2000ADHD – A Prog a Day – Prog 657

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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 657 featuring ‘The Dead Man‘, ‘Anderson Psi Division‘, ‘Chopper‘, ‘Zenith‘ and ‘Judge Dredd‘, published on 16 December 1989.

Cover Art Robot: Kev Hopgood

Dredd sees red according to this weeks cover.

My pick of the Prog is: The Dead Man

Script Robot: Keef Ripley

Art Robot: John Ridgway

Lettering Robot: Jack Potter

Yass and Dog get carted back to the Grunts‘ camp – very much like what we’ve seen in movies where a long line of tribesmen carry their quarry back only Yassa isn’t tied to a long pole. It would seem the Grunts are gonna cook them up some hume and some canine but the shadowy spirit scares them and looking at the way the text is written and shaded when it says “Yassaaaa!” I’m now certain this is Judge Death and he’s trying to take over Dredd by wearing him down or something…

Prog 657 has the shite scared out of it! Join me on the next one to see who/what grabs the pick of Prog 658.

Florix Grabundae!

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