2000 AD #2169

Forty-three years of Mega-City justice get a fittingly gritty salute on this cover, where Judge Dredd stands battle-worn and uncompromising — Lawgiver raised in one hand, a blood-soaked baseball bat gripped in the other, his badge front and center. The composition is raw and unhesitating, perfectly capturing the bruising, no-nonsense spirit that has kept 2000 AD a cornerstone of British comics since its launch. A confident milestone issue from Rebellion, celebrating four decades-plus of the galaxy's toughest lawman in characteristically unsubtle style.