2000 AD greets readers with a genuinely unsettling cover by Karl Richardson — Judge Dredd's cracked, battle-worn helmet perched atop a grinning human skull, a lit candle melting down from the top in a grim birthday-cake flourish that perfectly echoes the headline "Snuffed Out!" Inside, the anthology delivers five strips including a new Judge Dredd thriller, "Birthday Boy Part 1," alongside A.B.C. Warriors, Nikolai Dante, Ampney Crucis, and Stalag 666. It's a packed 2008 prog that wears its dark sense of humour right on its cover.