2000 AD #993

A tartan-clad bruiser dominates this 1996 prog, clutching a massive rocket and screaming with unhinged intensity against a plaid-patterned background — Sean Phillips's cover art for 2000 AD #993 is bold, slightly unhinged, and impossible to miss. The cover heralds a "New Thrill" as Middenface McNulty goes ballistic in Strontium Dogs, promising the kind of gleefully over-the-top energy the weekly anthology does so well. Rounding out the package are Judge Dredd, Finn, Vector 13, and Sinister Dexter, making this a genuinely packed issue from one of British comics' most enduring Saturday traditions.