2000ADHD – A Prog a Day – Prog 639

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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 639 featuring ‘Anderson Psi Division‘, ‘Survivor‘, ‘Tharg’s Future-Shocks‘, ‘Medivac 318‘, ‘Strontium Dog‘ and ‘Judge Dredd‘, published on 12 August 1989.

Cover Art Robot: Ron Smith

Henry Moon tears through this weeks cover as he returns in his solo story after the demise of the Mean Team!

My pick of the Prog is: Judge Dredd

Script Robot: John Wagner

Art Robot: Mick Austin

Lettering Robot: T Frame

As soon as I saw the title, Curse of the Spider Man, I was expecting another dark tale but this actually was tragic in a very comical way. Dilip Norbut is diagnosed with AGV and is walked through the various stages of the condition. Desperate not to turn into an eight-legged creature haplessly tries to kill himself in ways that won’t invalidate his insurance. Dredd ends up apprehending him and it turns out the doctor made a mistake and mixed up the results – we see poor Mr Norbert suffering from an odd case of “glandular fever”…

Prog 639 gets a case of the misdiagnoses! Join me on the next one to see who/what grabs the pick of Prog 640.

Florix Grabundae!

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