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ep 232 – 1990 Winter Special

In our thrilling two hundred and thirty-second episode we continue our journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with the 1990 Winter Special of 2000AD. This is a Laff-o-Rama special, with jokes and silliness aplenty! Or at least that’s the idea. Will they succeed? We’ll find out together!

This episode Conrad is joined by friend of the show Graham Cannon, who was a great sport about rerecording this episode after there was a recording error with the first one, which is why this episode is coming out two weeks late!

Thrills Covered:

Judge Dredd
Droid’s Joke Page
Tharg the Mighty
Where Are They Now?
Zenith
Fervent & Lobe
Tharg – The Motion Picture
Future Shocks
Bradley
Bix Barton

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Song: Unbelievable by EMF

32.20

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ep 233 – 1990 Year in Review

In our thrilling two hundred and thirty-third episode Fox and Conrad take a break from reviewing weekly progs to reminisce on the whole of 2000 AD comics for the year 1990. It’s a chance to reflect, review, and give out awards! Welcome to the 1990 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 1991 from both 2000AD and our show!

Programming note: After a barn burner second half of 1989 and 1990 we’ll be moving to releasing shows every other week for the rest of 2020. Regular weekly (and twice weekly!) releases will resume in 2021!

Award Categories:

Best Art
Best Story
Best Overall Thrill
MVP of 1990
Best Month
Best Year

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Song: Unchained Melody by The Righteous Brothers

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ep 231 – Progs 708-711

In our thrilling two hundred and thirty-first episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 708-711 of 2000AD, covering December 1990. This episode the year is ending so it’s time to clear the decks! It’s the end of Time Flies, Silo, and Anderson, and it’s gonna be action packed and emotional!

Thrills Covered:

Judge Dredd
Time Flies
Junker
Silo
Future Shocks
Anderson, Psi Division

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Song: Saviour’s Day by Cliff Richard

32.23

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ep 230 – Progs 704-707

In our thrilling two hundred and thirtieth episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 704-707 of 2000AD, covering November & December 1990. This episode…aw jeez, what happened to my XXXXX rated movie?

Notes: Conrad is aware that Caligula wasn’t actually rated X, and that Lord Kitchener is the UK Uncle Sam, not the US one. No need to write in about it!

Thrills Covered:

Judge Dredd
Harlem Heroes
Hewligan’s Haircut
Time Flies
Anderson, Psi Division
Silo

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Song: Ice Ice Baby by Vanilla Ice

32.06

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ep 229 – Progs 700-703

In our thrilling two hundred and twenty-ninth episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 700-703 of 2000AD, covering October & November 1990. This episode we’ve hit a big milestone and it’s time for a big relaunch! Two new stories, two new thrills, and the Harlem Heroes keep rolling along!

Thrills Covered:

Judge Dredd
Time Flies
Nemesis & Deadlock
Hewligan’s Haircut
Anderson, Psi Division
Harlem Heroes

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Song: A Little Time by The Beautiful South

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Big Meg One – Primer 7 – Necropolis

In the seventh and final mega episode of our Judge Dredd Megazine Primer series Eli and Conrad are looking at some classic Dredd adventures to learn more about the Lawman of the Future. We’ve reached the end of our primer series, and we’ll close it out with some VERY recent events in the world of Judge Dredd, the Necropolis mega-event! This epic once more changes the face of Mega-City One, introduces new characters and re-defines others, and sets up Dredd-world stories for years to come! After this we’ll at last be ready for the Megazine itself!

Stories Discussed:

Necropolis

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Song: Judge Dredd Main Theme by Alan Silvestri

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ep 228 – Progs 696-699

In our thrilling two hundred and twenty-eighth episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 696-699 of 2000AD, covering September & October 1990. This episode we’re at the end of a bunch of major thrills, Necropolis AND The Horned God end! As do Dry Run and Chronos Carnival, but those are a bit less noteworthy.

Thrills Covered:

Judge Dredd
Harlem Heroes
Sláine
Chronos Carnival
Dry Run
Future Shocks

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Song: Show Me Heaven by Maria McKee

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ep 227 – Progs 692-695

IT’S OUR FOUR YEAR ANNIVERSARY! FOUR YEARS OF SPACE SPINNER 2000, FOR REAL THIS TIME!

In our thrilling two hundred and twenty-seventh episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 692-695 of 2000AD, covering August & September of 1990. This episode we’ll say good bye to Medivac 318, at least one Harlem Hero, and several villains in Judge Dredd and Sláine, and hello to both Chronos Carnival and to Dry Run’s little friend!

Thrills Covered:

Judge Dredd
Harlem Heroes
Sláine
Medivac 318
Dry Run
Chronos Carnival

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Song: The Joker by The Steve Miller Band

31.56

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ep 226 – 1991 Judge Dredd Annual

In our thrilling two hundred and twenty-sixth episode we continue our journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with the 1990 Judge Dredd Annual. This is the eleventh and final Dredd Annual, and features a truly amazing Judge Dredd/Strontium Dog crossover, and extremely early work from future master script droid Dan Abnett!

This episode Conrad is joined by friend of the show David Page, also known as THE MONARCH on the 2000AD Forums! Check out his YouTube channel here!

Thrills Covered:

Top Dogs
Questionnaire John Wagner, Alan Grant, Ian Gibson, Jamie Hewlett, Colin MacNeil
Exorcise Duty
Johnathan Livingston Dog Vulture
The Law Master
Johnny Alpha
The Law Giver
Resyko
Killer Car!

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Song: Love Shack by The B-52’s

31.39

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ep 225 – 1991 2000AD Annual

In our thrilling two hundred and twenty-fifth episode we continue our journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with the 1990 2000AD Annual. This is the fourteenth and final 2000AD Annual, and this time we’re rocking the Gasbah with new stories from Judge Dredd, Strontium Dog, Night Zero, and the final Moon Runners adventure! (For real this time)

This episode Conrad is joined by Richard Sheaf of the Boys Adventure Comics Blog! Every day Richard posts something new and insteresting about the history of British comics!

Find the blog at: https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/

Thrills Covered:

Judge Dredd
Rogue Trooper
Droid Lifestyle Kevin Hopgood, Gordon Robson, Paul Marshall, John Smith
Shadowground
A Close Encounter of the Fatal Kind
2000AD Index
Night Zero
Moon Runners
Covers of 1989
Strontium Dog

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Song: Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini by Timmy Mallett with Bombalurina

31.39

In this episode we discuss the art in the Rogue Trooper reprint being expanded to fit the annual pages, here’s the pages we’re talking about.

The original from prog 346

and from the 1991 Annual

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