There are about a dozen books in the Nemesis The Warlock saga, each incredibly distinctive from the other, but it all started with a couple of short stories in the weekly prog, and sometimes the shorter stories make all the unending hatred generated by the people of Termight easier to deal with.
Take the story in the 1984 Annual - A Day in the Death of Torquemada. He's literally the worst human being who has ever lived, and there is the blackest of humor in seeing how this monster goes around his daily un-life, but it's all over and done in four pages, all gorgeously illustrated by Kevin O'Neill in his detailed prime (O'Neill is also represented with Bonjo from Beyond the Stars, and that's a welcomly goofy palate cleanser to Torquemada's xenophobia.)
But you really are getting bang for your buck with the annuals, Alan Moore is back with a couple of efforts - a minor Ro-Busters piss-take of the Thunderbirds that is rarely reprinted, and a touching Rogue Trooper story by the great Jesus Redondo, where somebody objectively rejects all the horror of Nu-Earth's future war and refuses to fight, and wins his quiet battle against needless death. Moore also provides a severly tongue in cheek behind the scenes look into how the Skizz was created.
Plus you've got a Judge Anderson story that shows Kim Raymond was much more suited to Cassandra than Johnny Alpha, Ian Gibson does some Robo-Hunter with a very familiar looking robot dog on the prowl and there is a very silly Dredd story with Robin Smith's typically lifeless artwork.
This is the golden age of 2000ad, and it's still chasing the future, with an article on home computing features the obligatory code who could type into your ZX81. Tharg knows that computers are the future, and wants all the Earthlets to be ready for the digital world.
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