2000 AD #726

This April 1991 prog of 2000 AD features a striking Carl Critchlow cover depicting three combatants locked in a fierce mid-air sword clash — a muscular blue-skinned warrior with ornate jewelry, a lean golden armored figure swooping from above, and a helmeted fighter in the thick of the fray. The cover blurb promises that Nemesis and Deadlock "terminate a traitor" inside, making this a charged instalment for fans of the anthology's darker fantasy corners. With Judge Dredd also featured and Critchlow's dynamic, painterly linework setting the mood, Prog 726 is a confident slice of early-'90s British comics at its most viscerally imaginative.