2000ADHD – A Prog a Day – Prog 445

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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 445 featuring ‘Strontium Dog‘, ‘Nemesis the Warlock‘, ‘Rogue Trooper‘, ‘Mean Team‘ and ‘Judge Dredd‘, published on 23 November 1985.

Cover Art Robot: Carlos Ezquerra

Johnny and Wulf are in bad shape on this weeks cover!

My pick of the Prog is: Judge Dredd

Script Robot: TB Grover

Art Robot: Ron Smith

Lettering Robot: T Jacob

Another oddly dark, yet amusing episode of Judge Dredd. The Lemming Syndrome has block residents suddenly decide to just walk off the 98th floor to become street pancakes. There’s no fear or panic on their faces, no screams. Just silent falling. What I found particularly amusing was the fact onlookers from within the block don’t seem horrified and stare in awe. Even when one calls over her dad to come take a look and sees her mother but her dad says she’s up visiting a friend and then the friend falls past and he’s just like “Oh, you’re right! There’s Betty now!” Bonkers. On top of that, we have Dredd and co shooting at and no doubt killing the people just before they fall to their deaths and then Judge Johns refers to the ones on the ground as “pavement burgers”.

 

 

Prog 445 gets smushed into pavement burgers! Join me on the next one to see who/what grabs the pick of Prog 446.

Florix Grabundae!

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