2000 AD #1654

Prog 1654 of Britain's long-running anthology delivers a gloriously theatrical cover by Paul Marshall — a sleek, dark-clad vampire woman spreads her arms wide as an enormous fanged mouth yawns open behind her in a flood of red and black, tiny figures swirling at her fingertips. The tagline "Lady and the Vamp!" sets the tone perfectly, with the cover copy promising that Lulu fights tooth and claw against The Deathless in the Nikolai Dante strip. Inside, Judge Dredd, Kingdom, Strontium Dog, and Shakara round out a packed issue, with John Wagner and Colin MacNeil contributing to the ongoing "Tour of Duty" saga.