2000ADHD – A Prog a Day – Prog 852

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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 852 featuring ‘The Mean Arena‘, ‘Sláine‘, ‘Robo-Hunter‘, ‘Tyranny Rex‘ and ‘Judge Dredd‘, published on 11 September 1993.

Cover Art Robot: Sean Phillips

My pick of the Prog is: Judge Dredd

Script Robot: Grant Morrison

Art Robot: Carlos Ezquerra

Lettering Robot: Tom Frame

This episode starts off with Dredd on fire and he blasts the floor while being taunted by Grice basically calling him stupid for shooting at the floor only to see Dredd’s plan unfold – directly below are the flooded Iso-Cubes meaning Dredd can put out the flames and escape. This plays out kinda like a tough enemy in an open world game where I twat it with damage, run away and come back to twat it some more as Dredd summons his Lawmaster and makes his way back to Grice to dish out some more justice.

Prog 852 dishes out some melee damage. Join me on the next one to see who/what grabs the pick of Prog 853.

Florix Grabundae!

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