2000 AD #23

Prog 23 of 2000 AD hits newsstands in July 1977 with one of the most unsettling covers of the year — Brian Bolland's artwork depicting a shirtless, wide-eyed man tearing open his shirt to reveal small blue creature-like figures crawling across his torso, while two horrified onlookers recoil behind him. The bold cover line promises "The Plague from Pluto!" teasing whatever extraterrestrial horror awaits inside, alongside the Gerry Finley-Day and Mike McMahon strip "Tyne Tunnel." For nine pence of Earth money, this was a genuinely gripping package from Britain's most adventurous weekly anthology.