Space Spinner 2000

Collection 12 – The Judge Child

Note: We had planned to start new episodes, but have run into some technical difficulties, explained at the start of the show.

Have you seen this boy? It’s the twelfth 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.

This time we’re blasting off to deep space with Judge Dredd, Judge Hershey, and the Justice One in the Judge Child Saga! It’s the third Judge Dredd mega epic, and will take us to exciting parts of the southern former United States, and then far into deep space. We’ll meet heroes and villains that will be a big part of the Dredd Universe and see far more of the world (and beyond the world) of Dredd than we’ve ever seen before! You can find this classic saga at the 2000AD webstore, or wherever books are sold.

https://shop.2000ad.com/catalogue/graphic-novels/more-dredd/XB466

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

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ep 75 – 1981 Year in Review

In our thrilling seventy-fifth episode Fox and Conrad take a break from reviewing weekly progs to reminisce on the whole of 2000 AD comics for the year 1981. It’s a chance to reflect, review, and give out awards! Welcome to the 1981 Spinnies! At the end of every chronological year in our prog timeline we’ll give out awards to the storylines and thrills we liked best over the last year. Stay tuned after this awards for big news for all listeners!

Award Categories:

Best Art
Best Story
Best Overall Thrill
Best Month
Best Year

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Song: Tainted Love by Soft Cell

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ep 74 – Progs 241-244

In our thrilling seventy-fourth episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 241-244 of 2000 AD, covering December of 1981. Join us as Matt Tallon gets revenge, Ace Trucking gets jacked, Nemesis gets stabbed, Rogue Trooper gets laid out, and Judge Dredd gets his man, but at what cost!?

Thrills Covered:

Ace Trucking Co.
Mean Arena
Future Shocks
Judge Dredd
Rogue Trooper
Nemesis the Warlock
Tharg the Mighty

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Song: Don’t You Want Me by Human League

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ep 73 – 1982 2000AD Annual

In our thrilling seventy-third episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with the 1982 2000 AD Annual (Annuals are dated by the following year). We’ve been pretty tough on annuals over the years, and this one has some pretty rough sections, but this one is improved greatly by the replacement of legacy comics with awesome classic 2000AD thrills. Besides some interesting new stories, it’s a cool chance to hang out with our old friends from Flesh and MACH One!

Thrills Covered:

Tharg the Mighty
Secrets of the Command Module, Blackhawk
The Pirate and the Polydroid
The Incredible World of TV Games
Ro-Busters
MACH One
Tharg’s Mighty Puzzle Pieces, Fact File, Dash Decent, the Preying Mantis, 2000AD’s Amazing Readers
Judge Dredd
Tharg’s Mighty 2000AD Crossword, How to Draw Judge Dredd
Flesh
Earthlet’s Art Gallery, Alan Grant Interview
The Last of the First Ones
Fact Files, The Volunteer, Future Sports
Tharg Gets…The Call
Fact File, Meet the Droids
Strontium Dog
Could You Replace Might Tharg?, Prog Power, Answers

The Annual on Mega City Book Club: http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2016/12/mega-city-book-club-22-1982-annual.html

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Song: Kids in America by Kim Wilde

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ep 72 – Progs 237-240

In our thrilling seventy-second episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 237-240 of 2000 AD, covering November of 1981. Join us as Nemesis the Warlock and Torquemada have a zombie showdown, Rogue Trooper goes topside, Ace Trucking goes down a black hole, Mean Arena goes to Edinburgh, and Mega-City One goes to hell as Block Mania reaches a fever pitch!

Thrills Covered:

Rogue Trooper
Abelard Snazz
Judge Dredd
Future Shocks
The Mean Arena
Nemesis the Warlock
Ace Trucking Co.

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Song: Under Pressure by Queen and David Bowie

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ep 71 – 1982 Judge Dredd Annual

In our thrilling seventy-first episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest comic with the 1982 Judge Dredd Annual (Annuals are dated by the following year). It’s the second Dredd Annual, and I think it stands up to the first one. Join us as we meet the fattys, fight space vampires, and take part in a mini-block rumble! We’ll also revisit some classic Dredd stories and hang out with our buddies Max Normal and Walter the Wobot. Finally these annuals are pretty good!

Thrills Covered:

Anatomy of a Crime
Data File Otto Sump, The Judge Dredd Interview, Are You a Mega Mind?
The Mean Machine Goes to Town
Superbad!, Je Suis La Loi!
Walter the Wobot, Fwiend of Dwedd
Futuregraph and The First Dredd
Murder at the Alfred Hitchcock Block
The Vampire Effect
Desperadoes of the Cursed Earth
The Judge Child Journey, Easy Rider, Data File Max Normal
Max Normal, The Pinstripe Freak
Hall of Justice, Data File Judge Hershey
The Brotherhood of Darkness
Lawmaster Road Test, An Ode to Dredd
Mega-City Rumble

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Song: Every Little Thing She Does is Magic by The Police

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ep 70 – Progs 232-236

In our thrilling seventieth episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 232-236 of 2000 AD, covering October of 1981. Join us as Ace Garp his crew and their ship the Speedo Ghost head out into the spaceways, Nemesis starts a jail break, Rogue Trooper heads out to sea, Mean Arena moves to Manchester, the Kid Knee Caper concludes, and Judge Dredd heads out on a Hot Dog Run before BLOCK MANIA BEGINS!

Thrills Covered:

Ace Trucking Co.
Rogue Trooper
Judge Dredd
Nemesis the Warlock
Strontium Dog
Future Shocks
Mean Arena

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Song: It’s My Party by Dave Stewart and Barbara Gaskin

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ep 69 – 1981 Sci-Fi Special

In our thrilling sixty-ninth (nice) episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with the 1981 Sci-Fi Special of 2000 AD. This Special contains some excellent Judge Dredd and Nemesis the Warlock stories, and a pair of classic One-Eyed Jack stories that caused a fair amount of debate among the the hosts.

Thrills Covered:

Judge Dredd
Desert Asteroid Authors, Superman II
Southern Comfort
Night-Land
Tharg the Mighty in ALIEN!
One-Eyed Jack
Diary of an Alien Editor, Ro-Jaws Technicolour Book Review, Tharg’s Mighty Puzzle Pages
Future Shocks
Nemesis the Warlock

On the Wall

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Song: Vienna by Ultravox

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ep 68 – Progs 228-231

In our thrilling sixty-eighth episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 228-231 of 2000 AD, covering September of 1981. Join us as Judges Dredd and Anderson settle Death’s hash, Nemesis plays the blues, we start the Kid-Knee Caper, and Rogue Trooper synths out across Nu-Earth for the first time!

Thrills Covered:

Rogue Trooper
Nemesis the Warlock
Judge Dredd
Mean Arena
Strontium Dog
Future Shocks

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Song: Prince Charming by Adam and the Ants

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Collection 11 – BAD THRILLS

For every silver lining there’s an angry dark storm cloud. So it is in the eleventh in our series of Space Spinner 2000 Collections as we cover our least favorite thrills! 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.

This time we’re torturing ourselves for your fun and amusement as we collect the four thrills we’ve disliked the most so far in our coverage of 2000AD. It’s a rogue’s gallery of thrill-suckers: Colony Earth, Death Planet, Angel, and Rick Random. We’ll talk about what makes these thrills so painful and what could be done to make them better. While we usually pride ourselves on being positive, sometimes you just have to release your anger! Most of these stories haven’t been collected in official editions, but you can find Death Planet as part of the Planet of the Damned graphic novel at the 2000AD webstore, or wherever books are sold.

https://shop.2000ad.com/catalogue/GRN559

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

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