2000ADHD – A Prog a Day – Prog 263

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Welcome to my personal Prog slog through 2000AD. Here, I post daily about my favourite story from each Prog. I started doing this as a means of focusing my attention on something. A hobby, if you will. Something that will bring joy and fond memories for fans as well as draw attention to and hopefully bring in new readers to The Galaxy’s Greatest Comic. I have never read these Progs before. I recall reading some of Flesh at some point in my childhood, knew of Judge Dredd from a PlayStation One game and then the 1995 Movie, Rogue Trooper from the PlayStation 2 Game and had heard of other stories and seen other characters from seeing posts online. So I’m pretty much experiencing most of these stories as an intergalactic virgin. Or something. So if you are an established reader whose loyalty to Tharg has been unwavering, or if you’ve dropped off reading 2000AD, lie somewhere in between or if you are a newcomer to The Galaxy’s Greatest Comic then please let me know via the comments or hit me up on my socials!

Without further ado…

Welcome to Prog 263 featuring ‘Ace Trucking‘, ‘Tharg’s Future-Shocks‘, ‘The Mean Arena‘, ‘Robo-Hunter‘ and ‘Judge Dredd‘, published on 8 May 1982.

Cover Art Robot: Ian Gibson

Sam Slade is in a spot of bother on this weeks cover with the Beast of Blackheart Manor?

My pick of the Prog is: Judge Dredd

Script Robot: TB Grover

Art Robot: C Ezquerra

Lettering Robot: Frame

Dredd is back in action and we see more flashbackery in an interesting art style to get us caught up from when he escaped the Hall of Justice to now, where he assembles a crack team of Judges to finally bring an end to the Apocalypse War. The exchange between him and Anderson was brilliant and the panel with all eight of Dredd‘s crew lined up was just missing him in the centre like a school photo or something. The mix of art style and techniques here really work wonders and the writing, as usual, is fantastic. There’s less obvious comedy this time around but things are ramping up to the conclusion of this epic storyline.

Prog 263 rolls out like a regulator! Join me on the next one to see who/what grabs the pick of Prog 264.

Florix Grabundae!

Have you read this Prog? If so, what was your favourite strip? Let me know your thoughts in the comments!