2000 AD #1929

Judge Dredd strides forward on this Ryan Brown cover for 2000 AD #1929, Lawmaster badge gleaming on his chest as he levels a heavy-duty sidearm at the viewer with one hand and grips what appears to be a baton in the other — every detail radiating controlled menace against a bullet-scarred industrial backdrop. The cover's "Armed & Dangerous" tagline and the teaser — "who wields Justice Dept's latest lethal weapon?" — set up the new Judge Dredd thriller beginning inside, written by John Wagner with art and colors by Richard Elson. It's a sharply rendered, no-nonsense 2015 prog that promises serious business from the streets of Mega-City One.