2000 AD #1788

A battered figure in futuristic armor is seized from behind by a squad of menacing black-clad soldiers in gas masks — the cover tagline "Slay Per View! Xeno-Fascists Plot a Public Execution in Grey Area" setting the stakes with grim clarity. Karl Richardson's detailed, tightly composed cover work gives the scene real tension, with the looming enforcers and their weapons making the captive's predicament feel genuinely desperate. This 2012 prog also features "Chaos Day Part Two," with John Wagner writing and Henry Flint on art — strong reasons to grab this edition of Britain's finest weekly anthology.