2000 AD #294

From the frost of December 1982 comes 2000 AD Prog 294, a double-barrelled cover by Carlos Ezquerra and Ian Gibson that splits its energy between two dystopian worlds. On one side, Judge Dredd's helmeted visage looms large alongside a roaring Lawmaster bike tearing through Mega-City 1 for "Requiem for a Vigilante," while the lower half shifts to the smoke-hazed streets of Brit-Cit for "The Sound of Music," where a grim, cigarette-smoking figure surveys a scene of armed, ragged soldiers amid an orange-tinged wasteland. At just 18p, this prog also promises an E.T. review and freebie, making it a richly packed instalment of Britain's favourite weekly sci-fi anthology.