2000 AD #236

Judge Dredd dominates this Brian Bolland cover for 2000 AD Prog 236 (October 1981), rendered in Bolland's precise, muscular linework as the armored lawman surges forward with his Lawgiver raised amid a chaotic backdrop of battling figures, explosive gunfire, and the towering megablock cityscape of "Block Mania." The sense of scale is tremendous — soldiers rappel and clash across the background while Dredd commands the foreground with unmistakable authority. Inside, Gerry Finley-Day and Colin Wilson continue the "Ace Trucking Co." saga with Part 5: "Aces High!" — making this a satisfying slice of early-eighties British comics at their most energetic.