2000 AD #697

Two sword-wielding figures face off in a tense, flame-lit confrontation on this September 1990 cover — a muscular warrior in a cracked helmet lunges forward with a blade while a dark-robed adversary perches above, katana raised, identified by the cover copy as Si-Tan in what's billed as "Blades of Wrath!" Kev Hopgood's cover art crackles with kinetic energy, the fire and rich drapery giving the standoff a genuinely theatrical edge. Inside, John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra continue "Necropolis" at Part 24 — and as a bonus, there's a free Judge Dredd poster tucked inside.