2000 AD #516

The header says it all — "The Company's Bad: An' Thrax Is Back" — and Brett Ewins's cover delivers on that promise with a gaunt, skull-faced Thrax dominating the foreground, weapon in hand, while a ragged crew of soldiers and alien-looking fighters crowd in behind him. That chilling speech bubble — "You're dead, Kano!" — sets the tension crackling before you've even opened the cover. Part 17 of Pete Milligan's "Bad Company" keeps the momentum going in this 1987 prog, with Ewins's gritty linework making every scarred face in the background feel like a story of its own.