2000 AD #561

Prog 561 of 2000 AD hits shelves on 13 February 1988 with a darkly romantic Valentine's twist — a vulnerable young woman crouches in a blood-red, organic landscape while a towering spiked figure looms ominously in the background, with the tagline "Be Pure, Be Vigilant, Be… My Valentine?" giving the seasonal greeting an unsettling edge. Garry Leach's cover art blends dread and beauty in equal measure, bathing the scene in deep crimsons and sickly greens that feel anything but romantic. Inside, Alan Grant writes and Carlos Ezquerra illustrates "The Stone Killers, Part 2," making this a strong mid-February pick for fans of Britain's favourite weekly anthology.