2000 AD #304

Prog 304 of 2000 AD serves up one of the more wonderfully surreal cover images of 1983: a full-rigged galleon — red-and-white striped sails billowing, jolly roger flying — sails serenely through the star-scattered void of space, flanked by planets and accompanied by a sleek spacecraft below. It's exactly the kind of gloriously strange sci-fi mashup this weekly does best, brought to life through Massimo Belardinelli's detailed, imaginative cover art. And to sweeten the deal, the prog promises a zarjaz cover poster inside — reason enough to track this one down.