2000 AD and Starlord #87

Prog 87 of 2000 AD and Star Lord, dated 21 October 1978, arrives with one of the most viscerally thrilling covers of its era — a massive, sharp-toothed plesiosaur-like creature lunging from churning waters, its clawed foreleg swiping at a small boat whose desperate occupants scramble to escape, with more prehistoric beasts looming in the murky background. The cover art by Massimo Belardinelli captures the raw, primal menace perfectly, and the cover banner promises "Dinosaurs Rule in Flesh Book 2," signaling that the reptilian chaos inside is well underway. At just 10p, this weekly British anthology was living up to its bold claim of being the best-selling sci-fi comic in the galaxy.