2000 AD #1734

Prog 1734 of 2000 AD announces the arrival of Cadet Cass with a striking cover by Garry Brown — a white-haired female cadet in tactical armor strides forward, helmet in one hand and sidearm in the other, backed by a hypnotic spiral and the silhouettes of a city skyline. The headline promises "The Rookie" as a bold new series, and Brown's cool blue-and-ink palette gives the whole image a confident, street-level energy. Inside, Michael Carroll and Ben Willsher continue "California Babylon" into its fourth chapter, with Chris Blythe's colors and Annie Parkhouse's lettering rounding out a reliably sharp package from Rebellion's weekly anthology.