2000 AD #78

Designed to look like a sensational newspaper front page, the cover of 2000 AD Prog 78 (August 1978) blares the headline "War Declared on Humanity!" alongside a vivid illustration of a giant ant looming over a struggling human figure — a vision of insect-versus-mankind terror rendered with real menace by cover artist Alfonso Azpiri. The mock-tabloid layout, complete with breathless sidebars about "Killer Ants on the March," is a clever piece of design that perfectly captures the comic's cheeky, subversive energy. Inside, Pierre Frisano brings the third chapter of "Verdus" to life, with script by Jack Adrian and lettering by Jack Potter — essential reading for fans of 2000 AD's golden era of boundary-pushing British sci-fi.