2000ADHD – A Prog a Day – Prog 331

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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 331 featuring ‘Robo-Hunter, ‘Tharg’s Future-Shocks‘, ‘Sláine‘, ‘Rogue Trooper‘ and ‘Judge Dredd‘, published on 27 August 1983.

Cover Art Robot: Cam Kennedy

Rogue goes fierce on this weeks cover!

My pick of the Prog is: Rogue Trooper

Script Robot: Gerry Finley-Day

Art Robot: Cam Kennedy

Lettering Robot: Pete Knight

At long last, Rogue faces off against the Traitor General in a televised duel arranged by Messrs Bland and Brass. The Traitor General, comedically adorned in clothing with the initials TG on the back, seems to have the upper hand which worries Bland and Brass as their bet is on Rogue. I had this thought since the first appearance of Rogue (well, since I played the video game) but now is a good time to mention it. So Rogue was named Rogue before actually going rogue… The Traitor General is referred to nothing as that or TG. I get that it was more than likely for simplicity to avoid confusion over multiple names used for the same folks but I can’t help but chuckle at the way they own their names which are not names you would really want to be called/associated with. But, especially with the G.I.’s names, it almost implies a sense of inescapable fate – Bagman being the backpack, Helm being the helmet and Gunnar being the erm… Gun.

Anyhoo, this episode seems to go south fast as it’s revealed that the Traitor General has discovered an unexploded flesh disintegrator. That doesn’t sound good…

 

Prog 331 meets its fate! Join me on the next one to see who/what grabs the pick of Prog 332.

Florix Grabundae!

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