Space Spinner 2000

In our thrilling fifty-fifth episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 178-179 of 2000AD, covering September 1980. This episode is also designed for new listeners, with explanations about the nature of both the show and 2000AD. If you’re interested in getting into either, this is a great place to start! As well as a recap and recommend...

In our thrilling fifty-fourth episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest comic with the 1981 Judge Dredd Annual (Annuals are dated by the following year). It’s the first Dredd Annual, after a few years of Dan Dare Themed ones. Join us for the first great 2000AD annual, featuring Dredd, the whole Dredd, and nothing but the Dredd! Thrills Covered: PinBOIN...

In our thrilling fifty-third episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest comic with the 1981 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 also has some extremely neat comics, articles, and features. For the first time ever we have two non-comi...

In our thrilling fifty-second episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 173-177 of 2000 AD, covering August and September of 1980. Join us as we clear the decks in advance of a thrill refresh in the second half of September! All thrills must end! (Except Judge Dredd, natch.) Thrills Covered: The Stainless Steel Rat Saves the World The Mind o...

In our thrilling fifty-first episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 168-172 of 2000 AD, covering July and August of 1980. Join us as the Stainless Steel Rat saves the world, for the first time, but not the last time, Wolfie Smith opens an evil door, the Geeks go undercover, the robot war begins, and we trip balls on Oracle Spice! Thrills...

In our thrilling fiftieth episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with the 1980 Sci-Fi Special of 2000 AD. This Special contains the 2000AD premiere of both Alan Moore and Steve Dillon, and has some cool stories without a ton of filler. Thanks to all our listeners for helping us get to fifty episodes! Here’s to a whole lot more! Thrills Covered...

In our thrilling forty-ninth episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 163-167 of 2000 AD, covering May, June and July of 1980. Join us as Dredd travels the spaceways, we get 6 times the Sam Slade, MACH Zero reunites with his son, and the Stainless Steel Rat begins his next quest, to save the world! Also we have a revelation about the nature...

In our thrilling forty-eighth episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 159-162 of 2000 AD, covering April of 1980. Join us as we say goodbye to Captain Klep and the Fiends of the Eastern Front, and hello to returning thrills MACH Zero and Wolfie Smith. We’ll also head off into deep space with both the VCs AND Judge Dredd! Also, this e...

In our thrilling forty-seventh episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 154-158 of 2000 AD, covering March of 1980. Join us as we head out with Judge Dredd as he begins his quest to find the Judge Child, the there is political intrigue with the Robo-Hunter, and the hosts once again side with monsters against humanity at large in Fiends of t...

In our thrilling forty-sixth episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 150-153 of 2000 AD, covering February of 1980. Join us as we travel to the future to fight robots and aliens, to the past to fight alongside vampires and hang out with dinosaurs, fight the evil Judge Death, and DRINK THE BLOOD OF SATANUS! Also Conrad quotes classic poetry...

In our thrilling forty-fifth episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 146-149 of 2000 AD, covering January of 1980. It’s a huge Judge Dredd month, as Judge Minty leaves Mega City One just as Judge Death arrives! Also Conrad tries to explain what Top of the Pops is, and fails miserably! Check out the Judge Minty Fan Film! Thrills Cover...

In our thrilling forty-fourth episode Fox and Conrad take a break from reviewing weekly progs to reminisce on the whole of 2000 AD comics for the year 1979. It’s a chance to reflect, review, and give out awards! Welcome to the 1979 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....

In our thrilling forty-third episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 141-145 of 2000 AD, covering December of 1979. Join us Christmas in June (check out the festive airhorn!), as Tharg punches out Santa, Barney the computer grants wishes, and the Stainless Steel Rat comes into his own! Thrills Covered: Judge Dredd The V.C.s The Stainless S...

In our thrilling forty-second episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 137-140 of 2000 AD, covering November of 1979. Join us for the heart warming story of Mad George, the terrifying Night of the Bloodbeast, and for Blackhawk losing his soul! Also we continue our constant march towards our own Disaster 1990! Thrills Covered: Judge Dredd Bl...

In our thrilling forty-first episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 133-136 of 2000 AD, covering October of 1979. We only need six words to describe this episode: Incredibly Armed, Incredibly Dangerous, Incredibly Awesome. Thrills Covered: Judge Dredd Blackhawk ABC Warriors Captain Klep The Mind of Wolfie Smith Future Shocks Disaster 1990...

In our thrilling fortieth episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest comic with the 1980 2000 AD Annual (Annuals are dated by the following year). This episode we discuss the final Dan Dare story, the strange fate of Mega City 4, and we learn our 2000 AD IQ! We’re 40 episodes in, and we hope that like us, Tharg is a big part of your life! Thrills Covere...

In our thrilling thirty-ninth episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 128-132 of 2000 AD, covering September of 1979. Join us as the ABC Warriors head to Mars, SPREAD THE WORD! Also we discuss the proper terminology for breaking into a ship, sing along with Ursa, and kill a ton of geese with Bill Savage! Thrills Covered: Judge Dredd Blackh...

In our thrilling thirty-eighth episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with the Dan Dare Annual 1980. Join us for comics from deep in the Fleetway Vault, and a holiday themed robot brawl that seems to be mostly about late 70s labor relations! Also we continue to out ourselves as dumb Americans by our dislike of reading words not accompanied by pictur...

In our thrilling thirty-seventh episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 124-127 of 2000 AD, covering August of 1979. Join us as the ABC Warriors recruit more team members, a mutant army invades Mega-City 1 and both Project Overkill and 2000 AD veteran Dan Dare complete their journeys. Also 2000 AD merges with Tornado magazine, bringing wit...

In our thrilling thirty-sixth episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 120-123 of 2000 AD, covering July of 1979. Join us as we get underway with ABC Warriors and Disaster 1990 and we near the finale of Dan Dare Thrills Covered: Judge Dredd Disaster 1990 ABC Warriors Project Overkill Dan Dare Contact the show at spacespinner2000@gmail.com A...

In our thrilling thirty-fifth episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with the 1979 Sci-Fi Special of 2000 AD. OMG there are so many thrills this episode! Also Fox gets graded on several quizzes and is then manipulated into a terrible joke by Conrad. Thrills Covered: Judge Dredd You Are A Judge! Future Shocks – First Encounter Meteor Dan Dare F...

In our thrilling thirty-fourth episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 115-119 of 2000 AD, covering June of 1979. Join us as we conclude the amazing highs of Strontium Dog and Ro-Busters and the terrifying lows of Rick Random. Also Disaster 1990, Project Overkill, and ABC Warriors begin. At nine separate thrills, it’s our most divers...

In our thrilling thirty-third episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 111-114 of 2000 AD, covering May of 1979. Join us as Conrad explains his theory of how the current Dan Dare storyline is the primary influence for every Bioware video game ever made. It’s shockingly plausible! Thrills Covered: Judge Dredd Robo-Hunter Rick Random St...

In our thrilling thirty-second episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 107-110 of 2000 AD, covering April of 1979. Join us as Judge Cal is defeated, the Strontium Dogs go for a swim in Hades, and Ro-Jaws and Hammerstein learn that there’s gold in them thar robots! Thrills Covered: Judge Dredd Robo-Hunter Strontium Dog Future Shocks D...

In our thrilling thirty-first episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 102-106 of 2000 AD, covering March of 1979. Join us Judge Dredd enlists Fergee, the king of the Big Smelly against Cal, The Ro-Busters being their Fall and Rise, and Strontium Dog goes to the afterlife! Thrills Covered: Judge Dredd Robo-Hunter Dan Dare Future Shocks Ro-B...