2000 AD and Tornado #136

From late October 1979, 2000 AD and Tornado Prog 136 arrives with a genuinely striking cover by Massimo Belardinelli — a wide-eyed astronaut in a spacesuit clutches a blaster as an enormous, skeletal winged alien creature looms behind him, all gaping jaws, clawed limbs, and mechanical red eyes set against the void of space. It's the kind of image that makes browsing a newsagent rack in 1979 an event in itself. Bonus fun inside: a "Design Your Own Alien" competition with Galactic Groats to be won, making this prog a treat for readers young and old.