2000 AD #963

Judge Dredd fills the center of this striking 1995 cover, his gold eagle-shouldered uniform and chain-hung badge unmistakable as armed figures close in from every side — with the cover tagline "Dredd Arrested by the SJS!" making the tension immediately clear. Dougie Braithwaite's cover art frames Dredd in a tightly compressed composition, guns trained on him from multiple directions while a skull-visored figure looms in the background. It's a genuinely gripping image that sets up "The Cal Files, Part 5" with real dramatic weight, spotlighting one of Mega-City One's most enduring lawmen at a moment of apparent vulnerability.