2000ADHD – A Prog a Day – Prog 407

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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 407 featuring ‘Tharg’s Future-Shocks‘, ‘The Helltrekkers‘, ‘BadVibrations‘, ‘The Ballad of Halo Jones‘ and ‘Judge Dredd‘, published on 2 March 1985.

Cover Art Robot: Brett Ewins

Lennard J. Stibble finds himself on the barrel-end of the Hunter’s Club on this weeks cover!

My pick of the Prog is: The Ballad of Halo Jones

Script Robot: Alan Moore

Art Robot: Ian Gibson

Lettering Robot: Steve Potter

Halo Jones has befriended a dolphin-esque being but finds herself in hot water as she walks in to a hostage situation as members of the Tarantulan Emancipation Army make a set of demands until Toby, her robotic canine companion bursts in and rips the terrorists to pieces. I especially love the panel below where the security team eventually arrive and ask what happened and Toby responds: “I happened.” Fantastic writing, with lots of dialogue and great artwork from Ian Gibson. I didn’t really click with the initial run of Halo Jones but this latest run is resonating with me and I find it a pleasure to read. The language feels less complex as I really struggled with the… dialect (I guess?) in the first part.

 

Prog 407 gets torn to bits! Join me on the next one to see who/what grabs the pick of Prog 408.

Florix Grabundae!

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