2000ADHD – A Prog a Day – Prog 512

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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 512 featuring ‘Bad Company‘, ‘Tharg’s Future-Shocks‘,’The Dead‘, ‘Strontium Dog‘ and ‘Judge Dredd‘, published on 7 March 1987.

Cover Art Robot: Jim McCarthy

Zombie Malcolm stares us down on this weeks cover.

My pick of the Prog is: Judge Dredd

Script Robot: Wagner/Grant

Art Robot: Steve Dillon

Lettering Robot: T Frame

The Beating Heart is a story that speaks to me – after properly delving back into the world of horror and slasher movies etc. this story slaps! After falling for a girl he has never even spoken to and merely observed in a laundromat, Earl Lacewing becomes obsessed. So much so, he installs cameras in her apartment but it takes a turn when he discovers she has a boyfriend. After killing the boyfriend, Earl is driven to the brink after the boyfriend’s heart, which he has kept in a box, starts beating. The Judges are investigating the murder but have little to go on but Dredd discovers the hidden cameras. Earl ends up delivering the heart to Karine and gets nabbed by Dredd all because the heart beating was all in his head and off to the Psycho Cubes he goes!

Prog 512 beats its last! Join me on the next one to see who/what grabs the pick of Prog 513.

Florix Grabundae!

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