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A P Leyland

@apleyland.bsky.social

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Co-Host of Hey Kids, Comics, Amazing Spider-Man From The Beginning, and The Overlooked Dark Knight, reader of comics, watcher of old TV, first of his name.

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A P Leyland @apleyland.bsky.social · Jan 20

Every Episode of HEY KIDS, COMICS! is now available

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A P Leyland @apleyland.bsky.social · 3d

Hey Kids, Comics! Looks at Criminal. Listen in before the Amazon series starts. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...

Hey Kids, Comics! II 29 Criminal

Podcast Episode · Hey Kids, Comics! · 29/10/2025 · 1h 55m

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A P Leyland @apleyland.bsky.social · 3d

Tomorrow on an ALL-NEW, HEY KIDS, COMICS! It’s criminal what Andrew and Micheal get away with. Check Spotify, Apple and wherever you get your podcasts of dubious quality.

A P Leyland @apleyland.bsky.social · Sep 24

As I reread CRIMINAL, I really start to think that secretly, this is Image Comics best book and it’s not even close.

Granted, I haven’t read them all so what do I know. Anyway, The Last of the Innocents was a gem of a story. #comic

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A P Leyland @apleyland.bsky.social · Sep 24

HEY KIDS, COMICS! is back for its 15th birthday with a look at Darwyn Cooke’s adaptations of PARKER. #comicspodcasts

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Hey Kids, Comics! II Parker - The Conclusion

Podcast Episode · Hey Kids, Comics! · 24/09/2025 · 1h 48m

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A P Leyland @apleyland.bsky.social · Sep 16

If you’ve never read Criminal, why have you never read Criminal? @imagecomics.com @seanphillips.bsky.social @thatjacobphillips.bsky.social

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A P Leyland @apleyland.bsky.social · Sep 11

You lucky people are getting a BONUS episode of HEY KIDS, COMICS! A special re-presentation, an encore performance - oh, OK, a repeat from 2013 covering PARKER THE HUNTED. Next time on an ALL-NEW EPISODE Micheal complete the set. Fill your ears.

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Hey Kids, Comics II 27 Parker - An Encore Presentation

Podcast Episode · Hey Kids, Comics! · 10/09/2025 · 51m

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A P Leyland @apleyland.bsky.social · Aug 27

#comicspodcasts Hey Kids Comics is BACK looking at some Fantastic Four related comics 2 months after the movie came out! Join Micheal Paul Leyland and I looking at FULL CIRCLE, ANTITHESIS and THIS MAN, THIS MONSTER!

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Hey Kids, Comics! II 26 Fantastic Four Play

Podcast Episode · Hey Kids, Comics! · 08/27/2025 · 1h 28m

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A P Leyland @apleyland.bsky.social · Jul 30

HEY KIDS, COMICS! returns looking at Shigeru Mizuki’s, Onwards To Our Noble Deaths

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Hey Kids, Comics! II 25 Onwards To Our Noble Death

Podcast Episode · Hey Kids, Comics! · 30/07/2025 · 1h 21m

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A P Leyland @apleyland.bsky.social · Jul 24

Took in an early screening of Fantastic Four First Steps and was pleasantly surprised. The cast are all great, they get the characters right, and embrace the nuttiness of the Jack Kirby comics from the ‘60s. Added bonus - you don’t have to do any homework AND they gave me a free badge. RESULT!

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A P Leyland @apleyland.bsky.social · Jul 22

12 episodes into Hardcastle & McCormick and the car is in it a lot less than I remember but Brian Keith and Daniel Hugh Kelly are a really good double act. Cannell’s dialogue (or his writing team) is far funnier than people give it credit for.

A P Leyland @apleyland.bsky.social · Jul 13

The sun is blazing so an early start with dog walking, then coffee and comics. Picked this up on a whim as it’s an interesting premise - it’s a comic from within the film! This is really fun and sets up the movie well. It’s also made me more interested in the film.

A P Leyland @apleyland.bsky.social · Jul 7

Proof, if any were needed, that films are are much better than reality, in Heads Of State Idris Elba is the UK Prime Minister & John Cena is the US President. Both are attacked on Air Force One en route to a NATO conference. Far more entertaining than it has any right to be.

A P Leyland @apleyland.bsky.social · Jul 7

Love The Professionals

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A P Leyland @apleyland.bsky.social · Jul 3

Kicked off a mini Danny Boyle season with Shallow Grave, his first film. Gloriously ‘90s nowadays, the 3 leads are all great as the most obnoxious flatmates anyone could ever want. The ending is more satisfying than logical but it was a magnificent calling card.

A P Leyland @apleyland.bsky.social · Jul 3

Apparently there’s a new Superman movie out. If you want a look at where it all began, the comics, non award winning but long running comics podcast, HEY KIDS, COMICS! Now in its 15th year, has you covered.

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Hey Kids, Comics! II 24 The Summer of SUPERMAN

Podcast Episode · Hey Kids, Comics! · 25/06/2025 · 2h 5m

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A P Leyland @apleyland.bsky.social · Jun 27

Despite being a child of the 80s and watching the cartoons and films, I’ve never read a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic. Read The Last Ronin and it’s really good. Comparisons to The Dark Knight are apt but you don’t really need to know a lot about the Turtles to get something out of this.

A P Leyland @apleyland.bsky.social · Jun 26

a man wearing sunglasses says " i 'll be back " on monday

ALT: a man wearing sunglasses says " i 'll be back " on monday

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A P Leyland @apleyland.bsky.social · Jun 25

In a shameless grab at relevance, we look at some Superman comics.

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Hey Kids, Comics! II 24 The Summer of SUPERMAN

Podcast Episode · Hey Kids, Comics! · 25/06/2025 · 2h 5m

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A P Leyland @apleyland.bsky.social · Jun 24

Geoff Johns and Bryan Hitch tell the story of Simon Pure, British redcoat turned immortal in the war of independence. Things get wild when he has to team up with an also immortal Benedict Arnold and a young Albert Einstein, to prevent the destruction of America! Surprisingly fun to read.

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A P Leyland @apleyland.bsky.social · Jun 20

Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kilmer - @fobpodcasts.bsky.social and I discuss Batman Forever, 30 years later.

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Episode 85 - Batman Forever...30 Years Later

Podcast Episode · The Overlooked Dark Knight: The New Adventures · 20/06/2025 · 1h 58m

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A P Leyland @apleyland.bsky.social · Jun 7

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A P Leyland @apleyland.bsky.social · Jun 7

Seems a good start to the day for me.

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A P Leyland @apleyland.bsky.social · Jun 6

Exhibit A why I love 1960s Marvel Comics.

“The Origin of Nick Fury’s Eyepatch!”

Brilliant!

A P Leyland @apleyland.bsky.social · Jun 1

Batman has already met Deadpool …

Sort of.

A P Leyland @apleyland.bsky.social · May 29

Showing my age but Fields also wrote The Seven Million Dollar Man, an absolute hoot of an episode of The Six Million Dollar Man. You can keep Bigfoot and Death Probe, as a kid I wanted more Bionic Man vs Bionic Man.