2000 AD #1959

A citizen's phone captures Judge Dredd mid-swing, baton raised and helmet glinting, while a battered figure cowers below — the cover tagline asks pointedly whether the Judge has finally snapped. Cliff Robinson's artwork frames the scene with an unsettling immediacy, putting readers right in the position of the bystander filming the confrontation on their Megafone handset. This 2015 prog kicks off "The Beating Part Two," with John Wagner writing and Patrick Goddard on art, promising the kind of morally charged Mega-City One drama that keeps 2000 AD endlessly compelling.