2000ADHD – A Prog a Day – Prog 416

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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!

I’ve recently started working on a Letterboxd list, compiling movies that have/may have influenced strips within 2000 AD and adjacent titles such as Misty and Scream! Feel free to check it out here, drop me a follow and let me know of any other titles I should add.

Without further ado…

Welcome to Prog 416 featuring ‘Anderson Psi Division‘, ‘Sláine‘, ‘Rogue Trooper‘, ‘Strontium Dog‘ and ‘Judge Dredd‘, published on 4 May 1985.

Cover Art Robot: Carlos Ezquerra

This weeks cover announces the return of Johnny Alpha and Judge Anderson gets her own series!

My pick of the Prog is: Judge Dredd

Script Robot: T B Grover

Art Robot: Cam Kennedy

Lettering Robot: T Frame

Sunday Night Fever grips Mega-City One. There’s a lot crammed in to this episode. From a call announcing to be on the look out for a man in a rhino suit to Dredd attending a Kamikaze Club jumper call. Eight jumpers lined up and tied to each other. I love the T-shirt that says “JUMP FOR JOY”. It’s so dark and funny. The club are taking part in a sponsored jump – whatever that is. One starts to have doubts but as they’re all tethered to each other they all start to go. Dredd grabs the last one who is about to go and cuts the rope with his boot knife. In an incredibly dark yet funny spin, Dredd calls in to Control to “scrub those leapers” and asks for a clean up squad now instead-get it? But, the jumper Dredd saved gets sentenced for twenty years… for being an accessory to seven deaths… Bit fucked up given that jumper could have gone too but it was Dredd that cut the rope!

Prog 416 jumps for joy! Join me on the next one to see who/what grabs the pick of Prog 417.

Florix Grabundae!

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