2000ADHD – A Prog a Day – Prog 660

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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 660 featuring ‘The Dead Man‘, ‘Bradley‘, ‘Tharg’s Future-Shocks‘, ‘Chopper‘, ‘Zenith‘ and ‘Judge Dredd‘, published on 6 January 1990.

Cover Art Robot: Colin MacNeil

Chopper surges into the new year and brings us into 1990 on this weeks cover!

My pick of the Prog is: The Dead Man

Script Robot: Keef Ripley

Art Robot: John Ridgway

Lettering Robot: Jack Potter

I fucking knew it! The Dead Man is Dredd! Holy shit! Some folks might be a but cynical and say “yeah you probably already knew before you read this” but I genuinely don’t look ahead. Most of the things I know are well in the future from seeing current posts and listening to the Prog Slog podcast and by the time I get to those Progs I’ll have forgotten as they’re years down the line for me. As it stands, to get to the current Prog from the time of writing this, that’ll be on 27 September 2030. Anyway, back to the… Dredd Man. What a story this is. Now to get to what happened. Was it the Long Walk? Is this an alternative universe? Did he venture out into the Cursed Earth on a mission and was presumed dead after a mutie attack? So many possibilities. My gut is telling me it’s the Long Walk after points I’ve previously made about him getting old and us being frequently reminded of it.

Prog 660 finds itself. Join me on the next one to see who/what grabs the pick of Prog 661.

Florix Grabundae!

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