2000ADHD – A Prog a Day – Prog 606

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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 606 featuring ‘Bradley‘, ‘The Daily Dredd‘, ‘Nemesis the Warlock‘, ‘Strontium Dog‘, ‘Zenith‘ and ‘Judge Dredd‘, published on 24 December 1988.

Cover Art Robot: Simon Harrison

Bradley hits this weeks festive cover!

My pick of the Prog is: Judge Dredd

Script Robot: J Wagner

Art Robot: J Ridgway & T Perkins

Lettering Robot: T Frame

Miss Marple‘s story concludes in this episode after we witness the euthanisation of Mrs Hall & Mr Coutts and Miss Marple is next but Dredd busts in just in time. And this is where they have us in the first half because we expect Dredd to shut this shit down when in actual fact, he’s here to remedy an administration error as Miss Marple has been put in the wrong accommodation and gets her re-homed but the operation continues undeterred aside from the Matron being sent to the Cubes as she abused her power.

Prog 606 gets saved in the Saint Nick of time! Join me on the next one to see who/what grabs the pick of Prog 607.

Florix Grabundae!

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