2000 AD #1728

2000 AD Prog 1728 puts The Red Seas back in the spotlight, with Steve Yeowell's cover depicting a striking scene of two swashbuckling figures — one cradling the other in what looks like a desperate moment of crisis — while three enormous, ancient stone faces loom silently in the star-filled darkness behind them. The tagline "In the Lap of the Gods — Death and Destiny" sets a suitably weighty tone for this 2011 anthology issue, which also features Al Ewing and Leigh Gallagher's "What the Hitler Saw Part One," with colors by Eva de la Cruz and letters by Annie Parkhouse. A fine jumping-on point for readers who like their thrills served with a touch of the mythic.