2000ADHD – A Prog a Day – Prog 594

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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 594 featuring ‘Chopper‘, ‘Moon Runners‘, ‘Tharg’s Future-Shocks‘, ‘Zenith‘ and ‘Judge Dredd‘, published on 1 October 1988.

Cover Art Robot: Colin MacNeil

Chopper returns on a solo adventure on this weeks cover!

My pick of the Prog is: Zenith

Script Robot: Grant Morrison

Art Robot: Steve Yeowell

Lettering Robot: Mark King

I’m having a little break from picking Dredd most of the time, and it was tough for this one as the Dredd story is a belter but Zenith kinda spoke to me more this time around. Aiming for the Scottish Highlands, Zenith and Phaedra discuss Wallace International and Peyne (the man who supposedly saw Zenith’s parents alive). The bottom two panels gave me massive vibes of The Boys when Homelander and Maeve attack the plane so I was full-on expecting shit to go south but they arrive in Glasgow and begin the lengthy drive to Schiehallion.

Prog 594 takes the high road! Join me on the next one to see who/what grabs the pick of Prog 595.

Florix Grabundae!

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