2000ADHD – A Prog a Day – Prog 506

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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 506 featuring ‘Sláine‘, ‘Bad Company‘, ‘Strontium Dog‘ and ‘Judge Dredd‘, published on 24 January 1987.

Cover Art Robot: Brett Ewins

Loss hits Bad Company as alluded to by this weeks cover.

My pick of the Prog is: Judge Dredd

Script Robot: Wagner/Grant

Art Robot: B Kitson

Lettering Robot: T Frame

Playing on the title “They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?” we find Cuth Hartley struggling with a neural regulator which allows Radio Radio Radio to be played non-stop inside his skull. Understandably, this drives him to madness and he vows to kill the DJ, Cool Johnny Cool. Now, while I get the motive my immediate thought was “well, once he kills him, the radio station will just replace him so it won’t resolve the problem…” However, the final page makes a lot more sense and is highly amusing. We even see a hint of humanity in Dredd where he understands Hartley’s plight and shows him mercy but Hartley dismisses the mercy as he wants to stay in the Cubes for as long as possible to quiet his brain.

Prog 506 gets up to get down! Join me on the next one to see who/what grabs the pick of Prog 507.

Florix Grabundae!

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