2000 AD #44

The Christmas Eve 1977 issue of 2000 AD arrives with a wonderfully unsettling holiday cover by Kevin O'Neill: a skeletal, decomposing figure dressed as Father Christmas clutches his sack while a small weeping robot labeled "I'm Walter — Try Me" kneels at his side, with the ominous word balloon declaring "Too Late, Judge Dwedd — SOB — This Is Our Last Chwistmas!" Surrounding them is a swirling montage of futuristic action scenes, X-Wings, and a Star Wars photo review teased in the corner with the unmistakable helmets of Darth Vader and C-3PO. Inside, the seasonal mayhem continues with "Red Christmas," making Prog 44 a genuinely memorable slice of British comics at their anarchic, pitch-black best.