2000 AD #271

Two bizarre alien fighters go at it in a wrestling ring on Massimo Belardinelli's wonderfully strange cover for this July 1982 prog — one hulking, bandolier-wearing brute grappling with a spotted, skeletal opponent while a speech bubble warns "the fate of Ace Trucking is at stake!" The ringside crowd of grotesque alien spectators adds to the gloriously outlandish atmosphere, and the bold banner "Battle of the Biffos!" promises the kind of wild sci-fi spectacle that made 2000 AD essential Monday reading in 1982. Inside, Alan Grant and Ian Gibson continue their work on "The Filby Case" as the Galaxy's Greatest Comic keeps delivering future thrills for 18p.