2000 AD #373

From June 1984, this issue of 2000 AD featuring Judge Dredd greets readers with a tense, atmospheric cover by Carlos Ezquerra — two hooded, robed figures dominate the foreground, one muttering "Not this time, Dog-Brother…" while behind them a gunman opens fire on a row of coffins, with the alarming header asking "Johnny Alpha — Nailed in His Coffin?" The "Rest in Pieces, Alpha!" speech bubble adds a darkly theatrical edge to what promises to be a grim chapter in the Strontium Dog saga, collected here as part eleven of "Outlaw!" A fine slice of British comics at their gritty, imaginative best.