2000 AD and Starlord #96

A pulse-pounding January 1979 installment of 2000 AD and Starlord, Prog 96 features a cover by Ian Kennedy that throws you straight into a midair nightmare — a pilot is forced to eject from a disintegrating jet as a massive, looming aircraft bears down with glowing red eyes, the tagline daring you to wonder whether the unlucky aviator has any hope at all: "We're gonna hit him! That guy's dead… unless he's Superman!" The cover promises the Angel story "Eject Into Hell," and Kennedy's dynamic, chaotic composition makes the danger feel utterly immediate. Inside, John Howard and M. McMahon continue their Judge Dredd epic with "The Day the Law Died, Part 8: Exodus to Mutant Land" — a series already deep in some of the strip's most ambitious territory.