2000 AD #1869

This prog's cover by Alex Ronald delivers an unsettling close-up of a battered, grinning face riddled with what appear to be staples or metal pins, blood-streaked and disturbingly composed — the tagline "Is this the unhinged end for Ulysses Sweet?" making that wild smile all the more ominous. It's a striking piece of painted-style artwork that sets a genuinely unnerving tone for what's inside. Prog 1869 also continues "Titan Part Eight," with Rob Williams and Henry Flint's collaboration promising plenty of the dark, sharp-edged storytelling that 2000 AD does so well.