2000 AD #439

2000 AD Prog 439 (October 1985) spotlights the Robohunter strip, and Ian Gibson's cover delivers a vivid snapshot of that world's peculiar charm — a muscular, blue-capped figure squares up to a grinning slot-machine robot pleading "Play me again, Sam!" amid a bustling neon-lit cityscape packed with robots and onlookers. The chaotic backdrop of betting signs, crowds, and retro-futurist architecture gives the whole scene a wonderfully seedy carnival energy. Inside, Pat Mills and Bryan Talbot continue Nemesis the Warlock Book V: The Vengeance of Thoth, making this a strong mid-run prog from one of British comics' most consistently inventive weekly anthologies.