2000 AD #1350
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeProg 1350 is the debut appearance of Judge Logan, the character who would eventually rise to become Chief Judge of Mega-City One — one of the most consequential supporting figures in Judge Dredd's post-2000 continuity. The issue also marks the opening chapter of 'Strontium Dog: The Tax Dodge,' the story in which original creators John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra reunited Johnny Alpha with his Viking partner Wulf Sternhammer, cementing the direction of the revived Strontium Dog strip that had relaunched in Prog 2000. As Rebellion's first Summer Assault flagship prog, it concentrated three simultaneous returning-franchise launches under one cover and signalled the publisher's confidence in the classic 2000 AD line-up during its early stewardship.
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Editor Matt Smith positioned Prog 1350 as the anchor of Rebellion's 2003 Summer Assault, a deliberate editorial strategy of launching multiple new story arcs simultaneously to drive reader acquisition. The issue also carried the first cover price increase since Rebellion acquired the title with Prog 1200 in July 2000 — a gap of over three years, which Rebellion CEO Jason Kingsley acknowledged publicly at the time. The premium format of the prog, with a special cover by Henry Flint and an extra four interior pages, reflected the publisher's intent to make the issue a standalone event on newsstands.
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- Published 23 July 2003 as part of Rebellion's 2003 Summer Assault initiative, with a special premium cover by Henry Flint and four additional interior pages.
- First appearance of Judge Logan, created by writer John Wagner and artist Charlie Adlard in the Judge Dredd story 'The Satanist'; Logan would go on to become Chief Judge of Mega-City One across two decades of subsequent continuity.
- Judge Logan's visual design was based on a real person — 2000 AD fan Stewart Perkins — as confirmed by artist Charlie Adlard.
- 'The Satanist' sends Dredd to Brit-Cit in pursuit of a figure connected to satanic psychic phenomena; the story ran seven parts across progs 1350–1356.
- 'Strontium Dog: The Tax Dodge' (progs 1350–1358), written by John Wagner and drawn by Carlos Ezquerra, reunited mutant bounty hunters Johnny Alpha and Wulf Sternhammer and opened with a double-length 12-page first episode.
- 'Sláine: Golamh,' the second Book of Invasions chapter, written by Sláine creator Pat Mills with fully painted colour art by Clint Langley, also launched in this issue.
- The issue included a fold-out A2 poster of Judge Dredd and Judge Death painted by Greg Staples.
- Prog 1350 marked the first cover price increase for 2000 AD since Rebellion took over publishing with Prog 1200 in July 2000 — a stretch of more than three years without a price rise.
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