Space Spinner 2000 – Space Spinner 2000

In our thrilling hundred and seventy-fourth episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 551-554 of 2000AD, covering December 1987. This episode Chopper takes on the storm, Warlock and homunculus are reunited, the Strontium Dogs are judged, Bradley has some adventures, and there’s a new member of Bad Company, and it’s a lady!

Thrills Covered:

• Bad Company
• Strontium Dog
• Judge Dredd
• Nemesis the Warlock
• Bradley
• Future Shocks

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Song: Always On My Mind by Pet Shop Boys

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In our thrilling hundred and seventy-third episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 547-550 of 2000AD, covering November 1987. This episode Bad Company gets some new members, Zenith is burning bright, Johnny Alpha is getting Rammy, the two Torquemadas meet, and Chopper is headed south of the border!

Thrills Covered:

• Strontium Dog
• Judge Dredd
• Freaks
• Nemesis the Warlock
• Zenith
• Bad Company

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Song: China in Your Hand by T’Pau

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In our thrilling hundred and seventy-second episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 543-546 of 2000AD, covering October 1987. This time Zenith does a montage, the Freaks are freaky, The Strontium Dogs start a Rammy, and Chopper returns, as do Nemesis and Toruqemada! Also, I’ve since learned that ERNIE is related to a UK lottery bond. A joke we totally missed!

Thrills Covered:

• Zenith
• Universal Soldier
• Freaks
• Judge Dredd
• Strontium Dog
• Bradley
• Nemesis the Warlock
• Future Shocks

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Song: You Win Again by The Bee Gees

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In our thrilling hundred seventy-first episode we continue our journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with the 1988 2000AD Annual. This is the eleventh 2000AD annual and we’re seeing a great combination of new stories and classic thrills in these pages. The highlights of this year’s annual include the classic Ro-Busters story Hammerstein’s War Memories, vacationing with Torquemada, Judge Anderson’s diary, some dirty Strontium Dog work, and some undercover investigations in Mega-City One!

This episode Conrad is joined by 2000AD super fan Dave Heeley! Dave is an admin at the 1977-2000AD Facebook Group, a friendly group for talking 2000AD!

Find it here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/4727793513

• Toquemada’s Second Honeymoon
• Cut it Out, Question Time
• Give Us Our Daily Dredd
• Ro-Busters
• Judge Anderson’s Dear Diary
• She-Devils
• 86 Covers
• 60 Things You Didn’t Know About 2000AD
• Answer Time
• Strontium Dog

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Song: With Or Without You by U2

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In our thrilling hundred and seventieth episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 539-542 of 2000AD, covering September and October 1987. This time we meet the Freaks, Judge Dredd has a rematch, Mean Team get what’s coming to them, the Universal Soldier endures, and Johnny Alpha deals with a sorry case!

Thrills Covered:

• Zenith
• Universal Soldier
• Tales From Mega-City One
• Judge Dredd
• Mean Team
• Strontium Dog
• Freaks
• Future Shocks

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Song: I Just Can’t Stop Loving You by Michael Jackson

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In our thrilling hundred and sixty-ninth episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 535-538 of 2000AD, covering August and September 1987. This time the Universal Soldier makes landfall, Mean Team is back in the pit, the Strontium Dog wedding is off, Dredd is heading down the bayou, and Zenith begins-with a bang! This episode we reach an amazing milestone, we’ve now read 25% of 2000AD! We’re halfway to halfway!

Thrills Covered:

• Zenith
• Strontium Dog
• Mean Team
• Judge Dredd
• Universal Soldier
• Future Shocks

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Song: La Bamba by Los Lobos

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In our thrilling hundred and sixty-eighth episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 531-534 of 2000AD, covering July & August 1987. This time Orlock escapes, Rogue gets his hit, Bad Jack is immortal, Johnny Alpha aids a royal wedding, and the revolution begins, and ends, in Judge Dredd. 

Thrills Covered:

• Anderson, Psi Division
• Mean Team
• Judge Dredd
• Rogue Trooper
• Tales From Mega-City One
• Strontium Dog
• D.R. & Quinch’s Agony Page
• Nemesis the Warlock
• Future Shocks

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Song: It’s a Sin by Pet Shop Boys

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In our thrilling hundred and sixty-seventh episode we continue our journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with the 1988 Judge Dredd Annual.  This is the eighth Dredd Annual, and features a multi part story with full color art by John Higgins, a prose story by Neil Gaiman, and classic tales from the archive!

This episode Conrad is joined by Eamonn Clarke of the Mega-City Book club podcast! Every other week Eamonn and a guest read and review a 2000AD related collection. It’s a great show, especially for fans of 2000AD!

Find his show at: http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/

and find him on Twitter where he’s @eamonnclarke1

Thrills Covered:

• Last of the Bad Guys
• Anderson, Psi Division
• Sweet Justice
• The DNA Man
• Top of the Cops
• Daily Dredds
• 22nd Century Futsie!
• Exit the Dragon, Iso-Cube Art
• The Dredd Driving Test
• The Dredd End

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Song: I Am The Law by Anthrax (complete version, ROCK OUT!)

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In our thrilling hundred and sixty-fourth episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 527-530 of 2000AD, covering June and July 1987. This time Orlock is out, Dredd deals with a Fairly Hyperman, Bad Jack learns some very important things about himself, Rogue frees some slaves, and Ronald Reagan is heading home!

Thrills Covered:

• Rogue Trooper
• Anderson, Psi Division
• Judge Dredd
• Mean Team
• Strontium Dog
• D.R. & Quinch’s Agony Page
• Future Shocks

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Song: Star Trekkin’ by The Firm

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In our thrilling hundred and sixty-fourth episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 523-526 of 2000AD, covering May and June 1987. This time Anderson and Hershey fight the wolf, Dredd fights rats and raggedy men, Rogue fights for his life, Torquemada fights the past, and Mean Team fights a bunch of weirdos. Also DR & Quinch are back to give advice!

This episode Fox mentions the Alton Towers episode of Defunctland. Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbuXDlEJPME

Thrills Covered:

• Anderson, Psi Division
• Tales from Mega-City One
• Rogue Trooper
• Judge Dredd
• Torquemada the God
• Strontium Dog
• Mean Team
• D.R. & Quinch’s Agony Page
• Future Shocks

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Song: I Wanna Dance With Somebody by Whitney Houston

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