Hey Kids, Comics!

It’s September – Surely time for a comics reboot (don’t call it a reboot!) DC COMICS, fed up with being kicked around town sales-wise, finally admit that the New 52 isn’t working. To that end, they decide to relaunch once again with a sequel to the event that created the [...]

Micheal and Andrew return to fill your earbuds with more ramblings about comics you’d forgotten existed. This time, it’s a game of Throne Of Atlantis! Who will sit upon the moist and soggy chair of command when all is said and done? Aquaman or Orm! King Orm! Not likely, is [...]

In an extra-length summer special, Micheal and Andrew take a look at the trilogy of Earth One books featuring hot trinity of the moment, Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman. Do these glorious hardcovers herald a new era in super heroic fiction or are they just yet another retelling of origin [...]

Back to the old ways on an all-new HEY KIDS COMICS! Andrew and Micheal pick some old comics, loosely related by theme and gab about them for over an hour. This time it’s 80’s TEAM UP books. Andrew picks some cream from the back catalogue of MARVEL TEAM-UP, THE BRAVE [...]

In May of 2016, Comics lost one of the greatest talents of this generation. Micheal and Andrew get together to pay tribute to the genius of Darwyn Cooke by looking at his collaboration with artist TIM SALE on the mini series SUPERMAN: KRYPTONITE.

The Empire has crumbled. There is in-fighting and civil war. It will take years for the New Republic to sort this mess out, even if they can. One man has arisen from the ashes of the old to take back control – Palpatine is back! Andrew & Micheal return to [...]

Captain America seems to be making headlines recently with a blockbusting movie and a new comic series. So, ever with their finger on the pulse, Micheal & Andrew look at an OLD comics series CAPTAIN AMERICA WHITE! There’s also a lot about Batman Vs Superman and why Andrew thinks memes [...]

Micheal and Andrew return with another intermittent special concerning WORLD WAR HULK! Greg Pak and John Romita Jr deliver 5 issues of SMASH! But is it worth your time and hard earned? We let you know what we think – for what that’s worth.

It’s another Hey Kids Special! Micheal and Andrew read IRON MAN: EXTREMIS. It took less time than this episode took to record.

It’s a band-wagon jumping Special Episode all about Batman Vs Superman! Micheal needed to vent, this is his venting. Andrew shrugged.

Superman Vs The Amazing Spider-Man? Whare’s Batman? Plenty of other shows will be talking about Batman Vs Superman, Micheal and Andrew are back and talking about the 1976 classic Treasury Edition Team-Up.

In the second of the HEY KIDS, COMICS! February Specials, Micheal and Andrew delve deep into the second part of Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale’s DARK VICTORY! Questions are answered, loose ends tied up and there is a cameo by ROBIN! So make 2 Northern Chancer happy and listen to [...]

It’s the February Special from HEY KIDS, COMICS! Why is February special? Who knows? Nevertheless, Micheal and Andrew are back with the first of two episodes devoted to a Jeph Loeb/Tim Sale Batman story! Deja Vu. This time it’s DARK VICTORY, the sequel to THE LONG HALLOWEEN. Do they think [...]

In the second of January specials, Micheal and Andrew take a long look at the second half of JEPH LOEB and TIM SALE’S THE LONG HALLOWEEN. More of the same, really…

In the first of a 2 PART special, the band reunite to discuss JEPH LOEB and TIM SALE’S – BATMAN: THE LONG HALLOWEEN! One of the most oft-requested series, Micheal and Andrew read all six issues and then try to make them make sense! One thing’s for sure – it [...]

Happy New Year everybody! The annual, “what we got for Christmas,” episode of HEY KIDS, COMICS! is here for your audio buds to spew into your ears. And what a show it is! In addition to e-mails, there’s the usual celebration of gifts and giving as well as an in-depth [...]

#ThisOnesForShawn In a day of highs and lows, Andrew and Micheal drop by to discuss THE FORCE AWAKENS. SPOILERS!!!!! This episode is dedicated to the memory of Mr Shawn Engel and the entire Leyland family wish to express their sincere condolences to Shawn’s family.

The Hey Kids, Comics! Winter Special concludes with the final chapters of INFINITE CRISIS! Does it all end happily ever after or is GrimDark the way forward? I think we’re still awaiting an answer to that ever question but Andrew and Micheal are explaining it all like a post-millennial Clarissa.

Micheal & Andrew are back with a 2 part winter special! In this episode it’s all about the Infinite Crisis! Starting with the Countdown and burning forth, there’s a look at the first 3 issues of the series proper with a few divergents to the (many) mini-series that took place [...]

Micheal and Andrew are back! For one week only, a return engagement for the Lovable Northern Chancers. In this, the first of the special reunion episodes, Micheal and Andrew look at a couple of horror books in celebration of BONFIRE NIGHT! Yes, you can keep yer Halloween, burning people in [...]

It’s here! The 250th and FINAL regular episode of Hey Kids, Comics! Be witness to more Self-Indulgent Twaddle, inappropriate jokes and outright silliness one last time as 2 Northern Chancers at least try to get it right before the curtain falls. Have no fear – Micheal and Andrew will return [...]

It’s the penultimate episode of Hey Kids, Comics! but the end of the trail for Jesse Custer. Yes, PREACHER climaxes as it begin – in blood. Does it all end happily for Jesse, Tulip, Herr Starr, Cassidy and The Saint Of Killers? Or is it The Wild Bunch all over [...]

Andrew & Micheal raise a glass to Tommy Monaghan and the crew at Noonan’s. It’s the end of the road for the HITMAN!

In which Micheal and Andrew look at two of the greatest creations of writer Warren Ellis, THE AUTHORITY and PLANETARY and ask, “how does a team up between them work?” Answer? Listen to the show. After that, a darker version of PLANETARY take on the JLA in a world where [...]

Two off-beat examples of the prestige format this week as Micheal and Andrew look at two oft-forgotten gems. First up, a long thought lost NEIL GAIMAN script resurfaces and is presented with a stellar array of artistic talent in SUPERMAN/GREEN LANTERN – LEGENDS OF THE GREEN FLAME! Then, a fan [...]