2000 AD #854

Prog 854 of Britain's beloved weekly anthology arrives with a cover by Dermot Power that puts Celtic warrior Sláine front and center — bare-chested, screaming a battle cry, and launching himself axe-first into a cluster of armored Roman-style soldiers who are already buckling under the assault. The tagline "Sláine Kicks Axe!" says it all, and the cover's raw energy makes a convincing case. Inside, Mark Millar's "War Games" — brought to life by Paul Marshall on art and lettering by Tom Frame — promises the kind of "far-flung futures and furiously fearsome fantasy" that kept 2000 AD on newsstands every Saturday in 1993.