2000 AD #1952

A cloaked, wide-brimmed-hatted figure stands defiantly at center, armed and grimly composed, while a towering winged demon skull looms overhead and a host of ghoulish red figures — shuffling undead and spectral forms — close in from every side. It's a striking composition from cover artist Leigh Gallagher, drenched in blood-red tones that give the whole image a fevered, nightmarish intensity. Issue #1952 of 2000 AD brings its signature blend of dark fantasy and grit, with "Suspended Sentence" teased on the cover as the London Hanged dangle a proposition before Defoe.