2000 AD #1881

From 2000 AD Prog 1881, this 2014 issue of Rebellion's long-running British anthology presents a genuinely unsettling cover by Glenn Fabry and Kevin Molen: Judge Dredd looms large in the foreground, weapon raised, while a ghoulish procession of walking skeletons and gaunt figures advances through a dystopian cityscape behind him. The cover tagline — "Skeleton Crew! The Shooters Hit the Streets — Can Dredd Stop the Slaughter?" — sets the tone for John Wagner and John McCrea's "Shooters Night Part Three," with colors by Chris Blythe and lettering by Annie Parkhouse rounding out the creative team. If you like your Mega-City One stories with a creepy, visceral edge, this prog delivers the atmosphere in spades.