Kirby's Kids
A monthly comics journey devoted to select readings of quality graphic novels and comic books from many authors & eras. Discussions and reviews by hosts and the community! For Fans By Fans!
Episodes
Welcome to Jack Kirby Month 2025 Celebration on Kirby's Kids! We have a jam packed month of "King" sized goodness planned!
Doc and Angus take a month long journey into some of Jack's lesser known works that had limited runs.
Simon and Kirby: Superheroes
https://www.amazon.com/Simon-Kirby-Superheroes-Joe/dp/1848563655/
In this episode they cover the 1959 two issue MLJ / Archie Comic's series run of ...
Welcome to Kudos Kirby, a comics journey into Jack Kirby’s lesser known works. Angus will be your guide through this monthly expedition to uncover those hidden gems from “The King of Comics” over 20,000 comic book pages! We hope you enjoy this latest adventure in the journey!
Angus reviews Issue #7 "Drums!"
Black Panther Epic Collection: Revenge Of The Black Panther
https://www.amazon.com/Black-Panther-Epic-Collection-1977-1979...
Doc and Angus discuss Black Hammer the Comic Book Character Of The Month for Dark Horse Comics Month in July.
Black Hammer Omnibus Volume 1
https://www.amazon.com/Black-Hammer-Omnibus-Jeff-Lemire-ebook/dp/B09V29HPX1/
The first chapter of the highly acclaimed, Eisner Award-winning superhero saga by Jeff Lemire and Dean Ormston.
Mysteriously banished from existence by a multiversal event, the old superheroes of Spiral City no...
Angus concludes The Fantastic Four Week celebration with a review of Fantastic Four: Life Story 1 The 60's. All in celebration of The Fantastic Four's return to the big screen in The Fantastic Four: First Steps!
Fantastic Four: Life Story
https://www.amazon.com/Fantastic-Four-Life-Story-2021-2022-ebook/dp/B0B1H82CCC/
For a deeper dive into Marvel's First Family check out 'The Kid's Sixth Annual Kirby Roundtable - Fantastic Four'
Doc and Angus celebrate Neal Adams all year long in 2025 and in this fourth installment they reflect on Neal's later career and focus on his Fantastic Four collaboration with writer Mark Waid. This is the first full-length Fantastic Four story ever illustrated by Neal Adams! An unstoppable meteor of unknown origin has just erupted from hyperspace--and unless the Fantastic Four can find a way to stop it from hitting Manhattan, milli...
JJ and Angus leap into Grant Morrison's 'All-Star Superman' in celebration of Superman's return to the big screen in James Gunn's 'Superman'!
All Star Superman: The Deluxe Edition (All-Star Superman)
https://www.amazon.com/All-Star-Superman-Deluxe-All-Star-ebook/dp/B09NS29HTD/
They also discuss 'Superman For All Seasons' in the context of reviewing 'All-Star Superman' since it was also mentioned to be an influence for the 'Superman' m...
Doc and Angus discuss Norgal the Comic Book Character Of The Month for Image Comics Month in May.
Head Lopper Vol. 1: The Island or A Plague Of Beasts
https://www.amazon.com/Head-Lopper-Vol-Island-Plague-ebook/dp/B01HOT2ZMU/
The Head Lopper, Norgal, and the nagging severed head of Agatha Blue Witch arrive on the Isle of Barra to find it overrun with beasts: minions of the Sorcerer of the Black Bog. When Queen Abigail hires...
Doc and Angus celebrate Neal Adams all year long in 2025 and in this third installment they reflect further on Neal's career and focus on his time with two of DC's prized characters. They discuss his work on Batman: Batman #251 'The Joker's Five-Way Revenge!' and Power Records PR-27 'Trumping The Joker'. They then turn their attention to 'Superman vs. Muhammad Ali' in celebration of Superman's return to the big screen in James Gunn...
Doc and Angus kick off Superman Week with a review of 'Superman For All Seasons'. This is all in celebration and great anticipation of Superman's return to the big screen in James Gunn's 'Superman' coming to theaters this Friday!
Superman For All Seasons (2023 Edition)
https://www.amazon.com/Superman-All-Seasons-2023-ebook/dp/B0CJMSHYLL/
Before Superman…before Clark Kent, ace reporter for the Daily Planet…there was just Clark,...
Happy Fourth of July / Independence Day Weekend! Welcome to our Star Spangled Spectacular. Angus reviews Joe Simon and Jack Kirby's Fighting American Vol 1 Issue 1 in celebration of the American Spirit!
Fighting American (Classic) #1
https://www.amazon.com/Fighting-American-Classic-Joe-Simon-ebook/dp/B075SQ85B4
Fighting American, Chapter 1, Captain America Returns
https://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/archives/1797
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Welcome to Long STRANGE Trip, a journey into the publication history of Marvel’s Master of the Mystic Arts. Let's place the Eye of Agamotto on The Sorcerer Supreme himself, Doctor Stephen Strange. Broadcasting from his own Sanctum Sanctorum is our host Angus who will be your guide through this monthly expedition to uncover Doctor Strange's comics legacy. We hope you enjoy this latest adventure in the journey!
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Angus concludes Superman Month with a review of Max Fleischer’s Superman. Max Fleischer gave the world’s first Super Hero his initial animated spotlight, producing 17 theatrical animated shorts from September 1941 to July 1943 that further elevated the character’s profile, and added many significant aspects to his canon – including coining many of Superman’s patented catchphrases and attributes. This is all in celebration and great...
Angus continues Superman Month with a dive into The Adventures of Superman a long-running radio serial that originally aired from 1940 to 1951. The serial came to radio as a syndicated show on New York City's WOR on February 12, 1940. This is all in celebration and great anticipation of Superman's return to the big screen in James Gunn's 'Superman' coming to theaters in July 2025!
The Adventures of Superman
Welcome to Kudos Kirby, a comics journey into Jack Kirby’s lesser known works. Angus will be your guide through this monthly expedition to uncover those hidden gems from “The King of Comics” over 20,000 comic book pages! We hope you enjoy this latest adventure in the journey!
Angus reviews Issue #6 A Cup of Youth!
Black Panther Epic Collection: Revenge Of The Black Panther
Like a thunderbolt from heaven, JJ and Angus witness greedy deities battle for absolute rule over the material world! Where did this Jonathan Hickman and Mike Costa epic take them?!
God is Dead Volume 1
https://www.amazon.com/God-Dead-1-Jonathan-Hickman/dp/159291229X/
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Angus continues Superman Month with a review of New York World's Fair Comics Vol 1 Story 1 'Superman at the World's Fair'. The 1939–1940 New York World's Fair would accelerate the popularity of Superman. The promotion of Superman at The World's Fair would take the character to new heights which included the first personal appearance of the character on Superman Day July 3, 1940 that included an event parade....
Angus kicks off Superman Month with a review of Action Comics Volume 1 Issue 1, the premiere of Superman! He also discusses the cultural legacy of the character from comics, to radio, to movie serials, to television and finally to feature films. This is all in celebration and great anticipation of Superman's return to the big screen in James Gunn's 'Superman' coming to theaters in July 2025!
Superman: The Golden ...
Welcome to Long Time Ago, a journey into the Marvel Star Wars Legends Comics. Our host Angus first made the jump to hyperspace and a galaxy far far away by reading Marvel Star Wars Vol 1 Issue #9 and never looked back! Travel back to 1977 into the origins of the series and discover how comics has supported fandom and in some ways shaped the Star Wars universe. This sixty-first episode reviews issue 46. The Millennium Falcon encount...
Welcome to Long STRANGE Trip, a journey into the publication history of Marvel’s Master of the Mystic Arts. Let's place the Eye of Agamotto on The Sorcerer Supreme himself, Doctor Stephen Strange. Broadcasting from his own Sanctum Sanctorum is our host Angus who will be your guide through this monthly expedition to uncover Doctor Strange's comics legacy. We hope you enjoy this latest adventure in the journey!
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Angus is transported into a pitch-black fantasy where a group of forty-something adults have to deal with the returning, unearthly horror they only just survived as teenage role-players. KIERON GILLEN teams up with artist supernova STEPHANIE HANS in this epic series all in celebration of Image Comics Month!
Die Vol. 1: Fantasy Heartbreaker
https://www.amazon.com/Die-Vol-1-Fantasy-Heartbreaker-ebook/dp/B07PH2LCR8/
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