Space Spinner 2000 – Space Spinner 2000

Yer a dead dog Alpha! It’s the twenty-fifth in our series of Space Spinner 2000 collections! These collections have all of our coverage for a specific character or storyline, all in one place. They’re a great accompaniment to reading collected versions of 2000AD, or to just hear your favorite thrill all in one place.

Outlaw is the first real contemporary, full powered Strontium Dog epic. While Journey to hell features a Johnny, Wulf, and Gronk out of their element and without many time weapons, and Portrait of a mutant is about young Johnny, this is our hero at the height of his powers. It also brings in characters from both those previous epics and from smaller stories we’ve seen along the way, like Middenface McNulty and the Stix brothers, to say nothing of the ultimate evil, which I’ll not spoil at this point. It’s time to get the band back together and fight once more for mutant kind! Keep an eye out for my favorite, the Torso from Newcastle, as we head out with Strontium Dog: Outlaw!

In our thrilling hundred and ninety-fifth episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 608-611 of 2000AD, covering December of 1988. This episode  Nemesis is heading out, Tanner is on the case, Judge Anderson is making contact, Hap Hazzard is filling space, Zippy Couriers arrive in style, and Judge Dredd is headed to Hondo for robot espionage! 

Thrills Covered:

• Anderson, Psi Division
• Daily Dredds
• Judge Dredd
• Night Zero
• Nemesis the Warlock
• Hap Hazard
• Zippy Couriers
• Walter the Wobot
• Future Shocks

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Song: Especially for You by Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan

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Let’s Knife! It’s the twenty-fourth in our series of Space Spinner 2000 collections! These collections have all of our coverage for a specific character or storyline, all in one place. They’re a great accompaniment to reading collected versions of 2000AD, or to just hear your favorite thrill all in one place.

Freshen up your stereotypes, because we’re headed for Fort Nuero! It’s probably my favorite Rogue Trooper story, and finds the Genetic Infantrymen making his way through an isolated fortress on the edge of Nu-Earth where all of the inhabitants have gone completely mad! It’s jokes I only sort of get and cool rover droids against an army of crafty Norts, and oh man it’s a lot of fun. After that we’ll meet a high ranking figure from Rogue’s past, and join professor of dark shocks Alan Moore for meditations on the nature of conflict. It should be a great time!

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Songs: Rogue Trooper Sountrack Theme 1a from the Rogue Trooper video game, and Dreamweaver by Gary Wright

In our thrilling hundred and ninety-third episode we continue our journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with the 1988 Winter Special of 2000AD. This Special has some great stories featuring Zenith, Luke Kirby, classic Rogue Trooper, and an Alan Grant Power Hour featuring Judge Dredd, Johnny Alpha, and Judge Anderson!

This episode Conrad is joined by friend of the show Leigh Shepherd! Check out some of his work in the 2000AD fanzines Zarjaz and Dogbreath at Future Quake Press!

Conrad mentions a couple crowd-funding campaigns this episode. Please follow the respective links to get more information:

• The77 Comic
• GGA – Galactic Grappling Alliance
• Rejected

Sadly this episode has some audio distortion towards the end. It’s not SUPER bad, but is there. We should be able to prevent this going forward. Sorry for this.

Thrills Covered:

• Zenith
• Rogue Trooper
• Company Records
• A Winter’s Tale
• Comics Can Be Crucial, Sláine, True Dredd, Was Johnny Rotten an Astronaut?
• Judge Dredd
• Strontium Dog
• Judge Anderson

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Song: One Moment in Time by Whitney Houston

In our thrilling hundred and ninety-second episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 604-607 of 2000AD, covering December of 1988. This episode we’re limping to the end of the year with an astonishing twelve different thrills! Tyranny Rex, Moon Runners, and Zenith end; Night Zero and Judge Anderson begin; and we’ll have a holiday guest appearance by Bradley! Plus Dredd, Johnny Alpha, and Nemesis!

Thrills Covered:

• Zenith
• Tyranny Rex
• Judge Dredd
• Moon Runners
• Strontium Dog
• Nemesis the Warlock
• Tales of Mega-City One
• Bradley
• Daily Dredds
• Judge Anderson
• Night Zero
• Future Shocks

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Song: Mistletoe and Wine by Cliff Richard

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In our thrilling hundred and ninety-first episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 600-603 of 2000AD, covering November and December of 1988. This episode Dredd meets a spider woman, Rogue completes hit 4, the Moon Runners are getting weird, and Zenith saves the day…with logic puzzles! Also Conrad makes WAY too may professional wrestling references!

Thrills Covered:

• Strontium Dog
• Rogue Trooper
• Judge Dredd
• Moon Runners
• Zenith
• Bad Company
• Future Shocks

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Song: First Time by Robin Beck

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In our thrilling hundred and ninetieth episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 595-599 of 2000AD, covering October and November of 1988. This episode it’s a big five prog episode with returns for Tyranny Rex and Rogue Trooper, plus things are getting extremely tense in both Zenith and Moon Runners!

Thrills Covered

• Zenith
• Moon Runners
• Tyranny Rex
• Judge Dredd
• Chopper
• Rogue Trooper
• Max Normal
• Future Shocks

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Song: Orinoco Flow (Sail Away) by Enya

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In our thrilling hundred and eighty-ninth episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 591-594 of 2000AD, covering September and October of 1988. This episode Nemesis the Warlock goes clubbing, PJ Maybe returns, Zenith meets the CIA, and the Moon Runners are starting some sexy business!

Thrills Covered

• Zenith
• Daily Dredds
• Moon Runners
• Judge Dredd
• Nemesis the Warlock
• Sláine
• Chopper
• Future Shocks

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Song: Desire by U2

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Nice necklace! It’s the twenty-third in our series of Space Spinner 2000 collections! These collections have all of our coverage for a specific character or storyline, all in one place. They’re a great accompaniment to reading collected versions of 2000AD, or to just hear your favorite thrill all in one place.

It’s a big one for this post-Christmas collection, as we head out to do everything with Halo Jones! I’m a little trepidatious, but it should be a good time! The third of Alan Moore’s tales of space teenagers, Halo Jones is considered one, if not the best stories to have come out of 2000AD, and often British comics generally. It’s the story of a young woman making her way through a complex and fully realized future society. She leaves home, knows both love and betrayal, fights in wars, and makes hard decisions. It’s got soaring heights and shattering lows. Halo Jones is an amazing story that shows what 2000AD can be, a way to tell a story in short parts that draw you in and make you hungry for more. Find this thrill at the 2000AD webstore, or wherever books are sold.

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Song: Hanging Out with Halo Jones by Transvision Camp

In our thrilling hundred and eighty-eighth episode we continue our journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with the 1989 Judge Dredd Annual.  This is the ninth Dredd Annual, and features a multi part story with full color art by Carlos Ezquerra and classic tales from the archive, and some Ron Smith Daily Dredds!

This episode Conrad is joined by friend of the show and long-time 2000AD fan James!

Thrills Covered:

• Costa Del Blood
• A Cube of My Own, Quotations Update, L.A. Lawmen, Profile John Wagner
• Father Earth
• Judge Dredd Mega Search
• Cereal Thrillers
• Pyro
• Day of the Droid, Profile Steve MacManus
• Profile Grant Morrison, The Mega City Times, Profile Alan Grant
• Profile Steve Yeowell, Dredd Rap

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Song: He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother by The Hollies

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