2000 AD #506

From the battle-scarred cover of 2000 AD Prog 506 (January 1987), Brett Ewins delivers a striking image dominated by the enormous, intense face of a soldier named Malcolm — helmeted and staring grimly outward — flanked by two armed combatants amid smoke-filled, explosive chaos, all under the ominous headline "Killed in Action — Presumed Dead." This is a Bad Company feature cover, and that tension between the bold question "Malcolm Ex?" and the fiery battlefield backdrop makes for a genuinely gripping visual hook. Inside, the prog also continues Pat Mills and Glenn Fabry's Sláine the King alongside the flagship Judge Dredd strips that kept British comics readers coming back every Monday.