Space Spinner 2000

Collection 20 – Rogue Trooper Volume 1 Part 1

Synth Out! It’s the twentieth 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.

Grab your buddies, alive or dead, and let’s head out on the trail of the Traitor General with Rogue Trooper! One of the Mount Rushmore 2000AD characters- and the only one besides Dredd is an official video game-Rogue and his comrades Helm, Gunnar, and Bagman are traveling the world, fighting everyone they come across. This episode will introduce us to Rogue and his world: His bio-chipped buddies, the endless war between the Norts and the Southers on a poisoned planet known as Nu-Earth. Find this thrill at the 2000AD webstore, or wherever books are sold.

https://shop.2000ad.com/catalogue/graphic-novels/rogue-trooper/XB366

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

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ep 183 – Progs 575-578

In our thrilling hundred and eighty-third episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 575-578 of 2000AD, covering May and June 1988. This episode Bad Company returns, the ABC Warriors are fighting among themselves, Dredd deals with truckers and sages, Rogue gets another hit, and Luke Kirby learns the hard lessons of Summer Magic.

Thrills Covered

Rogue Trooper
Judge Dredd
ABC Warriors
Bad Company II
Tales From the Doghouse
Summer Magic

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Song: With A Little Help From My Friends by Wet Wet Wet

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ep 182 – 1988 Judge Dredd Mega-Special

In our thrilling hundred and eighty-second episode we continue our journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with the 1988 Judge Dredd Mega-Special. It’s the first Judge Dredd Mega-Special, with excellent stories written by Alan Grant and John Wagner, with art by John Higgins, Jose Casanovas, William Simpson, and Ian Gibson!

This episode Conrad is joined by John Burdis, keeper of the Cellar of Dredd and frequent contributor to Everything Comes Back to 2000AD! As well as the usual thrills we have an extensive conversation about 2000AD fandom and the fantastic communities it creates!

Find the Cellar here: http://cellarofdredd.blogspot.com/

Thrills Covered:

The Blob
The Blockers
Weirdies!
Dredd’s World
New in the Cubes, Chopper’s Odyssey
The Fall Guy

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Song: Heart by Pet Shop Boys

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Collection 19 – Skizz

I’ve Got My Pride! It’s the nineteenth 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’re jumping way ahead for this one, to those golden days of 1983 for some high class thrill power! Skizz is Moore’s first long running story in 2000AD, though of course he was already publishing major work in Warrior at the same time. Skizz is the story of an alien being befriended by a young person and their friends, but things get difficult when the government intervenes. In the end though the alien is reunited with their people and everyone learns a lesson about themselves. Sound familiar? You might be surprised! Find this thrill at the 2000AD webstore, or wherever books are sold.

https://shop.2000ad.com/catalogue/graphic-novels/more-titles/XB611

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Song: ET Theme Song by John Williams

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ep 181 – 1988 Sci-Fi Special

In our thrilling hundred and eighty-first episode we continue our journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with the 1988 Sci-Fi Special of 2000AD. This Special has some great stories featuring Johnny Alpha, Judge Dredd, some classic Ro-Busters action, and some key back story for Tyranny Rex!

This episode Conrad is joined by friend of the show Zane! Check out his Instagram profiles at:

@zane_and_cats and @ganbare_animesan

Thrills Covered:

Tyranny Rex
What’s Up Doc?
The Art of Becoming
Strontium Dog
The Ballad of Halo Jones, Smart People
Judge Dredd
Ro-Busters

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Song: I Owe You Nothing by Bros

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Collection 18 – Meltdown Man

Move out Gorps! It’s the seventeenth 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’re once again headed back to these halcyon days of late 1980 and 1981 for classic thrill power! Meltdown Man is an epic fantasy written by Alan Hebden with art by Massimo Belardinelli. It charts the adventures of dimension hopping SAS Agent Nick Stone and a whole cast of animal-human hybrids called Yujees! It’s a massive tale, spanning 50 progs, with numerous thrills, chills, and epic violence, plus a Tiger Commander! It’s a ton of fun, and something you won’t find anywhere else! You can find this amazing tale at the 2000AD webstore, or wherever books are sold.

https://shop.2000ad.com/catalogue/graphic-novels/more-titles/XB385

If you want more Meltdown Man action, check out Conrad talking about it on episode 105 of the Mega City Book Club: https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2019/10/105-meltdown-man.html

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Song: Awakening Room El 1133 by Hammer Sharx, from the Crying Suns Original Soundtrack

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ep 180 – Progs 571-574

In our thrilling hundred and eightieth episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 571-574 of 2000AD, covering April and May 1988. This episode Dredd gets hit, man, Johnny Alpha rides into the sunset, Rogue Trooper finishes one hit and starts another, the ABC Warriors are taking in the sights of Agartha, and Luke Kirby arrives in a small town in ‘62 for some Summer Magic.

This episode we mention John Wagner and Alan Grant’s Kickstarter for Rok the God. Check it out here!

Also, Conrad is on the Mega City Book Club Podcast talking about Meltdown Man! Check it out here, then get ready for a collection episode later this week!

Thrills Covered

Rogue Trooper
Strontium Dog
Judge Dredd
Summer Magic
ABC Warriors
Future Shocks

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Song: Theme from S-Express by S-Express

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ep 179 – Progs 567-570

In our thrilling hundred and seventy-ninth episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 567-570 of 2000AD, covering March and April 1988. This episode Stones and Dogs showdown, Tyranny Rex is mixing genres, Rogue Trooper is back in action, and Supersurf 10 is burning to its conclusion so we’ll finally crown a winner of Oz!

This episode we mention John Wagner and Alan Grant’s Kickstarter for Rok the God. Check it out here!

Thrills Covered

Tyranny Rex
Strontium Dog
Rogue Trooper
Judge Dredd
Hap Hazzard
Future Shocks

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Song: Don’t Turn Around by Aswad

26.47

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ep 178 – Progs 563-566

In our thrilling hundred and seventy-eighth episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 563-566 of 2000AD, covering February and March 1988. This episode The ABC Warriors meet the army, The Strontium Dogs meet the Rockmen, Nemesis might have met his match, we’ll all meet Tyranny Rex, and we’ll get to the meat of Oz, as Supersurf 10 begins!

Thrills Covered

ABC Warriors
Strontium Dog
Judge Dredd
Nemesis the Warlock
Tyranny Rex
Future Shocks

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Song: I Should Be So Lucky by Kylie Minogue

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ep 177 – Progs 559-562

In our thrilling hundred and seventy-seventh episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 559-562 of 2000AD, covering January and February 1988. This episode Purity gets a date, Johnny Alpha gets a new job, the Monad returns, and Dredd goes for a walkabout in the halls of the Judda!

Also, it’s our third anniversary of podcasting! Raise a glass and wish us well, and tell Fox how wrong he is about Kraven the Hunter having a PhD!

Thrills Covered:

ABC Warriors
Zenith
Judge Dredd
Nemesis the Warlock
Strontium Dog
Hap Hazzard
Future Shocks

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Song: I Think We’re Alone Now by Tiffany

26.13

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