2000 AD #64

From its May 1978 newsstand perch, this 2000 AD prog grabs attention with a cover by Kevin O'Neill that turns typographic design into pure tension — the massive letters "UFO" dominate the lower half while two silhouetted figures and a car atop them gaze skyward at an elaborately detailed flying saucer hovering above. The bold command "WATCH THE SKY!" says everything you need to know about the mood O'Neill is going for, and it delivers with crisp, eerie confidence. Inside, Pat Mills and Mike McMahon continue "The Final Encounter" into its fourth chapter, making Prog 64 a solid slice of late-'70s British sci-fi anthology energy.