2000 AD and Starlord #93

The final prog of 1978 arrives with a genuinely unsettling cover by Massimo Belardinelli: two desperate figures thrash through churning water while a massive, looming scorpion — claws outstretched and utterly merciless — closes in around them. The cover's anguished plea, "No! Please let me drown before the giant scorpions get to me!", says everything about the grim predicament on display. Inside, the "Flesh Book II" strip promises more prehistoric terror, and John Howard's "The Day the Law Died" continues its relentless momentum in Prog 93 of this beloved British weekly.