2000 AD #589

This landmark 1988 prog of Britain's beloved weekly anthology announces a bold new era — "More Colour! More Pages! More Thrill-Power!" — and Simon Bisley's cover art delivers on every word, depicting a grim-jawed Judge Dredd in his golden eagle-shouldered uniform, lawgiver drawn, surging through a chaotic tangle of monstrous creatures and mechanical wreckage. The composition is raw and kinetic, Bisley's painted style giving Dredd and his snarling adversaries a visceral, almost sculptural weight that leaps off the page. Inside, Zenith, Nemesis, Slaine, and Rogue Trooper join the party alongside Grant Morrison and Steve Yeowell's Zenith story — making Prog 589 a genuinely exciting package from cover to contents.