ep 202 – Progs 629-632

In our thrilling two hundred and second episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 629-632 of 2000AD, covering June of 1989. This episode Dredd has a near death experience, Sláine meets the goddess, Zenith meets the heroes, Rogue has some rough times, We head out to say hi in Beyond Zero, and PJ Maybe begins his confessions! This is another episode where Conrad and Fox are all over each other, don’t worry we’ve worked it all out!

Thrills Covered:

  • Judge Dredd
  • Zenith
  • Sláine
  • Rogue Trooper
  • Beyond Zero
  • Future Shocks

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Song: Sealed With a Kiss by Jason Donovon

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ep 201 – Progs 625-628

In our thrilling two hundred and first episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 625-628 of 2000AD, covering May of 1989. This episode we remain in filler country even as two huge stories begin, Zenith Phase Three and Sláine the Horned God! I hope you like episodes where Conrad and Fox are all over each other!

Thrills Covered:

  • Rogue Trooper
  • Tales from the Doghouse
  • Judge Dredd
  • Sláine
  • Zenith
  • Future Shocks

We reference a couple a articles related to Zenith this episode: International Hero has a breakdown of who these different characters are references too, and Infinite Frontier has some interesting insight into the background of Zenith Phase III.

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Song: Eternal Flame by The Bangles

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ep 200 – Progs 621-624

In our thrilling TWO HUNDREDTH episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 621-624 of 2000AD, covering April of 1989. This episode Dredd is heading down south for justice, Anderson is in a psychic showdown, Medivac 318 comes down hard, and Rogue Trooper gets held up on his way to Cinnabar!

Thrills Covered:

  • Anderson, Psi Division
  • Medivac 318
  • Judge Dredd
  • Strontium Dog
  • Daily Dredds
  • Zippy Couriers
  • Tales from the Doghouse
  • Rogue Trooper
  • Future Shocks

In honor of our 200th, check out a breakdown of our top and bottom thrills here, or enjoy this pie chart!

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Song: Like a Prayer by Madonna

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ep 199 – 1989 Judge Dredd Mega-Special

In our thrilling hundred and ninety-ninth episode we continue our journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with the 1989 Judge Dredd Mega-Special. It’s the second Judge Dredd Mega-Special, with all new stories by newer Dredd artists and a lot of background information about Dredd and his world.

This episode Conrad is joined by Eli, indie comic maker and future host of our Judge Dredd Megazine spin-off Big Meg One! Look for more info on Big Meg Meg over the coming months, and check out Eli’s comics as Slim Stories on Facebook and on Webtoons.com!

Thrills Covered:

  • A Night at the Basho
  • An Examination of the Mega-City One Judge System
  • Birdman
  • Judge Hershey
  • Democratic Bulletin
  • Son of Ratty’s Revenge
  • The Special Judicial Squad

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Song: So Alive by Love and Rockets

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ep 198 – Progs 616-620

In our thrilling hundred and ninety-eighth episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 616-620 of 2000AD, covering March & April of 1989. This episode Dredd fights a little blue man, Johnny Alpha fights a Feral mutant, Judges Anderson and Corey fight for psychic justice, and Medivac 318 isn’t fighting anyone, they’re here to help! We’re getting rowdy this episode!

Thrills Covered:

  • Anderson, Psi Division
  • Night Zero
  • Swifty’s Return
  • Judge Dredd
  • Strontium Dog
  • Tales from the Doghouse
  • Zippy Couriers
  • Medivac 318
  • The Daily Dredds
  • Future Shocks

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Song: Too Many Broken Hearts by Jason Donovan

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ep 197 – 1989 Sc-Fi Special

In our thrilling hundred and ninety-seventh episode we continue our journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with the 1989 Sci-Fi Special of 2000AD. This Special is for the fellows, with all the stories featuring female protagonists!

This episode Conrad is joined by the blithesome Pete Wells! A legend in the 2000AD fan community, you can find his work at:

https://sensorystoriespodcast.com/ and http://2000adcovers.blogspot.com/

Thrills Covered:

  • Moon Runners
  • Judge Corey
  • The Amazing Maze Dumoir
  • Tyranny Rex
  • Secrets of the Command Module
  • Zippy Couriers
  • Crime Blitz!

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Song: Pump Up the Jam Nothing by Technotronic featuring Felly

ep 196 – Progs 612-615

In our thrilling hundred and ninety-sixth episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 612 to 615 of 2000AD, covering February of 1989. This episode Tanner heads to the roof, Judge Anderson goes clubbing, Swifty returns and crashes TWO parties, Strontium Dog peeks in, and we’ll see the revenge of both a spider-woman and a little blue man!

Thrills Covered:

  • Anderson, Psi Division
  • Tales from the Doghouse
  • Judge Dredd
  • Night Zero
  • Shok
  • Zippy Couriers
  • Swifty’s Return
  • Strontium Dog
  • Future Shocks

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Song: Something’s Gotten Hold of My Heart by Marc Almond with Gene Pitney

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ep 195 – Progs 608-611

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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ep 194 – 1988 Year in Review

In our thrilling hundred and ninety-fourth episode Fox and Conrad take a break from reviewing weekly progs to reminisce on the whole of 2000 AD comics for the year 1988. It’s a chance to reflect, review, and give out awards! Welcome to the 1988 Spinnies! At the end of every chronological year in our prog timeline we give out awards to the storylines and thrills we liked best over the last year. Stay tuned until the end to hear what’s coming up in 1989 from both 2000AD and our show!

Award Categories:

  • Best Art
  • Best Story
  • Best Overall Thrill
  • Best Month
  • Best Year

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Song: Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car by Billy Ocean

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ep 193 – 1988 Winter Special

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:

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