2000 AD #2397

A blue-skinned, muscular clone gunman charges straight at the viewer, firing weapon in hand, grenades clipped to his gear, with a massive fireball erupting behind him — it's a cover that grabs your attention immediately. The tagline promises "The Clone Gunman Battles an Offworld Entity," and the chaos of shrapnel and flame surrounding this soldier makes that confrontation feel every bit as intense as it sounds. 2000 AD prog 2397 delivers the kind of bold, larger-than-life cover energy that has kept this anthology at the forefront of British comics.