2000ADHD – A Prog a Day – Prog 384

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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 384 featuring ‘Ace Trucking‘, ‘The Ballad of Halo Jones‘, ‘Rogue Trooper‘, ‘Strontium Dog‘ and ‘Judge Dredd‘, published on 22 September 1984.

Cover Art Robot: Kim Raymond

Dredd stares into the gaping maw of a mahoosive sewer gator on this weeks cover!

My pick of the Prog is: Strontium Dog

Script Robot: Alan Grant

Art Robot: Carlos Ezquerra

Lettering Robot: Jack Potter

Johnny Alpha is loose in the Dog House seeking out his father whilst Wulf, Middenface and the others are subdued by nerve gas but come to in time to exact their revenge on Nelson Bunker Kreelman. What I particularly loved on the Dog House is the out of place writing/fonts used on the doors/walls. For example, the last panel on the below page stating “Authorised personnel only” in a very nice, friendly written ‘warning’. Not the kind of writing you’d expect in the base of bounty hunters. Maybe Mega-City One could do with the designers converting the stern warnings into amiable scrawls…

Prog 384 gets taken down by a firing squad! Join me on the next one to see who/what grabs the pick of Prog 385.

Florix Grabundae!

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