Sick #131

This 1980 Charlton humor magazine packs a chaotic cast of bizarre alien creatures, a rocket-boosted adventurer in red, and a scramble of wild characters across a deep-space backdrop — all rendered with loose, energetic linework by cover artist Jack Sparling. The cover promises a packed lineup of parody content, including "Comics Stars War for Space," "Lou Grunt," "Revenge of the Punk Panther," "The Dopers," "The Chopstick Syndrome," and "Shlepperman." Sick was always happy to skewer whatever was popular, and this special edition looks like a gloriously irreverent slice of early-'80s satirical comics at full throttle.