2000ADHD – A Prog a Day – Prog 269
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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 269 featuring ‘Ace Trucking‘, ‘The Mean Arena‘, ‘Tharg’s Future-Shocks‘, ‘Rogue Trooper‘, ‘Robo-Hunter‘ and ‘Judge Dredd‘, published on 19 June 1982.
Cover Art Robot: Colin Wilson
Rogue gets all shooty in the water against the “Beachball” landing craft of the Norts on this weeks cover! And what a gorgeous cover it is!
My pick of the Prog is:Â Tharg’s Future-Shocks
Ritin’: Alan Moore
Drawrin’: Dave Gibbons
Alan Moore takes us in a slightly different direction to what we’ve seen from him so far in the Progs with this daft wild west-esque tale featuring Billy the Squid in this pun-addled wordplay extravaganza and the pièce de résistance? The hero(es) being dubbed The Clone Ranger! I kinda wanna see more of this but I get the sense this was a ‘one and done’.
Prog 269 rides off into the sunset! Join me on the next one to see who/what grabs the pick of Prog 270.
Florix Grabundae!
Have you read this Prog? If so, what was your favourite strip? Let me know your thoughts in the comments!
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