2000 AD #1614

Prog 1614 of 2000 AD arrives with a striking cover by Jon Davis-Hunt — a massive, reptilian creature wearing a military officer's cap stares out with one glowing yellow eye, while the right half of its face dissolves into a crumbling skull, suggesting something grim and inevitable. The banner promises "Judgement Day!" and a "final reckoning in Stalag 666," setting a fittingly menacing tone for Pat Mills and Vince Locke's "Birthday Boy Part 2," with colors by Chris Blythe and lettering by Annie Parkhouse. If you're already invested in this wartime horror saga, this 2008 prog makes it very clear the stakes have reached a brutal new threshold.