2000 AD #471

Prog 471 of 2000 AD hits with a genuinely unsettling cover by John Higgins, depicting Ike Nobel mid-transformation — a grotesquely irradiated, half-disintegrating figure with glowing energy erupting from his chest and fists clenched against a blazing orange sky. The tagline "The Exploding Man" and the taunting "Ike Nobel Nukes In..." make this May 1986 prog hard to put down without flipping it open. Inside, Peter Milligan and artist McCarthy continue their dark, atmospheric tale in "The Possessed," with Tony Wright's colors and a full creative team delivering the kind of gritty British sci-fi storytelling that made 2000 AD essential weekly reading.