2000 AD #977

This 1996 Fleetway issue of 2000 AD delivers a cover that grabs you immediately — a terrified figure in a cracked diving suit tumbles helplessly into the gaping, razor-toothed jaws of an enormous aquatic predator, bubbles scattering as the creature lunges upward from the deep. The tagline "Big Mouth Strikes Again!" and "Regan is Dino-Bait in Flesh" set the tone perfectly, and cover artist Dougie Braithwaite renders the underwater menace with real visceral energy. Inside, John Wagner writes and Carlos Ezquerra handles full art duties on "The Pit, Part 8," keeping this weekly anthology firing on all cylinders.