2000ADHD – A Prog a Day – Prog 470

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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 470 featuring ‘Ace Trucking‘, ‘Bad City Blue‘, ‘Anderson Psi Division‘, ‘Strontium Dog‘, ‘Sooner or Later‘ and ‘Judge Dredd‘, published on 17 May 1986.

Cover Art Robot: Robin Smith

Blue seems to be in a spot of bother with metal tentacles on this weeks cover…

My pick of the Prog is: Strontium Dog

Script Robot: Alan Grant

Art Robot: C Ezquerra

Lettering Robot: Kid Robson

On the hunt for Max Bubba, Johnny heads to Earth and crashes a very British human dinner party and quizzes Max’s father – it seems Johnny and Max are quite similar in that their human fathers denied having a son because of their mutations. I laughed harder than maybe I ought to have at a panel that says “Milton Keynes, the biggest mutant ghetto in Europe”. Not sure if that’s just a random place they picked or if Alan Grant and co are making commentary about their views on the place… Johnny catches up with a mutant who seems to protest too much, indicating he probably knows something about the whereabouts of Max Bubba.

Prog 470 gets dropped off in Milton Keynes! Join me on the next one to see who/what grabs the pick of Prog 471.

Florix Grabundae!

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