2000 AD #20

Prog 20 of Britain's flagship weekly sci-fi anthology arrives dated 9 July 1977, and Brian Bolland's cover makes an immediate impression: a dark, star-speckled silhouette of a towering humanoid figure looms over a red-haired figure sent sprawling across a chaotic, debris-strewn room, with the tagline "The Man Who Stole the Stars!" promising something genuinely strange inside. It's a striking, unsettling image that captures 2000 AD's knack for blending science fiction menace with pulpy energy. This issue also launches "Shako Part 1," written by John Wagner with art by Mike McMahon — a pairing that helped define the comic's rough-edged, imaginative voice in its early months.