2000ADHD – A Prog a Day – Prog 473

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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 473 featuring ‘Tharg’s Future-Shocks‘, ‘Bad City Blue‘, ‘Anderson Psi Division‘, ‘Tharg The Mighty‘, ‘Strontium Dog‘, ‘Sooner or Later‘ and ‘Judge Dredd‘, published on 7 June 1986.

Cover Art Robot: Brett Ewins

Rain continues to batter Mega-City One as we are held at crossbow(?) point on this weeks cover!

My pick of the Prog is: Judge Dredd

Script Robot: TB Grover

Art Robot: McCarthy/Riot

Lettering Robot: T Frame

Dredd is still on the case of the Ghost Riders In the Storm. Another strong episode visually – there’s something about the rain in these strips that really grabs me. It’s so good I can actually feel the rain and the chill of it. Dredd manages to get to the bottom of this short tale and i loved the panel towards the end where the perps offer him a million creds to change his mind and slaps them with an additional ten years of Cube time.

Prog 473 gets washed up! Join me on the next one to see who/what grabs the pick of Prog 474.

Florix Grabundae!

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