2000 AD #482

The cover of 2000 AD Prog 482 (August 1986) is a striking Bryan Talbot image dominated by a massive, glowering masked face — all bold reds, greens, and yellows — set against a backdrop of fire and smoke, with the banner proclaiming this figure the fan-voted favourite British villain: Torquemurder. That geometric, almost totemic design gives the character an unsettling, larger-than-life presence that feels genuinely earned by the headline boast. An Eagle Awards winner packed with Judge Dredd and the start of Pete Milligan's "Perp Aid" — this is peak mid-'80s British comics energy at 26p.