Space Spinner 2000 – Space Spinner 2000

The end is here! It’s the fourteenth 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.

We’ve all found ourselves in fairly generic sci-fi settings, exploring new life and new civilizations and all that. But what happens if instead of finding more dudes with weird ears and foreheads you found a planet covered in ice, with dead people and literal demons frozen in the glaciers? What if your story about the machinations of space pirates suddenly runs afoul of zombies and demonic babies? What if your story about being the handsome chosen one in a battle of galactic fate gets sidetracked, and instead you find yourself irreparable scarred and wishing for a death that cannot come, your only compassion an anti-social robot that is actually pretty cool with helping other robots kill all humans? All this and more make Return to Armageddon an amazing story! It’s certainly a minor early 2000AD thrill, but if you listen tour giddiness about it, I think you’ll see why it’s a Space Spinner classic! You can find this two thirds great story at the 2000AD webstore, or wherever books are sold.

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Song: Spirits of the Future by roughNX (find them at https://www.roughnx.com)

In our thrilling hundred forty-eighth episode we continue our journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with the 1987 2000AD Annual. This is the tenth 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 The Terra-Meks, stories of a young Strontium Dog, and some undercover work in Mega-City One!

This episode Conrad is joined by 2000AD super fan Dave Wynn, aka Scowling Monkey!

Find his work, including a bunch of 2000AD fan art, here: https://www.deviantart.com/scowlingmonkey

Thrills Covered:

• Rogue Trooper
• Future Shocks
• Daily Dredds
• Judge Dredd
• Ro-Busters
• Strontium Dog
• Judge Anderson

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Song: Living On A Prayer by Bon Jovi

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In our action-packed seventh episode Conrad continues the journey through the pages of the infamous classic UK comic with issues 19-21 of Action! This time we head out on Hell’s Highway, Lefty sells some gnomes, Dredger checks out the Olympics, and Hookjaw goes to a nice restaurant!

This episode Conrad is joined by Stephen Reid of the Everything Comes Back to 2000AD podcast! Every week ECBT covers all kinds of things, including movies, comics, and pop culture, as well as the new progs and megazines because everything comes back to 2000AD!

Find their show at: https://2000ad.wordpress.com/

Stories Covered: 

• Dredger
• Blackjack
• Death Game 1999
• Hookjaw
• Hell’s Highway
• Green’s Grudge War
• Look Out For Lefty
• Hellman of the Afrika Korps

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Song: You To Me Are Everything by Real Thing

In our thrilling hundred and forty-seventh episode we continue our journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with the 1987 Judge Dredd Annual. This is the seventh Dredd Annual, and we have three new full color Dredd stories drawn by Ian Gibson, Brendan McCarthy, and Bryan Talbot, as well as classic Dredd, some features, and a Brett Ewins Max Normal tale.

This episode Conrad is joined by friend of the show and 2000AD and Dredd fan Jo Eadie!

Thrills Covered:

• Judge Dredd
• Who Was That Masked Perp?
• Drokkbusters
• Daily Dredds
• ’85 Covers: The Droids Decide
• The Black Plague
• Judge Anderson
• Max Normal
• JD and the 7 Dwarfs

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Song: Rock Me Amadeus by Falco

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In our thrilling hundred and forty-sixth episode we continue our journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with the 1986 Sci-Fi Special of 2000AD. This Special has some great stories featuring Judge Dredd, Rogue Trooper, and some classic Strontium Dog action!

This episode Conrad is joined by Drew of the Stranger by the Dozen podcast! You can find both Drew and Conrad there, recapping the adventures of the Marvel Comics character Doctor Stephen Strange!

Find his show at:
https://soundcloud.com/strangerbythedozen

Drew is new to the world of 2000AD, Judge Dredd, and British Comics in general, so Conrad takes some time to introduce him to the Galaxy’s Greatest! If you’re new to 2000AD or to the podcast, this is a great place to start!

Thrills Covered:

• Rogue Trooper
• The Man Who Couldn’t Die
• Strontium Dog
• Judge Dredd
• Sláine  the King

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Song: Walk Like An Egyptian by The Bengals

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In our thrilling hundred and forty-fifth episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 463-466 of 2000AD, covering March and April of 1986. This week Ace Trucking is in disguise, Johnny Alpha is in trouble, Judge Dredd is in the Griblig business, and Halo Jones is out, just out.

Thrills Covered:

• The Ballad of Halo Jones Book 3
• Ace Trucking Co.
• Judge Dredd
• Strontium Dog
• Future Shocks

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Song: Living Doll by Cliff Richard and The Young Ones

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In our thrilling hundred and forty-fourth episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 459-462 of 2000AD, covering March of 1986. This week Halo Jones fights the Fast-Forward War, Johnny Alpha gets to the chopper, the chicken agents get HIGH, the Kneepad Kid returns to Judge Dredd, and we reach the end of the Tomb of Terror!

Thrills Covered:

• The Ballad of Halo Jones Book 3
• Sláine and Tomb of Terror
• Judge Dredd
• Ace Trucking Co.
• Strontium Dog
• Future Shocks

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Song:  Chain Reaction by Diana Ross

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In a special bonus episode Fox and Conrad discuss that the year in thrills in a wide-ranging discussion about 2000AD from the years 1982 to 1985! It’s a specifically unstructured conversation, with a surprising amount of Mean Arena discussion. After that we go to your questions! You asked us anything and we’re doing our best to A your Qs, with very interesting results.

Also, today we’re saddened by the death of classic Judge Dredd artist Ron Smith. We’ll talk more about him as a creator on the show, but for now we send condolences to his family and hope he rests in peace.

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Song:  Ask by The Smiths

In our thrilling hundred and forty-third episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 455-458 of 2000AD, covering February of 1986. This week there’s a new Chief Judge in Mega-City One, the god awakes in the Tomb of Terror, the Dave Cluck Five arrives on the Speedo Ghost, the Strontium Dogs fight trolls, and Halo Jones is back in the army!

Thrills Covered:

• The Ballad of Halo Jones Book 3
• Sláine and Tomb of Terror
• Judge Dredd
• Strontium Dog
• Ace Trucking Co.

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Song:  When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going by Billy Ocean

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In our thrilling hundred and forty-second episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 451-454 of 2000AD, covering January of 1986. This week we’ll fight the Warlord with Judge Dredd, continue through the Tomb of Terror with Sláine , adventure in the past with the Strontium Dogs, come back to life with Ace Trucking, and join the space army with Halo Jones!

Thrills Covered:

Also, we’re planning a special 2018 Year in Review show for the early new year, and want to do an AMA (Ask Me Anything) as part of it! So if you’ve got any questions you’d like to ask Conrad or Fox about anything from our personal lives to 2000AD to whatever else, please feel free to ask! You can submit questions through any of our social media, on the 2000AD forums, or through our email listed below. Thanks!

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Song: West End Girls by Pet Shop Boys

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