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Andrew and Micheal read emails and then talk about Nightwing Year One for about an hour and a half. What? You want more? Oh, OK. With Dan DiDio talking about putting a target on young Dick Grayson (again!), we decided to look at the post-crisis, post Zero Hour, Pre Nu52 [...]

There is no game talk in this episode, instead Micheal and Andrew get back to discussing the first of the Marvel Colours Trilogy, Daredevil – Yellow. It’s pretty damn good so if you haven’t already go and read a copy before we yak about it and ruin it for you. [...]

This week Micheal wrests control of the microphone to continue to wax lyrical about Metal Gear Solid. Issues 7-12 of the comic adaptation and more about the games. Andrew watches, infuriated by the gameplay.

Some email tomfoolery sends Andrew into a fit of giggles plus Hey Kids WANTS YOU!!!!!! Listen in to hear why. Then Micheal begins his epic look at the multi million selling comic style game series Metal Gear Solid! Whataminute! Game? GAME!? Apparently it’s an itty bitty little game. The game [...]

Micheal and Andrew FINALLY break their silence over the Man Of Steel movie, then emails are read before the meat of the show is consumed. A celebration of Comics Innovator, Industry Legend & part-time Escape Artist – Jim Steranko and a look at his seminal run on Captain America from [...]

What can I say about the final episode of How Soon Is (Marvel) Now? well, I could say it’s choc full of all the things you love – disagreements, banter and a stubborn refusal to acknowledge when we’re wrong – about comics. But what if I just say it’s about [...]

It’s Hip! It’s Wow! It’s Now! Marvel Now! Part 3 looking at FF #1 and Fantastic Four #1. I know what your thinking. And you’re right. It WOULD have made more sense to have these issues be part 4. You want sense? At this stage of the game?

There’s a podcast if you’d like to listen. You may hear someone whose comics you love. So go and download. And listen on your own. And then weep that it was only alright. How Soon Is (Marvel) Now continues with a look at Captain America #1 and Hawkeye #3. Sci [...]

Welcome back to another installment of Hey, Kids, Comics! the podcast that does for comics what Bran does for your diet. This week, Micheal & Andrew answer more reader email. Is your missive in there? Then they turn their attention to the recent (don’t call it a reboot) publishing initiative [...]

In an episode decidedly less Blue than the last few weeks, Micheal and Andrew turn their to attention to one of the three colours trilogy – No, not the arty French films but the comic book series by Jeph Loeb & Tim Sale; Spider-Man Blue. Marvel at proper storytelling, glorious [...]

Free Gifts from Listeners!!! A big old Hug Fest!!!! A SPECIAL GUEST!!!! All this and more as Micheal and Andrew tackle the end of Civil War with issues 5-7 and the epilogue In Captain America 25. Then, Michael Bailey drops by to tell us if the Graphic Audio Adaptation of [...]

Rather randomly, the First Family Of Podcasting discuss Iron Man 3 for the first 11:44 of the show so skip that if you haven’t seen the film. Then Micheal and Andrew roll up their sleeves and delve into the Reader Request mailbag by looking at issues 1-4 of Marvel’s big [...]

The discussion on For Tomorrow WILL NOT DIE! in the email section whilst Andrew muses on a Howling Commando’s movie. Then Andrew & Micheal deliver Hellblazer’s final farewell, for which they’ve waited with baited breath. After perusing Hellblazer 298, 299 and 300, they welcome Constantine #1 with baited hook.

To finish off Superman’s Birthday, Micheal and Andrew look at CBR’s top 75 Superman stories, then delve into reader feedback before two more comics that don’t have super heroes in them. Well, kind of. ALIENS: EARTH ANGEL and PLANETARY #3. I’m pretty sure PLANETARY has a super hero in it…

Thungg, Earthlets! Tharg The Mighty here saying that this week’s Hey Kids, Comics! is packed with Thrill Power! So cough up your Galactic Groats as we delve deeply into Prog 10 with such Cosmic Masterpieces as Mach 1, Invasion!, Flesh, Harlem’s Heroes and of course Judge Dredd! And then thrill [...]

Be thankful you can’t catch ManFlu through headphones as Snotty McHeadcold and Phlegm bring you emails that somehow lead to a conversation about Superman – For Tomorrow! Then, War is Hell for Sgt’s Fury & Rock as “But it’s not got Super Heroes in it!” season continues with Our Army [...]

It’s a thoroughly random email segment where Angela picks her sexiest Superman and names all 11 Doctor Who actors in order – kind of – before Micheal and Andrew kick off “But it’s not got super heroes in it!” season. Andrew guides the Battlestar Galactica through the choppy waters of [...]

Micheal & Andrew pitch a Magnum PI/Airwolf crossover, suggest the best names for your daughter and finally talk about comics. Yes, after the KNIGHTS/PRODIGAL stuff, they finally get around to the final 4 part TROIKA! Was it worth it? Listen & see.  

What to say about this, the final episode of Happy Birthday Superman? Well, if you’ve listened to the others, it’s kind of like that – low-rent, no-budget wrong headed opinions but with added Spider-Man! Oh, and DOOM! Oodles of DOOM! Join Andrew and Micheal for the finale – DOOM won’t [...]

In the penultimate Happy Birthday Superman, Andrew and Micheal read emails and talk comics. Business as usual. This week it’s the 00’s. “A Clown Comes to Metropolis” in Action Comics #765, Action Comics #775 ponders “What’s So Funny About Truth, Justice & The American Way?”, Clark uncovers “The Secret” in [...]

Back to what we laughingly refer to as “normal” this week as the email section celebrates convalescence. Then Superman has to deal with a DARK KNIGHT OVER METROPOLIS in a 3 part story from Superman #44, Adventures #467 & Action #654 before returning the favour and dropping by Gotham in [...]

In an episode that refused to be contained, Micheal & Andrew spend THREE HOURS discussing Action Comics #544 – Luthor Unleashed & Rebirth, Superman #400 – The Living Legends Of Superman, Superman Vol 2 #10 – The Super Menace of Metropolis and Superman Vol 2 #12 Lost Love. Enjoy this [...]

Micheal and Andrew spend the email section yammering but then the Superman time clock turns to the 70’s with a clutch of classics; from Superman #233, Superman Breaks Loose. From Superman #296 Who Took The Super Out Of Superman?, from Action Comics #484 and from Superman #300 – Superman 2001. [...]

Another E-Mail Section which will lead to talking about comics. Maybe ones you’ve not read. Enter at your own risk. Then, part 3 of HAPPY BIRTHDAY SUPERMAN continues with a clutch of classics from The Swinging 60’s. If you can remember them, you weren’t really there. Tonight: The Untold Story [...]

After an email section that this week takes in discussion about Amazing Spider-Man #700 (So SPOILERS!!! if you haven’t read it), Mike and Andrew take to the 50’s for 4 exemplary examples of four colour fun. Superman tackles the Menace From The Stars from World’s Finest #78, teams up with [...]