2000 AD #1971

Prog 1971 of 2000 AD confronts readers with a cover tagline that says it all: "The Jaws of Defeat?" — and those jaws are massive, as a monstrous wyrm-like creature fills nearly the entire left side of the image, its gaping maw and writhing purple innards rendered in extraordinary detail by cover artist Tiernen Trevallion. Clinging to a hot-air balloon gondola on the right, a cloaked figure dangles precariously above a ruined cityscape, the contrast between fragile human and enormous beast making for a genuinely gripping image. Inside, Rob Williams and the multi-talented D'Israeli continue "Undercover Klegg" with lettering from Annie Parkhouse — a strong week for the Galaxy's Greatest Comic.