2000 AD #387

From October 1984, this landmark prog of 2000 AD launches Book IV of Nemesis the Warlock — "The Gothic Empire" — promising new stories, new sagas, and new thrills in the British weekly's inimitable style. Kevin O'Neill's cover art is a striking centerpiece: a tall, sinister figure in a formal tuxedo with a horned, insectoid head dominates the foreground, flanked by explosions, burning industrial towers, spacecraft, and chaos stretching across a smoky skyline. It's a wonderfully unsettling image that perfectly captures the dark, surreal energy Pat Mills and O'Neill brought to one of 2000 AD's most imaginative strips.