2000ADHD – A Prog a Day – Prog 501

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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 501 featuring ‘Sláine‘, ‘Bad Company‘, ‘Tharg’s Future-Shocks‘, ‘Nemesis the Warlock‘ and ‘Judge Dredd‘, published on 20 December 1986.

Cover Art Robot: Brett Ewins

Bad Company storms the cover this week!

My pick of the Prog is: Bad Company

Script Robot: Pete Milligan

Art Robot: Ewins/J McCarthy

Lettering Robot: Tom Frame

It’s only the second outing in the Progs for Bad Company but they have shot up to become one of my favourite strips. The character design, story and the humour ticks all the boxes and royally tickles my pickle. Kano, the Frankenstein’s Monster looking fella is tough to read in terms of his alignment – at times he seems kind and decent but mostly he’s cold. So cold that he is brutal with it. Which is demonstrated here by using the human soldiers as bait to draw the Krool out. And draw them out indeed they do which then also causes ructions within Bad Company itself as Thrax wants the humans put down due to them being a liability but Kano remains steadfast. Mad Tommy Churchill gives me Frank Spencer (Michael Crawford) vibes in his facial features and it cracked me up when he starts singing the theme to Dad’s Army.

Prog 501 gets baited!! Join me on the next one to see who/what grabs the pick of Prog 502.

Florix Grabundae!

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