2000 AD #1765

A weeping woman in a flowing purple gown clutches her chest in anguish while a shirtless, cruciform man screams behind her — and the cover's speech bubble makes the stakes bracingly clear: "To save the man I love I must marry a monster!" Steve Yeowell's cover art plays gleefully with the melodrama of vintage romance comics, all bright yellows and bold halftone dots, giving this January 2012 prog a wonderfully theatrical energy. Inside, John Wagner writes and Henry Flint illustrates "Day of Chaos: Eve of Destruction Part 01," promising turbulent times ahead in the pages of 2000 AD Prog 1765.