2000ADHD – A Prog a Day – Prog 435

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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 435 featuring ‘Tharg’s Future-Shocks‘, ‘Nemesis the Warlock‘, ‘Robo-Hunter‘, ‘Tharg The Mighty‘ and ‘Judge Dredd‘, published on 14 September 1985.

Cover Art Robot: Robin Smith

Dredd stands firm on this weeks cover while we see Robo-Hunter and Nemesis return!

My pick of the Prog is: Tharg’s Future-Shocks

Script Robot: Pete Milligan

Art Robot: Jeff Anderson

Lettering Robot: Steve Potter

This is a very brief Future-Shock – a single page! It gives me Alien vibes, particularly Alien Covenant but, the downside is the Captain is human and not a synth… I love that he’s called Captain Sandman, the one who ultimately is in charge of getting the crew to sleep. But at what cost? He is unable to enter cryo-sleep himself. Which then leads to the question: when the ship reaches its destination will the pods open automatically or would it also require the Captain who will be dead by that point? In my mind, the entire crew die and this just becomes a floating tomb adrift in space.

I could have done with this being a bit longer. Building it to the point we have more care for the Captain and then when the twist comes it hits hard.

 

Prog 435 can’t get no sleep! Join me on the next one to see who/what grabs the pick of Prog 436.

Florix Grabundae!

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