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It’s all about team ups this week when Spider-Man and Dr Strange must work together, sort of, to prevent the awesome threat of Dilby and the Bend Sinister, a tale originally presented in Amazing Spider-Man Annual 14. What will be made of this story that takes in most of New [...]

From the Dawn of Man to the Great Disaster… and BEYOND! The End of the World Continues! In celebration of the 30th Anniversary of the Greatest Comic Book Event of All-Time, Michael Bailey and Scott H. Gardner bring you THE DEFINITIVE coverage of the Marv Wolfman, George Perez, and Dick [...]

Today’s mixture of just solid, entertaining reads span the breadth the known world. There’s an Englishman in New York when Captain Britain clashes with both Spider-Man and Arcade in Marvel Team-Up #65 and 66, then Dr Strange takes us beyond in #56 of his own title. Finally, over to the [...]

Taking a break from all their worries, Micheal and Andrew prepare to spend the next few weeks looking over comics that were penciled in for shows but never happened. This week, Armoured Avenger The Invincible Iron Man takes centre stage in a fight to the finish with Blacklash in #146 [...]

It’s the second episode celebrating Comics Best Sidekick, as Micheal and Andrew look at more classic moments from the career of Dick Grayson ESQ. First up, a seminal moment – Dick Quits! Yes, in THE NEW TEEN TITANS # 39 Dick hangs up the short shorts and pixie boots. Wally [...]

The granddaddy of all kid sidekicks, if that even makes sense, turns 75 this year and to celebrate, Michael and Andrew have decided to celebrate the first and best teen partners- ROBIN, specifically Dick Grayson but others may show up along the way. In addition to reading DETECTIVE COMICS #38, [...]

Starting out every bit as classy as you would hope, Micheal and Andrew just gush all over JLAVENGERS issues 3 and 4. Really, if you want cynicism, just go to Facebook or Google the new FF trailer or something because this is an unabashed love fest. Someday, all comics will [...]

It’s here. The main event. The Crisis that wasn’t a Crisis, the not-so Secret War, a convergence of realities, the mega-crossover that didn’t spill over into 40 comics you don’t read and didn’t cost you tons of money to follow – JLA-AVENGERS! When World’s Collide (said George Pal to his [...]

Two of the most popular characters in comics and two that have been covered extensively by us, are Batman and Spider-Man. So what happens when these guys meet? Are they two great tastes that go well together? Well, the only way to find out is to let them FIGHT!!! Well, [...]

There’s a nostalgia filled glow to the first comic today as Micheal and Andrew take a look at some intercompany crossovers. First up, in the green corner, weighing in at an astonishing 500lb, Earth’s Mightiest Mortal, The Incredible Hulk! Then, in the red corner, weighing in at 225lb, The Man [...]

Celebrate the New Year in fine style as Andrew & Micheal discuss their Christmas gifts, read some feedback and talk about stuff in their usual, rambling style. So, if you’re nursing a hangover, brew up a pot of damn fine coffee and settle into your comfy chair of choice and [...]

It cannot have escaped your notice that it is Christmas. How do we know? Because everybody is doing Christmas episodes! And we are no exception except ours is a little darker than most. Micheal takes the reins to deliver a heapin’ helpin’ dose of Happy by Morrison and Robertson and [...]

Real life intrudes at Hey Kids Towers, forcing Andrew and Micheal to read emails instead of comics. That said, there’s still some fun to be had, largely at the expense of Croaky McCroakenstein who decides to host the show with Micheal this week, along with numerous tangential discussions, some of [...]

What can we say about the final episode of our Zero Year coverage? If you’ve only heard the first parts, you haven’t heard the best parts? This Time, It’s War? In podcasting, nobody can hear you scream? Just When You Thought It Was Safe To Plug In Your MP3 Player? [...]

It’s part 2 of the Zero Year event. With Dr Death under the thrall of the Riddler, has Batman been thwarted at every turn? Andrew & Micheal continue to read the Bat-Event of the year as the 75th birthday celebrations of the character come to a close.

Casting aside the sacred scrolls that was Frank Miller’s work, SCOTT SNYDER and GREG CAPULLO take the Batman back to the beginning, yet again, for another all-new take on Bruce Wayne’s origins. Micheal & Andrew take a look at the first act, Batman #21-24, the opening chapter of ZERO YEAR.

It’s 1989! Yay! After discussing the worthiness of Coy & Vance Duke, (don’t blame us, blame an email), Micheal & Andrew delve into whatever was happening in comics in 1989. Superman goes into exile in Superman #28, Batman engages in street racing to pump up the Wayne Family fortune in [...]

Adventures Of Superman #424. Detective Comics #573. Amazing Spider-Man #290. Uncanny X-Men #225. What do all these comics have in common? They were all retroactively removed from continuity EXCEPT X-Men #225 which was itself part of a ret-con! Oh, and they were published in 1987. Which is why Andrew and [...]

Donning their life preservers, Andrew and Micheal stop by 1985 to discuss why the name ‘Brad’ is so maligned and other topics including Superman #414, Batman #386, Amazing Spider-Man #263 and Uncanny X-Men #200. An episode that features a Crisis On Infinite Earths tie-in, the introduction of a new villain, [...]

The 1980’s retrospective marches on with more of comics finest including Superman and Superboy switching minds in Superman #380, Batman facing a mandroid Dick in Batman #356, an enraged Vulture out for revenge in Amazing Spider-Man #240 and Professor X being a jerk in Uncanny X-Men #168.

It’s the 199th episode and to celebrate Micheal and Andrew do what they always do – talk about comics. Tangentially still hanging around the 90’s, they read the 4 part Marvel Vs DC crossover and argue a lot over the battles within. So, clear away 100 minutes and get into [...]

Tangential questions of how former Hercules actor Kevin Sorbo ended up on an island of cannibals aside, Micheal & Andrew take a trip to the seedier side of espionage. Meet VELVET TEMPLETON, she used to be a spy. Yes, one of Image Comics finest new books is poured over, largely [...]

It’s the fifth and final look at comics published in the 90’s with a round up of some IMAGE launch books. Are YOUNGBLOOD #1, WILDCATS #1 and SPAWN #1 much better efforts than what McFarlane, Lee and Liefeld were doing at Marvel? Do they use their creative freedom to expand [...]

Acting as a counterpoint to the big guns and big boobs comics of IMAGE, DC launches VERTIGO, for Mature Readers. As far away from Mature as you can get, Andrew and Micheal giggle through the depraved acts of PREACHER:BLOOD & WHISKEY, muse philosophically over the beard stroking antics of A [...]

Choking to death is the least of Andrew & Micheal’s problems today as the 90’s celebration looks at sartorial style. Spider-Man switches out his natty threads for an Iron Man inspired makeover in WEB OF SPIDER-MAN #100, Superman cosplays as Brian Boitano in SUPERMAN #123, and Sue Richards decides to [...]

It’s all about the legacy this week, as Mike and Andrew pull deep from the well of 1990’s comics to reveal an insidious plot to replace all our heroes with younger, more relatable, more marketable heroes. Kyle Raynor replaces Hal Jordan in Green Lantern #51, Bart Allen arrive from the [...]

Given that Micheal Bailey was doing nothing with it, we decided to steal his idea – hurrumph, pay homage, by devoting a number of weeks to that most maligned of decades – the 1990’s. Kicking off with three of the most successful comics ever published, the Million Selling Spider-Man #1 [...]

It’s the end of the clone road as Micheal and Andrew look at the final chapters of the original Clone Saga, Amazing Spider-Man 147-150. However, this was NOT the end and so, in an effort to make sense of it all, they even read PETER PARKER THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #25-31 [...]

It’s more clone madness in the 2nd chapter of Andrew & Micheal’s return to the 70’s Clone Saga. See Mr Peter Parker go all the way to France to meet Parisian Super Villain – CYCLONE! Witness the arrival of Gwen Stacy, the Dolly The Sheep of the Marvel Universe. Gape [...]

In an epilogue to Those 70’s Show’s, Micheal & Andrew follow up on the death of Gwen Stacy with a look at the 1970’s original Clone storyline. Before it was a ‘Saga’, it was a simple editorial edict – Bring Back Gwen. Amazing Spider-Man #139 – 142 are the beginning [...]

The finale of the interlocked mini series series in which Andrew & Micheal look at the final issues and the wrap it all up special.

Step aboard the Hey Kids Time Travel Express as Andrew and Micheal leap around the various different stories and timelines of the SEVEN SOLDIERS OF VICTORY in part 2 of a three part look at the mind-bending mini series.

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. [...]