2000 AD #242

This December 1981 prog of 2000 AD features a tense Brian Bolland cover depicting a figure in red overalls bracing himself mid-action, firing a scoped rifle toward a massive futuristic vehicle or structure amid spraying water and industrial machinery. The cover text identifies the subject as "Dalock," status: assassin, with a chilling mission statement: "Destroy Mega-City One!" — framing the Block Mania storyline with real urgency. At 16p of Earth Money, Prog 242 also carries Gerry Finley-Day and Mike Dorey's "Hell's Pocket, Part 4," making for a packed Monday read.