Hey Kids, Comics! #265 - Cat Like Part Two: Nine is Not Enough
/Welcome comic book, and especially Batman, fans! Andrew Farmer and Cole Houston are back with more Catwoman goodness!
This week your hosts are joined by the incomparable Kelly Long who brings her traditional grace, knowledge, and sensibility to the chaos that is HKC! Catwoman's career from the 70s to the present is the order of the day and a lot of ground is covered in regard to the character and "fanboy sexual demands"
Expect an above average issue this outing as hosts and guests trade insights, observations, and revelations about Selina Kyle as portrayed by various creators and her evolution over the past few decades, for better or worse.
Hey Kids, Comics! #264 - Cat Like Part One: Smart as a Whip
/Catwoman.
Does anything else really need to be said? Perhaps not, but it did not stop your hosts Andrew Farmer and Cole Houston from devoting not one, but two episodes to one of the most famous and enduring of Batman villains.
This issue chronicles Gotham's favorite (?) cat burglar's lengthy career in comics. From her first tangle with the Batman to the advent of the cat costume to various romances with her arch rival to her disappearance from comics and beyond. Selina Kyle's alter ego has an amazing origin and a history that is explored from 1940 to the late 60s in as much detail as an hour would allow.
Be sure to tune in next Friday for the second part of this Catwoman-centric tale that leads up to the impending Bat-nuptials as the Kyle-Wayne wedding vows will soon be heard!
Hey Kids, Comics! #263 - Keeping Up With the Joneses
/By tomorrow (April 20), the JCU will be back on track with the latest issues of Hey Kids, Comics! publishing every Friday! Still catching up, please enjoy what was intended as last Friday's exploration of the second season of Netflix's Jessica Jones!
Building on the life of the title character after the events of The Defenders, the new season of the series takes Jessica to her roots as a street-level super-hero. Such as she is willing to be thus. And so naturally Andrew Farmer and Cole Houston just had to talk about where things headed this season, despite losing the original recording and having some differences of opinion!
Your hosts do agree that the plot offers a rich development to not only Jessica's character (with the arrival of her thought-to-be-late mom on the scene) but also the entire cast of supporting characters. Find out for yourself their thoughts on the twists and turns, the curious sub-plots, and the grooming of a future Hellcat(?) in this super-sized issue.
Mrs. JediCole even joins in to express her thoughts on this great Netflix series. Enjoy!
Hey Kids, Comics! #262 - Wakanda Round
/It's finally here (on the JCU site that is)! The long awaited issue featuring one of the absolute best Marvel Cinematic Universe movies to date - Black Panther!
Full to brimming with all things comic book goodness wrapped in a satisfying movie-going experience, this chapter of the ongoing Marvel franchise has your hosts Andrew Farmer and Cole Houston absolutely gushing!
Black Panther proves not just a great Marvel Comics movie, but a great movie in general. Find out what the HKC! boys (along with Mrs. JediCole) thought of this latest chapter in the ever-expanding story of the Marvel Universe on the big screen by checking out this issue of the show!
Hey Kids, Comics! #261 - Hey Hasbro!
/It has just been too long and this issue (and the one that follows) is long overdue!
In this issue, your intrepid hosts gush over new and upcoming releases in Hasbro's Marvel Legends line of action figures, then take matters into their own hands. Andrew Farmer and Cole Houston admonish Hasbro to touch upon some of the Marvel characters as yet unseen.
This show really speaks for itself, so there is little need to give too many hints as to which characters these fanboys want to see given the plastic treatment. Just give it a listen and discover for yourself!
Of course there is that ONE character that is inevitably revisited in the discussions...
Hey Kids, Comics! #260 - Thou Never Shalt Hear Herald Any More
/When it comes to iconic Fantastic Four villains, few fit the bill quite as much as that constant cosmic visitor and hunger-monger, Galactus! And when comes the Devourer of Worlds first comes his faithful (well, usually faithful) Herald.
With at least ten heralds to date, the job has had fairly consistent turnover since the Fallen One got the Cosmic Pink Slip. Nearly every herald has, as a matter of course, been an ad hoc Fantastic Four foe, so this issue is HKC!'s way of coming out in support of Marvel's cancelled "low sales" wonder.
Be they walker on air, tamer, lord of fire, or a shiny surfer of the spaceways, if you are willing to proclaim the impending end of a planet, you can get yourself some Power Cosmic action and enjoy (?) the tragic duty of giving folks a chance to kiss their asses goodbye before the big guy arrives to sate his appetite! Find out more by giving this issue a listen.
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Hey Kids, Comics! #259 - The Saga of "Saga"
/If it were possible for your hosts Andrew Farmer and Cole Houston to gush like schoolgirls over a comic, that comic would have to be "Saga". And for the record, it is most assuredly possible!
The Image Comics masterpiece by Brian K. Vaughn and Fiona Staples is one of the most groundbreaking and simultaneously "f'd-up" comics int he history of the medium. The written word does not do justice to what you will hear on this issue of the show!
This week the show will speak for itself. And for "Saga", truly one of the all time greats!
Hey Kids, Comics! #258 - That Moment When, Again
/There are times when a comic book is more than just a comic book. The times when the work of writer and artist transcend the medium. Those moments when...
Andrew Farmer and Cole Houston invite you to join them once again, months after the firs time they took on this topic, to yet again share in their personal moments when a comic story spoke to them in an unexpected or profound way.
Spoiler Alert!
This issue will feature in-depth discussion of specific stories or story arcs from the following comics. If you are keen to discover these stories for yourself without prior commentary, you may want to do so before you hear the thoughts of your HKC! hosts.
Titles and stories discussed include Marvel Two-in-One, Saga (Volume 3), the inclusion of Watchmen characters in the greater DC Universe, Arkham Asylum: Living Hell, Starman, and the Time Runs Out story line.
The Rantcor Pit #69 - Far, Far Away or (The Enduring Inconvenience of Star Wars)
/Note: When originally recorded, this episode was mistakenly referred to as #68.