2000 AD and Tornado #173

A grimly determined Judge Dredd dominates this August 1980 cover of 2000 AD and Tornado, his badge and lawman's armor unmistakable as a green, disintegrating figure clutches at him and pleads, "Help me, Judge Dredd! This planet's sending me to pieces!" — a wonderfully unsettling image rendered with precision by cover artist Brian Bolland. Inside, the anthology continues its serialized run of Harry Harrison's The Stainless Steel Rat Saves the World, with Carlos Ezquerra bringing the art duties to Part 9 of that cosmic adventure. At 14p a prog, this weekly British comic was delivering some seriously compelling science-fiction entertainment.