2000ADHD – A Prog a Day – Prog 296

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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 296 featuring ‘Homer the Barbarian‘, ‘Harry Twenty on the High Rock‘, ‘Robo-Hunter‘, ‘Rogue Trooper‘ and ‘Judge Dredd‘, published on 25 December 1982.

Cover Art Robot: Mike McMahon

Judge Dredd wishes us a merry Christmas on this weeks cover.

My pick of the Prog is: Homer the Barbarian

Script Robot: Stavros

Art Robot: Belardinelli

Lettering Robot: Peter Knight

In this one-off tale, we see a familiar set up but unlike The Sword in the Stone there’s a dark twist. Stunning artwork from Belardinelli as usual and I can’t help but see a hint of Feek the Freak in the hilt of the sword…

 

The last page of Homer the Barbarian in which Homer has been pinned down by the sword he set free from the stone in a story similar to The Sword in the Stone. The sword, which has a talking skeletal hilt frees itself and bounds away carrying a bag of loot.

Prog 296 hoisted by its own petard! Join me on the next one to see who/what grabs the pick of Prog 297.

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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Craig Stewart

Craig is a father to three daughters and works full time in the telecomms industry. He has a passion for comics, movies, TV shows, tech and games. Craig is a HUGE Batman fan and is a Playstation fanboy. He is also somewhat of a Kevin Smith fanboy too. Latest hyper-focus: Slogging through 2000AD and publishing a daily post as he makes his way through almost 50 years worth of comic books.

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