2000 AD #669

Judge Dredd dominates this March 1990 cover of 2000 AD Prog 669, rendered by Carlos Ezquerra in a striking close-up that puts the law-man's gauntleted fist and gleaming badge directly in your face against a blazing orange background. The tagline "Execution of Duty" sets a suitably grim tone, while the interior kicks off "By Lethal Injection, Part 1" — a story title that needs no elaboration to send a chill down your spine. Ezquerra's bold, muscular linework makes this an immediately arresting entry in one of British comics' most enduring weekly anthologies.