2000 AD #213

This May 1981 prog of Britain's beloved weekly anthology puts a cosmic thriller front and center, with Brian Bolland's cover depicting a green, insectoid alien pressing a gun against a red-suited hero while a woman in blue raises a pistol of her own — a speech bubble warning that if she doesn't kill Scott, the villain Lamrox will enslave the galaxy. The dynamic, star-filled composition crackles with tension, hinting at the galaxy-spanning stakes found inside, where Alan Grant and Carlos Ezquerra continue "Portrait of a Mutant" into its eleventh chapter. A fine snapshot of 2000 AD at full throttle in 1981.