Space Spinner 2000

In our thrilling thirtieth episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 98-101 of 2000 AD, covering February of 1979. Join us as Dan Dare and Robo Hunter return to the podcast, as Angel flies away and Flesh travels to the future! BIG JOBS! BIG JOBS! BIG JOBS! BIG JOBS! Thrills Covered: Judge Dredd Angel Future Shocks Flesh Ro-Busters Robo Hunte...

In our thrilling twenty-ninth episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 94-97  of 2000 AD, covering January of 1979. Join us as the Klegs attack and we take to the sky with Angel! Thrills Covered: Judge Dredd Ro-Busters Flesh Future Shocks Strontium Dog Angel Contact the show at spacespinner2000@gmail.com Song: YMCA by The Village People 4.7...

In our thrilling twenty-eighth episode Fox and Conrad take a break from reviewing weekly progs to reminisce on the year of 2000 AD comics for the year 1978. It’s a chance to reflect, review, and give out awards! Welcome to the 1978 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 twenty-seventh episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 89-93  of 2000 AD, covering November and December of 1978. Join us as we sing Wolrog victory tunes and reflect on the eternal nature of super-villain tyranny. Judge Fish Demands it! Thrills Covered: Judge Dredd Ro-Busters Flesh Future Shocks Strontium Dog Contact the s...

In our thrilling twenty-sixth episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 86-88 of 2000 AD, covering September and early October of 1978. This episode is also designed for new listeners, with explanations about the nature of both the show and 2000 AD. If you’re interested in getting into either, this is a great place to start! As well as...

In our thrilling twenty-fifth episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest comic with the 1979 2000 AD Annual (Annuals are dated by the following year). This episode we discuss the difficulties of lunar time keeping, just how fair certain statements are, and how many words in a comic book are TOO many words. Also Conrad almost blows out his throat doing the THR...

In our thrilling twenty-fourth episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 80-85 of 2000 AD, covering September and early October of 1978. Also Conrad and Fox discuss the ethical ramifications of destroying every robot you see. For the record, it’s fine, don’t stress about it! (Note: Conrad writes these synopses.) Thrills Covered:...

In our thrilling twenty-third episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with the Dan Dare Annual 1979. Conrad struggles mightily to not call the protagonist of every story “Dan Dare” and fails surprisingly often! Also deep thoughts about the meaning of the thrills featured in 2000 AD. Dan Dare Invasion Rick Random UFO Agent Judge Dredd Recr...

In our thrilling twenty-second episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 76-79 of 2000 AD, covering August 1978. Also Conrad totally burns Fox for making an incorrect reference! FEEL THE BURN! Thrills Covered: Robo-Hunter Dan Dare Judge Dredd Future Shocks Ant Wars Contact the show at spacespinner2000@gmail.com Song: Three Times a Lady by Th...

In our thrilling twenty-first episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 71-75 of 2000 AD, covering July 1978. Also we have a very heady discussion about anti-colonial subtext in Giant Ant comics, and we cover two of the most controversial 2000 AD thrills of all time, Inferno and the Judge Dredd Burger Wars! Thrills Covered: Ant Wars Inferno...

In our thrilling twentieth episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with the 1978 Sci-Fi Special of 2000 AD. Also we have a spirited discussion about the nature of these special issues and if they are even meant for young readers. Thrills Covered: For a Fistful of Groats Dan Dare MACH Zero Rick Random MACH One Judge Dredd Contact the show at spacespin...

In our thrilling nineteenth episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 67-70 of 2000 AD, covering June 1978. Also we go in-depth about why MACH Zero’s art is awesome, and Conrad keeps spoiling the line-ups of 39 year old comic books. Thrills Covered: Dan Dare MACH Zero Judge Dredd Walter the Robot Death Planet Inferno Future Shocks Cont...

In our thrilling eighteenth episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with progs 63-66 of 2000 AD, covering May 1978. Also we go in depth about why Death Planet leaves a lot to be desired in terms of strong female characters. Thrills Covered: Dan Dare MACH 1 MACH 0 Judge Dredd Death Planet Inferno Future Shocks Contact the show at spacespinner2000@gmai...

In our thrilling seventeenth episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with progs 58-62 of 2000 AD, covering April 1978. Also we discuss the…let’s say “direct”…nature of Dan Dare’s approach to dealing with hostile aliens. Thrills Covered Dan Dare MACH 1 Colony Earth Judge Dredd Future Shocks Inferno Death Planet Walt...

Due to a recording error the audio for episode 15 was lost. We’re going to re-record it and will post this lost episode next week. In our thrilling sixteenth episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with progs 54-57 of 2000 AD, covering March 1978. Also we discuss the nature of the Prime Directive and the relative dangers of quicksand in the mod...

Here’s the replacement for the episode we lost last week. Sorry for the inconvenience! In our thrilling fifteenth episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with progs 50-53 of 2000 AD, covering February 1978. Also we deal with the problems of time travel as it relates to recap based podcasts. Fox endangers the space-time continuum at least once....

In our thrilling fourteenth episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with progs 46-49 of 2000 AD, covering January 1978. Also the awesome power of Future Shocks force us to deploy air horns. Probably too many air horns. Thrills Covered: Dan Dare Future Shocks MACH 1 Bonjo from Beyond the Stars Judge Dredd Invasion Inferno Contact the show at spacespin...

In our thrilling thirteenth episode Fox and Conrad take a break from reviewing weekly progs to reflect on the year of 2000 AD comics for the year 1977. It’s a chance to reflect, review, and give out awards! Welcome to the 1977 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. Award...

In our thrilling twelfth episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest comic with progs 41-45 of 2000 AD, covering December of 1977. Also we ring in the new year…the year 2100 that is! Thrills Covered: Judge Dredd Invasion Future Shocks Bonjo from Beyond the Stars Dan Dare MACH 1 Inferno Contact the show at spacespinner2000@gmail.coom Song: Girls’ Sc...

In our thrilling eleventh episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest comic with progs 37-40 of 2000 AD, covering November of 1977. Also we begin our long term discussion on the rules for Inferno. It is complicated! Thrills Covered: Inferno Judge Dredd Invasion Dan Dare MACH 1 Future Shocks Contact the show at spacespinner2000@gmail.coom Song: The Name of the...

In our thrilling tenth episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest comic with progs 32-36 of 2000 AD, covering October of 1977. Also we discuss the mysterious nature of Dan Dare’s eyebrows. Thrills Covered: Invasion Judge Dredd Shako Dan Dare MACH 1 Future Shocks Inferno Contact the show at spacespinner2000@gmail.com Song: Silver Lady by David Soul

In our thrilling ninth episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest comic with the 1978 2000 AD Annual (Annuals are dated by the following year). We also further discuss stamps and the key elements about what makes Flesh so excellent (it’s the combo of cowboys AND dinosaurs). Also, we cover the most thrills ever, with eighteen total! Thrills Covered: Dan...

In our thrilling eighth episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest comic with progs 28-31 of 2000 AD, covering September of 1977. Also we discuss how coolness is the primary things that US Air Force pilots learn. Thrills Covered: Invasion Judge Dredd Shako Dan Dare MACH 1 Future Shocks Contact the show at spacespinner2000@gmail.com Song: Way Down by Elvis Pre...

We’re back from our holiday break! In our thrilling seventh episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with progs 24-27 of 2000 AD, covering August of 1977. Also we discuss how a bear can be justified in killing a bunch of humans, but a human helping that bear is a traitor to the species. Thrills Covered: Invasion Harlem Heroes Shako Future Shocks...

In our thrilling sixth episode Fox and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic by looking at the 2000 AD Summer Sci-Fi special and the Dan Dare Poster Prog. These extra issues aren’t that super, but provide an interesting perspective on the actual progs. Also we discuss stamp collecting and how/if that hobby exists. Thrills Covered: Harlem Heroes Judge Dredd I...