NIKOLAI DANTE HELL AND HIGH (Nikolai Dante, 6) - Tapa blanda

It is the year 2671 and war has torn Russia apart. The Romanovs lie defeated, Tsarist death squads roam the streets and Nikolai Dante has a price on his head. But it isn't long before Dante returns to his old drinking and womanising ways, attracting the attention of many who would claim the bounty for his apprehension. Russia's greatest love machine won't be caught so easily, however, and teams up with an old flame to plan the heist of the century! Written by Robbie Morrison (The Authority) with art by Dante regulars Simon Fraser (Richard Matheson's Hell House) and John Burns (Judge Dredd) Hell and High Water continues the adventures of everybody's favourite gentleman thief!

John Burns' glorious painted art has graced several 2000 AD series, notably in lengthy runs on Judge Dredd and Nikolai Dante, as well in as his own co-creation, The Bendatti Vendetta. He has also contributed to Black Light, Doctor Sin, The Scarlet Apocrypha, Vector 13 and Witchworld. Outside the Galaxy's Greatest Comic, he has pencilled Eclipse's ESPers and the James Bond miniseries, A Silent Armageddon. Simon Fraser is best known to 2000 AD fans as the co-creator of Russian rogue Nikolai Dante, whose adventures have been a staple of the comic since his debut in 1997. Fraser is also the co-creator of Family in the Judge Dredd Megazine and has drawn Judge Dredd and Shimura. His best-known non-2000 AD work is Lux & Alby: Sign On and Save the Universe, a collaboration with Scottish post-punk author Martin Millar. Simons' creator owned project Lilly Mackenzie and the Mines of Charybdis is still in progress. He has recently returned to art duties on Nikolai Dante. His website is http://simonfraser.net.