2000ADHD – A Prog a Day – Prog 731

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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 731 featuring ‘Rogue Trooper (Friday)‘, ‘Tao De Moto‘, ‘Night Zero‘, ‘Robo-Hunter‘, ‘Mean Machine‘ and ‘Judge Dredd‘, published on 18 May 1991.

Cover Art Robot: Steve Dillon

Dredd dispenses American Justice in Ireland on this weeks cover.

My pick of the Prog is: Rogue Trooper (Friday)

Script Robot: M Fleisher

Art Robot: Coleby/Hart

Lettering Robot: E Fell

Friday suffers from a case of mistaken identity as the smugglers he has linked up with think he is someone else who has betrayed them so a wee skirmish takes place leaving Friday as the last man standing. He checks out the contraband and discovers various guns and ammo and picks some for trying out later… I’m really enjoying the art style in this run and the colours are fantastic. The episode ends as Friday looks like he’s about to be gobbled up by some toothy aquatic creature…

Prog 731 kits itself out! Join me on the next one to see who/what grabs the pick of Prog 732.

Florix Grabundae!

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