2000 AD #830

A tense, rain-slicked atmosphere pervades Peter Doherty's cover for this 1993 Prog, where a grim-faced figure in a trench coat raises a pistol while a massive, bullet-riddled Judge Dredd mural looms behind them — the tagline "Kiss Off! Sudden Death in Mega-City One!" leaving little doubt that things are about to get complicated. The story inside, "Enter: Jonni Kiss," is brought to life by the creative team of G. Ennis and G. Staples, promising the kind of sharp, street-level Mega-City One drama that made 2000 AD essential weekly reading in the early nineties. As a bonus, this issue came bagged with the Official 2000 AD Writers' Starter Kit — a treat for any aspiring scribe who dreamed of writing for the Galaxy's Greatest Comic.