2000 AD #2127

2000 AD turns its sharp sense of humor on its own readership with this self-aware cover for Prog 2127, featuring Judge Dredd collaring a desperate, cybernetically enhanced perp who's pleading for his copy of the 2000 AD graphic novel collection — Dredd's verdict delivered with the deadpan line, "You've got a serious addiction problem, creep." It's a gleefully meta piece of cover art that captures the anthology's irreverent spirit perfectly, with Dredd rendered in commanding detail as he confiscates the contraband comics. At 2.85 GBP, this 2019 Rebellion prog is a fine example of the Galaxy's Greatest Comic refusing to take itself too seriously — while clearly knowing exactly how good it is.