Comics!

It’s another multi-part epic! Yay. Largely due to the incompetence that has signified this show since its inception, Andrew & Micheal go all free form for the first of 3 episodes looking at the DC Mini Epic 7 SOLDIERS OF VICTORY! Except they read it in the trade which prints [...]

Micheal and Andrew wrap up the Marvel colours trilogy with a look a Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale’s examination of the first 24 hours of Hulk’s existence – HULK: GRAY. Witness the return of Continuity & Nitpicks – more nitpickery than ever – and journey along as Dr Bruce Banner’s [...]

It’s the D-List Justice League! It’s the Suicide Squad! It’s a All-New Flash! And witness the first appearance of WONDER WOMAN! Yes, LEGENDS shows us how crossovers were done in the 1980’s. Turns out – not so different. LEGENDS 1-6, read, loved and loathed with the same fervor as FOREVER [...]

In the first of a 2 part look at huge crossover events, then and now, Micheal and Andrew first cast their eyes over FOREVER EVIL and the Justice League issues that tie in. Does it work as a stand alone story? Does somebody lose a limb? Has the EVENT reached [...]

It’s the conclusion of HUSH as Micheal and Andrew examine the final 6 issues of the story. With the prime suspect killed of, will the identity be a satisfying reveal? Or will it not really deserve the honoured status the story seems to have achieved? Well, I think you can [...]

Micheal & Andrew decide to pay tribute to the Dark Knight’s 75th by doing something they would have done anyway – yes, we’re a BATMAN podcast again! JIM LEE & JEPH LOEB’s “seminal” work HUSH is lovingly examined in part 1 of a 2 part special. Is it any good? [...]

Micheal and Andrew follow vampire detectives, and explore the murky swamps of Louisiana. There they encounter two generic Swamp Men-Thing’s, as Those 70’s Shows takes them into the horror comics of the decade.

It’s time to get all supernatural and Sci-Fi on part 6 of Those 70’s Shows as Micheal and Andrew look at the wild and wacky world of Adam Strange in STRANGE TALES #181, experience the land of the future in KAMANDI – THE LAST BOY ON EARTH #1 and finally [...]

It’s tantrums and tiara’s as 70’s icon LUKE CAGE takes on DR DOOM over the matter of $200. Don’t get in Cage’s way when he’s owed bread, you dig? Yes, HERO FOR HIRE #9 is first up before matters get altogether more serious for the duo of Green Lantern and [...]

Some Seventies stories need no introduction, no hyperbole, no hard sell. Micheal & Andrew ask – where were you The Night Gwen Stacy Died?

Micheal & Andrew’s look at Seventies classics (!) continues with a look at Marvel’ leading ladies. First up, STAN LEE returned to comics to script the debut of THE SAVAGE SHE-HULK, then GERRY CONWAY introduces the world to MS MARVEL. Finally, RED SONJA shows CONAN how it’s done in CONAN [...]

Get down with your funky selves and vibe on the Hey Kids, Comics experience as the 1970‘s roll on. After the feedback frenzy caused by the Transformers, Andrew & Micheal once again enjoy a selection of choice Bronze Age cuts – step into the tortured mind of a writer in [...]

It’s Here!!! Andrew & Micheal follow up the sensational sixties retrospective with a trip into the polyester clad, 1970’s. First up, it’s the first appearance of those world-conquering mutants, the all-new X-MEN who go GIANT SIZE for their inaugural adventure. Then DC goes sci-fi as Jack KING Kirby jumps ship [...]

When a Vertigo book not a Vertigo book? When it’s a crossover! Yes, Micheal takes Dad to school as they look at ROTWORLD – the Animal Man/Swamp Thing epic that runs across lots and lots and lots of comics. There are probably some digressions along the way as well as [...]

For the first 31minutes and 40 seconds, Micheal and Andrew discuss Captain America – The Winter Soldier. If you haven’t yet seen that film you may wish to skip the first 30 minutes. You may wish to do that anyway, I don’t know. Anyway, after that is dispensed with, we [...]

It’s part two of the 50th Anniversary Celebrations of DAREDEVIL – THE MAN WITHOUT FEAR as the not-at-all-random number generator spits out issues 181, 191, 200 and 223. How does Frank Miller wrap up his landmark run? Why is Issue 200’s cover not more celebrated? And, after being left out [...]

It can’t have escaped your notice that DAREDEVIL – The Man Without Fear has turned 50 this year, what with all the hoopla and celebrations Marvel have been throwing at us. Wait. You mean that hasn’t been ANY hoopla or celebrations? Other than a new number 1 but that’s no [...]

What’s that? You want an episode that harkens back to the glory days that maybe never were? Well, how lucky you are! Micheal and Andrew are here to kick it old skool with an episode that recalls those halcyon days when Andrew picked a comic and Micheal picked a comic. [...]

In another All-Reader-Request episode, Micheal and Andrew discuss another project they know nothing about. People seem to want us to talk about things of which we have no knowledge – weird. Anyway, this week it’s the turn of the Robots In Disguise, THE TRANSFORMERS, specifically the UK comics. What will [...]

In 1984, Marvel UK embarked upon a unique experiment. An all-new, completely original, UK produced comic strip. This adventure, by Micheal Collins and Barry Kitson, has never been reprinted and seems to have been all but forgotten by all but the most devoted Spider-Man fan. Fortunately Andrew and Micheal are [...]

Dreadful Birthday, Dear Joker wraps up with a rather long discussion on the recent multi-part EPIC – DEATH OF THE FAMILY! This much-hyped and extensive storyline, crossing over into pretty much any book with with a “Bat” in the title (and a few that didn’t) was the first large scale [...]

It’s DREADFUL BIRTHDAY, DEAR JOKER! Part IV! It has talking. And conversations about comic books. Specifically THE JOKER, who is 74 this year. Even more specifically, the chat is about THE BATMAN ADVENTURES #28, BATMAN #663 and DETECTIVE COMICS #826.

Dreadful Birthday, Dear Joker continues by looking at – Dreadful Birthday, Dear Joker from Batman #321. We never said we WEREN’T predictable. Also, there’s a look at BATMAN #353 where The Joker wishes to make his face a true landmark and Batman #366 where The Joker Is Wild, but not [...]

Emails are as random as ever but not as random as when Andrew and Micheal’s discussion on a classic Joker story and if the artist should have been allowed to tinker with it for reprint editions leads to Andrew revealing his true thoughts on the Star Wars special editions. But [...]

Are Stiletto and Discuss the renegade versions of 80’s action TV show Hardcastle & McCormick? Is Stiletto actually a good name for a villain or does it conjure up images of drunken Essex girls stumbling out of the pub? The jury is still out but after all that DREADFUL BIRTHDAY, [...]