Join your hosts Gavin Jones and Dan Marshall ably assisted by the artist formerly known as X-Centric Ned AKA the Sidekickcast as they take Secrets and Lies; the comic book news quiz with a twist, on the road again. This time it's WAR with Artist vs Writers vs Cardiff International Comic Expo. Heading up the writer's team is Chris Lynch with Paul Cornell and Rob Williams. Captain on the artist's team is Stuart Tipples with Mike Collins and Charlie Adlard. Of course Dan will be getting amongst the people to represent those really in the know, you, the fans. Whose Side Are You On?

It's back to business for the Sidekicks with some new features for 2011. Sidekickcast hosts Gavin and Dan do their usual update of the latest comic book news including their thoughts on the most recent pictures of the upcoming Marvel movies, The Marvel Big Shots intiative and some fan made trailers. This is followed up with an interview with Stuart Tipples, grand master of the 10thology anthology book as part of the Countdown to Cardiff Con.

Reviewed in Stack Attack this week is Age of X: Alpha, Uncanny X-Force #1-4, Avengers #9 and Slaughterman's Creed #1-5. The comic book news quiz with a twist, Secrets and Lies follows the reviews with Dan trying make up some ground before the live show at Cardiff International Comic Expo.

The first edition of a new segment, The Devil's Back Bones is Dan's way of reminding people just how good Dareevil can be after the disaster of Shadowland, this week; Daredevil vol.2 #71-75: Decalogue by Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev. The show ends with another new segment, Educatiing Dan, the latest attempt to expand Dan's horizons, this week I Kill Giants by Joe Kelly and J. M. Ken Niimura. Don't forget to listen past the outro music for the usual barrage of balls ups in the out-takes.

We may be a month into 2011 but The Sidekicks haven't had a chance to lay their 619's of the year...until now. Journey through time and space, just like Batman and Mr Benn, as Gavin and Dan rummage through the last year's comics and pick out their favourite titles, creators, covers and splash pages of 2010.

There's time for some comic book news talk and as part of the Countdown to Cardiff Con we talk to author and fellow podcaster, Barry Nugent, about the launch of the comic book adaptation of his novel, Fallen Heroes.

The show rounds out with a special 619 version of the comic book news quiz with a twist, Secrets and Lies. There's an announcement about the winner of the special signed Sidekickcast mug and of course hang on past the outro music for some of the best out-takes yet.