2000ADHD – A Prog a Day – Prog 449

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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!

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Without further ado…

Welcome to Prog 449 featuring ‘Strontium Dog‘, ‘Sláine‘, ‘Rogue Trooper‘ and ‘Judge Dredd‘, published on 21 December 1985.

Cover Art Robot: Robin Smith

Something wicked this way comes on this weeks cover!

My pick of the Prog is: Sláine

Script Robot: Pat Mills

Art Robot: David Pugh

Lettering Robot: Steve Potter

Sláine and co make their way through treacherous tunnels when they come to a halt at a room full of Orgots. They get rumbled when they lock Giya out and the Orgots use one of their compadres as a battering ram to breach the door.  I found these panels far too funny, with the head just stuck in the door and Sláine smashing his fist into it’s face, which it seems to enjoy… And then we get the comic book equivalent of implied violence like they do in the movies where we know exactly what’s going to happen off-camera and he chops the wee bugger’s head off. Deliciously brutal.

 

Prog 449 loses its head! Join me on the next one to see who/what grabs the pick of Prog 450.

Florix Grabundae!

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