2000 AD #2044

The cover of Prog 2044 sets an irresistible scene: a vintage-style pulp magazine called Rebellious Tales of Startling Fiction — crediting Guy Adams and Jimmy Broxton's "Hope Returns" — sits nestled among shadowy, noir-tinged objects, with a dramatic painted scene of a gun-toting figure and a looming hand visible on its cover-within-a-cover. Jimmy Broxton's painterly cover art delivers a wonderfully layered, pulp-soaked atmosphere that feels like a love letter to mid-century science fiction. Inside, 2017's Prog 2044 carries Michael Carroll's "Ouroboros Part Four," brought to life by Paul Marshall's art and inks alongside Quinton Winter's colors and Annie Parkhouse's lettering.