2000 AD - May 1987.

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As temperatures in the UK soar ever upwards, let us soar, instead, to the cinemas of May 1987 and see just what treats await us within them.

Those treats are these: American Ninja 2, Creepshow 2, The Gate, Ishtar, Personal Services and Beverly Hills Cop II.

I think the only one of those I've ever seen is The Gate. Therefore, I shall list that as my Film of the Month.

And what of sport?

It was the month in which Vienna's Prater Stadium saw Porto best Bayern Munich 2–1 to win that team's first-ever European Cup.

Also flying high - but then landing - was 18-year-old West German Mathias Rust who managed to dodge Soviet air defences, and land his plane in Moscow's Red Square before being arrested for the feat. Fortunately, he was released from custody in August 1988.

When it came to the UK singles chart, May launched with Starship's Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now reigning supreme before they were, thankfully, stopped by Whitney Houston's I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me).

On the adjacent album chart, the month arrived with Curiosity Killed the Cat's Keep Your Distance on top before that was dislodged by Swing Out Sister's It's Better to Travel which was then dethroned by Simple Minds' Live in the City of Light.

Fab. But what of the Galaxy's greatest comic?

It was an exciting time for all lovers of high culture because the publication was celebrating its tenth birthday. And it did that by giving us such old warhorses as Anderson PSI Division, Rogue Trooper, Judge Dredd, Nemesis, Strontium Dog and Tharg's Future-Shocks.

We did, however, get one newish feature, in the form of Prog 253's one-page strip that bore the title Tales from Mega-City One.