Hey Kids, Comics!

Micheal and Andrew look through the entire Ultimate Spider-Man 3 omnibus but has the bloom come off the rose?  

A Good Christmas Day To Die Hard for Andrew and Micheal with a look at the unofficial Die hard 6 and a Golden Age Batman classic.    

Andrew & Micheal look at CRIMINAL just in time for it to come to amazon prime.

Micheal and Andrew take a look at the Fantastic Four comics, THIS MAN, THIS MONSTER, ANTITHESIS and FULL CIRCLE

Micheal and Andrew take a look at the Mange written and illustrated by Shigeru Mizuki and based on his experiences as a soldier participating in the New Guinea campaign during World War II, the epic, Onwards Towards Our Noble Deaths. https://twotruefreaks.com/podcast/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/HEY-KIDS-COMICS-II-25-Onwards-To-Our-Noble-Death.mp3

Micheal and Andrew do some shameless bandwagon jumping as they exploit the new James Gunn Superman movie to talk about, MAN OF STEEL (1986), SUPERMAN SMASHES THE KLAN, SUPERMAN ADVENTURES #42 and other Superman Comics of recent vintage.

Micheal and Andrew look at the Facsimile Editions of DC Comics ALL NEW COLLECTOR’S EDITIONS!

Micheal and Andrew take a look at the James Bond comics being published by Dynamite.  

Micheal and Andrew do their annual deep dive into what they got for Christmas. https://twotruefreaks.com/podcast/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/HEY-KIDS-COMICS-II-19-XMAS-24.mp3

Micheal and Andrew take a look at what they are currently reading.

 

Micheal and Andrew look through the massive GARTH ENNIS Hellblazer Omnibus.

After Clone Saga Shenanigans, Micheal and Andrew take a deep dive into the DC Black Label series, Catwoman – Lonely City.

Micheal & Andrew continue their look at The Clone Saga Omnibuses before turning their attention to some of comics legend, Jack ‘King’ Kirby’s lesser works.

After 15 minutes discussing The 25th Anniversary of THE PHANTOM MENACE, Andrew and micheal delve deep into the secrets of The Village as they look at DC Comics’ sequel to The Prisoner, Shattered Visage.

Part 2 of Micheal and Andrew looking at Superman Earth 1, Volumes 1, 2 and 3.

Micheal and Andrew look at the trilogy of philosophical blockbusters, SUPERMAN EARTH ONE, Volumes, 1, 2 and 3.    

Micheal picks today’s topic, the recent 7 part DC Comics series, THE DOOM PATROL. Given Andrew knows very little about them, this proves to be an interesting topic.

Andrew and Micheal take a look at the magnificent 6 part Image Comic series, The Enfield Gang Massacre. The conversation does not go how Andrew thought it would …

Michael and Andrew see damn dirty apes on the Enterprise! It’s a madhouse when we take a STAR TREK to the PLANET OF THE APES!

Micheal takes Andrew into the world of the Gundam! Explanations about kid soldiers, epic battles, & giant robots ensue.

Micheal and Andrew look at the goodies they got for Christmas this year plus look at some of the best selling graphic novels of 2023 thanks to retailer, OK Comics.

From 2000AD, Micheal and Andrew look at the recent return of the controversial BATTLE ACTION! Famously banned from publication, writer GARTH ENNIS and a variety of artists have brought it back, more inventive and better than before. Listen in,

Micheal and Andrew take a look at PULP, a one shot graphic novel from creators Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips.

Micheal and Andrew return with a look at 3 classic comics from the Marvel Age; the first appearances of Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk and The Avengers.

Micheal and Andrew are back with the 3rd part of the Death Of Superman trilogy!

It’s the senses shattering full time return of Hey Kids, Comics! Older but no wider, Micheal and Andrew return, this time to look at World Without a Superman as the celebrated Death of Superman trilogy celebrates its 30th Birthday.  

As a prelude to next week’s Return of Hey Kids, Comics!, Andrew and Micheal present a heavily edited version of their 2020 10th Anniversary Special looking at the 6 Part, Death Of Superman.  

Micheal and Andrew return with a short message welcoming one and all back for more fun, frolics and half-baked opinions as they prepare for the full on Return of HEY KIDS, COMICS! *

Promo for the long awaited (by at least 5 people) return of Hey Kids, Comics! *

In part 2 of Talking Trek with the Millennial’s, Andrew & Micheal discuss Star Trek Comics, Movies and The Next Generation.

For a special 2 part episode, Andrew is joined by his son Micheal, and his girlfriend Daina, for a discussion on the original STAR TREK. Ignore the socials, what do 2 twenty-somethings REALLY think of the show?

Micheal and Andrew are back with the annual Hey Kids, Comics Christmas Extravaganza! Featuring Roy Castle, The Two Ronnies, David Bowie and Pan’s People!* This was recorded Christmas Day, 2022 and as such there may be some background noise, Peace and Goodwill to all. *  

Micheal & Andrew are back! It’s the 2021 analysis and NOTHING is off the table. Spoilers Ahoy for EVERYTHING! Plus, ill considered opinions, Christmas Presents and incessant mockery of “Visionary Filmmakers!” Merry Christmas! *

10 years ago, 2 clueless chancers started their online ramblings about funny books and were promptly accused of crimes against seriousness. These men refused to become po-faced and retreated to the Internet underground. Today, still refusing to take any of this too seriously, they return as uninformed as ever. If [...]

It’s a second BONUS episode! Remember the old DC COMICS Annuals that would have emails about last year’s annual? That’s what this is but separate from the show for people who skip the e-mail section! Some explicit language. HEY KIDS, COMICS! WILL RETURN

Andrew & Micheal are BACK! Celebrating the year of the pandemic in fine form! The 2 Northern Chancers Return with an episode designed to infuriate and delight in equal measure. Discussion of Christmas Presents, The behind the scenes shenanigans on the Justice League, the future of cinema, Grant Morrison’s Batman, [...]

It’s Time To Rise! The Rise Of Hey Kids Comics! Micheal and Andrew are back from the dead – HOW will remain unexplained – to discuss Christmas Swag, Comics and a SPOILER FILLED CHAT about THE RISE OF SKYWALKER! But that’s not important. What is? THEY’RE BACK! HEY KIDS, COMICS! [...]

Micheal and Andrew reunite for their annual trip through what they got for Christmas. On the way, they mock Eminem, rank some of their favourite comics they read this year and couldn’t care less about the Preacher TV show. HEY KIDS, COMICS! WILL RETURN  

The 2 Northern Chancers return for a summer special of joy and delights. Micheal and Andrew are back with another installment of their critically ignored and financially unsuccessful series HAPPY BIRTHDAY SUPERMAN. This time around the new MAN OF STEEL series is thrown under the spotlight. Is it any good? [...]

Welcome BACK to COMICS MONTHLY MONDAY! After nearly THREE YEARS, Michael Bailey, Scott Gardner and Chris Honeywell reconvene to catch up and get back to what they DO BEST – TALK COMICS! That’s right – not only do you get to catch up on the Freak’s comics consumption in the [...]

Andrew and Micheal are back! NOTES: SPOILERS ALL THE WAY THROUGH for THE LAST JEDI, BLADE RUNNER 2049, DR WHO – TWICE UPON A TIME and everything else we talk about. Samira Ahmed is a respected journalist and broadcaster who I quite like when I’ve seen her. She is not [...]

What’s this? A brand spanking new episode of Hey Kids, Comics! What a surprise. Today, Mike and Andrew looks the lesser known sequel to Marvels, EYE OF THE CAMERA! What do they think? Well, listen and find out!

Andrew and Micheal are back to take your attention off the burning issues of the day and focus on the important things – COMIC BOOKS! Specifically Todd McFarlane comic books. Inspired by a listener, Mike and Andrew do for Todd what they did for Jim Lee – be nice for [...]

In their annual celebration of capitalism, Micheal and Andrew reunite to discuss their Christmas gifts. Predictably their are diversions including discussions about the Rambo movies and spoilers for Rogue One.

The Christmas hits keep on coming as Micheal and Andrew deliver their annual seasonal spectacular. The duo pull out the PEACE ON EARTH treasury edition by Paul Dini and Alex Ross and things get a lot deeper than Andrew planned. It’s all OK though as it ends with a punk [...]

Micheal and Andrew are back! This time the Northern Chancers head back to Gotham City to look at the first 2 trade paperbacks from the New 52 era, COURT OF OWLS and CITY OF OWLS by Greg Capullo and Scott Snyder. What do they make of this bold re-invention of [...]

Micheal and Andrew are back feeling guilty about all the times they’ve given comics superstar JIM LEE a kicking. So they delved into the comics reading pile to pull out 2 random issues from the Jim Lee early days, a PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL and an X-MEN. Did Jim start out [...]

With the Batman Vs Superman movie long gone, what better time for HEY KIDS, COMICS! to return and look and some Batman and Superman Comics? For your delectation and delight, MICHEAL and ANDREW return with deeply analytical looks at ACTION COMICS ANNUAL #1, BATMAN ADVENTURES #25 and SUPERMAN/BATMAN ANNUAL #2. [...]

With their fingers on the pulse as usual, ANDREW and MICHEAL look at SUICIDE SQUAD and it’s break-out character HARLEY QUINN, weeks after everyone else got excited about it. Nevertheless, enjoy the Northern Chancers as they rabbit on about the movie and 3 issues featuring Ms Quinzel; Batman Adventures 11, [...]