2000ADHD – A Prog a Day – Prog 368

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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 368 featuring ‘Tharg’s Future-Shocks‘, ‘The Amazing Maze Dumoir‘, ‘Rogue Trooper‘, ‘Strontium Dog‘ and ‘Judge Dredd‘, published on 12 May 1984.

Cover Art Robot: Ron Smith

Dredd defends Dave the Orangutan on this weeks cover.

My pick of the Prog is: Judge Dredd

Script Robot: T B Grover

Art Robot: Ron Smith

Lettering Robot: T Frame

Dave the Orangutan is running for Mayor in this episode and Dredd steps in as his bodyguard which is fortuitous given that mere moments later an attempt is made on Dave’s life. As is expected with political events in Mega-City One (and in our real world more and more these days) there is a lot of unrest and daysticks get their time to shine. A Lib-Lab Flab candidate dies while the bar where Dave hangs out is under attack but despite all of this, Dave wins the election!

 

Prog 368 gets the banana! Join me on the next one to see who/what grabs the pick of Prog 369.

Florix Grabundae!

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