2000 AD #1733

Prog 1733 of 2000 AD puts Judge Dredd in a tight spot, flanked by two unsettling mutant figures — one gripping a blade, another with an eerily smooth, almost featureless face — as the cover tagline makes clear he's being held captive by a west-coast criminal clan. Liam Sharp's painted-style cover work gives the scene a brooding, fiery intensity that perfectly suits the "Down Among the Mutie Men" storyline. Inside, "California Babylon Part Three" continues what looks to be a gritty, sun-scorched adventure far from Mega-City One's familiar streets.