Live and Direct from the Bristol International Comic and Small Press Expo 2010 we welcome you to The Sidekickcast Presents Signs and Portents with Chris Lynch. Join Sidekickcast hosts Dan and Gavin as we once again delve into The Dark with Chris Lynch only this time we decided to do it in front of a room full of comic book loving folks. Chris reveals to us the hidden messages and codes buried deep within the Dark and along the way tells us how he got into the business and the exciting books he has in the works.

Of course this being the Sidekickcast we couldn't help but add our own touch to proceedings with the first ever live version of the comic book news quiz with a twist; Secrets and Lies. It's Gavin vs Dan and Chris with Super Team Expo backing them up, whose side are you on? Don't forget to listen past the outro music for our usual plethora of cock ups.

Sidekicks three this week as regular hosts Dan (Marshall Law) and Gavin (The Boneman) are joined by semi-regular Davlo to discuss the Bristol Comic Expo and Small Press Expo aswell as the new Star Trek movie. Of course this being the Sidekickcast any in depth discussion and critique quickly descends into queries about Vulcan love organs. From our recordings at Bristol Expo hear Bones nervously ask Mike Carey an X-Men question during the DC Vertigo panel with interesting results in a Sidekickcast Exclusive.

In Stack Attack this episode we cover The Unwritten #1, Flash: Rebirth #2, Invincible Iron Man #13, Captain Britain & MI:13 #13, Solomon Grundy #2, New Mutants #1, Dark Reign: Young Avengers #1, Battle for the Cowl #2, Uncanny X-Men #509, Viking #1 and Superman: New World of Krypton #3...kinda.

We reset the clock in Secrets and Lies as nobody knew what the score was and couldn't be bothered to listen to the last few episodes, call it our own Marvel Re-numbering fiasco. In our ongoing series of reverse Dig This! we take a look at Battle Pope, recommended by forumite Mrs Meanie aswell as another run at All Star Superman vol.1 now that all the Sidekicks have read it. No out-takes after the outro music this week, instead we've got a special Lost vs BSG quiz that you can play along with at home.

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Just the original Sidekicks again as Gavin (The Boneman) and Dan (Marshall Law) get prepared to impress at Bristol Comic Expo by showing how little they know really know about comic book creators. And just what does it take to kill an X-Man nowadays?

Pretty much a Marvel-a-thon in Stack Attack with Uncanny X-Men #508, Wolverine: Weapon-X #1, New Avengers #52, Daredevil #118, Punisher #4, Avengers: The Initiative #23, Kick Ass #6, Incognito #3 and much more.

We've totally lost track of Secrets and Lies, nobody has any idea who is in the lead anymore and we need your help. We're gonna keep bumbling along but we need you to literally tell us the score, there may even be a little prize in it for you if you get it right.

A flip reversal in Knowing Me, Knowing You has Gavin reading Omega The Unknown and Dan tackling new title I am Legion. In other business the Sidekicks get down to reviewing the latest movie offering from the X-Men franchise; X-Men Origins: Wolverine will it be this year's Iron Man or carry on in the vein of X-Men: The Last Stand? Keep listening past the outro music for some extra rubbish out-takes.