2000 AD #565

From Carlos Ezquerra's cover on this March 1988 prog, a fierce, fanged woman in armour grips a terrified man by the throat — his desperate "I'll talk! I'll talk!" speech bubble says everything about the intensity of the scene. Judges close in from behind as the headline "Confession in Blood!" sets the tone perfectly. Inside, the anthology rolls on with Judge Dredd and Strontium Dog among the featured strips, making Prog 565 a satisfying mid-run slice of British comics at their most gripping.