2000 AD #371

Rogue Trooper dominates this June 1984 cover of 2000 AD Prog 371, rendered by Robin Smith as a hulking, helmeted blue-skinned soldier striding forward with a firing rifle against a burnt-orange skyline of ruined cityscape — two bold faction symbols flanking him like a declaration of war. The tagline "Rebel With a Cause" perfectly frames the soldier's defiant stance, and with Alan Grant writing and Carlos Ezquerra on interior art, the ongoing "Outlaw!" saga is in confident hands. There's even a Sláine action figure offer to sweeten the deal — a fine package from one of British comics' most reliable weekly anthologies.