281: Necronauts

I met up with five star club member Alex Frith in the pub to discuss Necronauts by Gordon Rennie and Frazer Irving. You can buy this story in the collection Tharg's Terror Tales on the 2000AD webshop. Find Alex on his Heroes of 2000AD blog, and the 2000AD forums.

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280: No More Heroes

Conrad is back to discuss two recent films featuring villains but no heroes, maybe? There are spoilers for the ending of Joker 2 between 15:24 and 21:22. Listen to more Conrad at SpaceSpinner2000.com

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279: Ministry of Space

Andrew Stringer is back on board the Spaceship Britannia as we blast off with the Ministry of Space by Warren Ellis and Chris Weston.

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278: The Sarge

Garth Ennis returns to discuss two volumes of The Sarge from the pages of Battle by Gerry Finley-Day and Mike Western. We also discuss the current run of Battle Action specials and the return of Rogue Trooper to the pages of 2000AD.

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277: Garth

Jonny Cannon returns to talk about his love for Frank Bellamy's inking techniques which he used to great effect on the long running newspaper strip, Garth. Check out the Frank Bellamy website and the Down the Tubes resource on the character.

And find Jonny's own inky noodlings at CannonHillComics on Big Cartel and follow him on Instagram and Threads.

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276: Roy of the Rovers

David Nolan returns to talk about the greatest left foot in football, and to discuss the highs and lows of Melchester Rovers in the early 1980s. It's time to tackle the biggest sporting hero in the history of British comics (sorry, Alf). Second hand copies of this collection are still available.

You can find all of David's own books on Amazon, and his book about Argentinian football is also on Bookshop.org. Follow him on Bluesky and Twitter.

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275: Punisher Max

Damian Lubanski returns to our secret recording facility in London and this time we are following Garth Ennis into one of those American comics. The first volume of his Punisher Max series is still available.

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