2000 AD #635

A formidable insectoid alien warrior dominates this Prog 635 cover, bristling with mechanical limbs and leveling a large firearm straight at the viewer — its bulbous armored head leaving little doubt about its mood, underscored by the defiant cover line "Bug Off, Terrans!" Nigel Dobbyn's cover art packs real menace into the creature's skeletal, multi-jointed frame, with a spacecraft looming in the smoky background to hint at an interstellar standoff. Featuring Judge Dredd and running John Wagner's "An Elmstreet Nightmare," this July 1989 issue of 2000 AD delivers the kind of sharp sci-fi attitude the anthology does so well.