2000ADHD – A Prog a Day – Prog 572

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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 572 featuring ‘Rogue Trooper‘, ‘Tharg’s Future-Shocks‘, ‘Summer Magic‘, ‘Strontium Dog‘ and ‘Judge Dredd‘, published on 30 April 1988.

Cover Art Robot: Jim Baikie

Dredd is dead on this weeks cover??

My pick of the Prog is: Summer Magic

Script Robot: Alan McKenzie

Art Robot: John Ridgway

Lettering Robot: A Halfacree

Luke and Elias meet up with a group of other men in the woods to seek out the wild dogs attacking the sheep. The men chat and banter and ask Luke if he knew his uncle used to be a great magician and a few parlour tricks later things get serious as a howl  brings them all back to what they were out there for in the first place. Suddenly, Luke is left on his own when a massive beast appears. Luke takes to the nearby tree and waits it out until Elias comes to take him home.

Prog 572 pure keechs its breeks! Join me on the next one to see who/what grabs the pick of Prog 573.

Florix Grabundae!

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