Before I start this article I would like to say that these views are me Alex ‘Muldwych’ Giles and not those of the Sidekick Website.

I am not a religious person anymore but growing up I did go to church and was a member of the Boys Brigade as well as attending Sunday School more times than I care to remember, even winning a leather clad bible with my initials engraved on it for ‘biblical knowledge’ and I have no problem telling you all as an adult I did some soul searching into why we are here and the bigger questions in life before after my 2 year voyage of discovery realising that it was a load of nonsense and becoming a ‘Humanist Atheist’.

So when it comes to believing and worshiping a higher power I think I know a little bit about it, so when I read an article on the blog The Kobayashi Maru(e) about how Superman is easily the most misunderstood fictional figure in modern popular culture and how he would like to be more like Superman as he grows up, it struck a nerve with me.

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Choosing which comics to have in your pull list can be a strenuous thing given the sheer amount of comic books released on a weekly basis and coupled with the price means you can pretty much bankrupt yourself if you are not careful.

From discussions on the interweb and in forums its clear to be seen that very few people can get every comic they want which leaves us all with the age old comic book collector question, to pull or not to pull?

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Not only can you listen to the podcast of our Secrets and Lies Live show from Cardiff International Comic Expo but now thanks to our sidekick camerman, Matt Pease you can see it in moving pictures. Watch as Chris Lynch, Paul Cornell, Rob Williams, Stuart Tipples, Charlie Adlard and Mike Collins take on the Sidekicks in the comic book news quiz with a twist.

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Link: http://www.paulcornell.com/

So I was on Twitter last night and quite a few tweets came up saying
Paul Cornell was signed to DC exclusively from now on. Now this isn't confirmed but Bleeding Cool have been running with it since yeasterday so I'm guessing it's pretty concrete and it's a good fit.

My first thought was bugger! Now I never get to see him write a proper X-Men book with all the main guys and I never get to see another (brilliant) Wisdom series, Captain Britain and MI:13 was good but Wisdom that came before it was better. My next thought was good on him, I had the pleasure of meeting Paul at last year's BICS and he's was a thoroughly nice bloke and one of us, he's a geek too and seems to love it all just as much as we do. Marvel may have given him a lead into comic books but they also cancelled his best book, sure they gave him other stuff but he deserved better as far as I''m concerened. DC have given him Action Comics, to coin a Marvel phrase Nuff Said! If it is true Good Luck @ DC Mr Cornell.