2000ADHD – A Prog a Day – Prog 524

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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 524 featuring ‘Anderson Psi Division‘, ‘Tharg’s Future-Shocks‘, ‘Nemesis the Warlock‘, ‘Rogue Trooper‘, ‘Strontium Dog‘ and ‘Judge Dredd‘, published on 30 May 1987.

Cover Art Robot: Brendan McCarthy

Dredd gets attacked by Rentakill, the giant, mutated rat on this weeks gloriously coloured cover!

My pick of the Prog is: Judge Dredd

Script Robot: Wagner/Grant

Art Robot: Ewins/J McCarthy

Lettering Robot: T Frame

Hot on the chase for the escaped Pit Rat, Dredd follows Rentakill into the sewer system and makes short work of the rat problem own there. Later, a Tek Judge is working on solving a food issue – by mutating rats and then harvesting their meat the city can make use of a rich, nutritious meat source. What I love here is how at the time this was relatively inconsequential but obviously Sylvester Stallone played John Spartan in Demolition Man (1993) and he was Judge Dredd in the 1995 movie of the same name. In Demolition Man the rejects from society dwell in the sewers eating rat meat in things like rat burgers and Sly enjoys it and encourages his cops from the future to partake to which they appear revolted. This makes the final panel all the more enjoyable for me.

Prog 524 gets minced! Join me on the next one to see who/what grabs the pick of Prog 525.

Florix Grabundae!

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