2000ADHD – A Prog a Day – Prog 321

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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 321 featuring ‘Robo-Hunter, ‘Skizz‘, ‘Time Twisters‘, ‘Rogue Trooper‘ and ‘Judge Dredd‘, published on 18 June 1983.

Cover Art Robot: Ian Gibson

This weeks cover is a whole new meaning on INFANTry [I’ll get my coat] as an incredibly young Sam Slade falls in for duty.

My pick of the Prog is: Rogue Trooper

Script Robot: Gerry Finley-Day

Art Robot: Cam Kennedy

Lettering Robot: Bull Nuttall

Still wounded, Rogue now deliriously recounts Bagman’s past at Milli-Com where Bagman’s curiosity gets the better of him and he stumbles upon other Genetic Infantrymen only their skin is green and they have various malformations. This kinda took me back to when we discovered the existence of M.A.C.H 0 way back in Prog 43. The trouble is, Bagman’s actions sealed these poor buggers’ fates as their airlock gets jettisoned and subsequently blown up but Bagman had been rendered unconscious prior to all of this so the fate of the other G.I. remained a secret from him. Until now.

Prog 321 jettisoned and set to self destruct! Join me on the next one to see who/what grabs the pick of Prog 322.

Florix Grabundae!

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