Palace of Glittering Delights

Andrew returns with an episode that isn’t quite as nostalgic as others but still shines a spotlight on a pretty decent hour of Genre TV. It’s the crossover event of the year as Supergirl meets The Flash! And they need 2 colossal bad guys to tussle with. Enter Silver Banshee [...]

In the final episode of Andrew’s look at the Lee/Ditko Spider-Man run, the creators seem to run out of steam as Spider-Man faces some mediocre villains and the scripting takes the piss. It’s the end of the road for the finest creative team to ever work on the character but [...]

Andrew delves into the nostalgia bag again to look at long forgotten 60’s paranoia-fest, THE INVADERS! Roy Thinnes stars as David Vincent, a man who is convinced they are out to get you. He’s probably right.

To celebrate 50 episodes of Andrew’s “Vanity Project”, he teams up with Michael Bailey for a pseudo-crossover with VIEWS FROM THE LONGBOX. Join Mike and Andrew as they yak all over 2002’s SPIDER-MAN and then pop over there to hear them yak all over SPIDER-MAN 3!

Andrew is back with the penultimate Lee/Ditko Spider-Man retrospective. This is the big one, arguably the finest story arc in the Stan Lee/Steve Ditko era – The Master Planner story. Along the way, Peter Parker starts college and meets, for the first time, Gwen Stacy and Harry Osborne! It’s the [...]

Andrew takes a trip aboard the mighty BATTLESTAR GALACTICA again, this time revisting the sequel series GALACTICA 1980! Oh, it’s bad. And yet there is a shining light – the final episode THE RETURN OF STARBUCK saw DIRK BENEDICT reprise his role and the series improved, if only for one [...]

Join Andrew and SPECIAL GUEST, Angela Leyland for an indepth discussion of the first two seasons of SPARTACUS, BLOOD AND SAND and GODS OF THE ARENA! WARNING!!! Not suitable for children or people who don’t like swearing.

It’s part 5 of Andrew’s examination of the seminal STAN LEE/STEVE DITKO run of THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN! The Marvel Age Of Comics is well underway with this selection of classics. Up first, SPIDER-MAN GOES MAD. From there, our hero is CAPTURED BY J JONAH JAMESON, features in his most Crime [...]

Andrew is back to rabbit on some more about classic Stan Lee and Steve Ditko AMAZING SPIDER-MAN comics. Picking up were he left off last time, AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #18 is part 2 of the underated SPIDER-MAN COWARD arc in which Spider-Man runs away from a fight with the SANDMAN. From [...]

More nostalgia as Andrew takes a look at the 1970’s WONDER WOMAN series starring Lynda Carter. First up; the original pilot for the series in which our star-spangled heroine helps catch Nazi’s in World War II. She’s somewhat better at it than the cardboard cut out that is Lyle Waggoner! [...]

Andrew throws open the Palace doors once more and beckons you in to listen to more ramblings about the magnificence of the Stan Lee & Steve Ditko, Spider-Man run. Witness the first appearances of THE GREEN GOBLIN, KRAVEN THE HUNTER and THE RINGMASTER AND HIS CIRCUS OF CRIME! See Spider-Man [...]

Andrew prepares for the release of THE FORCE AWAKENS by reading non-canon STAR WARS stuff that focuses on everybody’s favourite space cowboy – Han Solo! There’s an in-depth look and A C Crispin’s Han Solo Trilogy, THE PARADISE SNARE, THE HUTT GAMBIT & REBEL DAWN all of which focus on [...]

Back to the bookshelf to dust off the LEE/DITKO Spider-Man Omnibus to look the next batch of issues in one of the greatest run of comics ever published. Picking up where he left off, Andrew looks at Amazing Spider-Man issues 9 – 13. Witness the debuts of MYSTERIO, ELECTRO and [...]

In the first of an epic series, Andrew Leyland takes a look at his personal Holy Bible as far as comic are concerned – the early and definitive AMAZING SPIDER-MAN strips by STAN LEE and STEVE DITKO! Taking an extensive and lengthy look at AMAZING FANTASY #15 and AMAZING SPIDER-MAN [...]

In the final part of Andrew’s Trilogy Of Musical Musings, attention is paid to the movies, both themes and incidental moments. Marvel to music from Danny Elfman, John Williams, Michael Giacchino and more as Andrew brings the curtain down in style.

Andrew takes a left turn this episode and instead of talking about a number of episodes or a variety of different topics, he focuses the entire show on one specific episode of a genre telly – The Incredible Hulk episode, “The Snare.” Join him as he tries to explain why [...]

For some reason, Andrew suddenly got a hankering to watch LOIS & CLARK THE NEW ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN a few weeks ago. Who can explain these sudden urges? This lead to him watching all of the episode featuring time-travelling snark master, TEMPUS! And, because it’s no fun without an audience, [...]

As Buffy The Vampire Slayer celebrates her 18th birthday as a TV show, Andrew looks at the first season of the show. With commentary on every episode, your host attempts to look at the first year of what would become one of the most celebrated genre shows on TV but [...]

After the Battle of Yavin Redux went down well, Andrew takes a look at the further adventures of Luke Skywalker and the gang with a roundup of the current slate of Marvel/Star Wars comics. He glances over STAR WARS 1-6, DARTH VADER 1-6, the PRINCESS LEIA series, a few issues [...]

There was a time when the sequel was considered the last refuge of the creatively bankrupt. Well, Andrew is happy to re-enforce that image with a sequel to an earlier episode, the Top Telly Themes episode! This time Andrew cobbles together a selection of Sci-Fi and Fantasy themes as well [...]