2000 AD #1921

This prog delivers the penultimate chapter of Dark Justice, and Greg Staples' cover sets the tension perfectly — Judge Dredd, gun drawn and visor locked forward, grapples at close quarters with a decayed, monstrous figure whose clawed hands reach menacingly toward him, a third ghoulish form looming in the background. The cover's painterly earth tones and visceral detail make the confrontation feel genuinely unsettling, a fitting mood for a story the issue itself promises will reach a "heart-ssstopping finale." If you've been following this arc through 2000 AD in 2015, this is not the prog to let slip past you.