2000ADHD – A Prog a Day – Prog 307

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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 307 featuring ‘Time Twisters‘, ‘Harry Twenty on the High Rock‘, ‘Robo-Hunter‘, ‘Rogue Trooper‘ and ‘Judge Dredd‘, published on 12 March 1983.

Cover Art Robot: Steve Dillon

Judge Dredd finds himself amidst Trapper Hag’s beasts on this weeks cover!

My pick of the Prog is: Harry Twenty on the High Rock

Script Robot: G Finley-Day

Art Robot: Alan Davis

Lettering Robot: Tony Jacob

Harry and the other ‘Numbers’ rid themselves of the Warden and now run the prison in this explosive finale. As ‘free’ men they end up being knocked out of Earths orbit and float off into space hoping that they find another colony in the next twenty years (that’s how much supplies they have left). I’m not sure if that’s a bad omen given that Harry was sentenced to twenty years for smuggling food to the needy and it’s come full circle to the prisoners now being the needy and have twenty years worth of food or if Gerry Finley-Day has an affinity with the number…

As far as I am aware, Harry never makes a reappearance but it would be cool if there was at least some reference to this story in the later Progs/Megazines – perhaps there are and I’ll get to it. If not, I think it’s worthy of a nod or two.

 

Prog 307 drifts off into the vastness of space! Join me on the next one to see who/what grabs the pick of Prog 308.

Florix Grabundae!

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