First Issue Club Comic Books

Special Episode: First Issue Club joins the Unite The 7 comic book podcast experience!  A bunch of comic pods took Justice League characters and did a big old episode about it - we dunk an Aquaman episode for Unite the 7 with knowledge, an interview, facts on facts, and the best water info you can find on a podcast.  We also covered the 80th Anniversary Aquaman 100 page spectacular book. This epis...

Budget King just listened to the new Spiderman Trailer... So we'll talk about what he heard before we get into our comics today, which are the very panoramic Echo Lands from Image Comics, and your favorite rad 90's dude Darkhawk, who is back on Marvel! 

Yeah, we got those comics in the title, but we also got Hickman Leaving X-Men, additional creators joining sub-stack, and so much more! If you wanna get right to the comics, we hit 'em at around the 21 Minute Mark. 

This week we talk all the comic news fit to print! We've got  the discussion on James Tynion IV moving off of Batman on D.C. and starting a Substack empire. We dive into bi-sexual Robin. We round the news with the Walmart ratio variant controversy.  Then we cover two awesome books! James Patrick's (from The Kaiju Score) Campisi: The Dragon Incident and Defenders the new Al Ewing book! 

This week we've got offerings from AWA, Image, and DC! In other news, we're sad to see Runaways go away, but happy to learn theres more Barbaric (on Vault) coming soon!

Watch out horn dogs! This a sex filled episode.  Mirka Andolfo's Sweet Paprika rocks the comic book racks from here to Italy, it's the Image book of the summer! Amazing Fantasy returns to marvel and is a sleeper hit! Cullen Bunn drops "The Last Book You'll Ever Read" on Vault with a secret variant that we spill all the details on. 

So many good first issues last week - it was hard to choose just three! But we're talking Mother of Madness, by the Mother of Dragons herself, Emilia Clarke - Dark Blood on BOOM! Studios which is by LaToya Morgan (Who's also worked as a screenwriter on some of your favorite comic book shows like Walking Dead) - And Lastly, we cover Moon Knight to see how Jed MacKays take on Moon Knight stands out...

Valiant has a new volume of Ninjak with amazing art, that some may be surprised by. Ed Brisson has a new alternative world tale packed with adventure on Dark Horse. And Aftershock released a light hearted horny She-Ra with Savage Hearts. 

What are we gonna do this week? The same thing we do every week Pinky – Try to talk about new first issue comic books.

This week we start a Marvel story arc with an underground network of Captain America's Hero-ing across the country, and to contrast that, our indie entry coming from Vault features an axe that gets drunk on sinner blood.  Comics. What a spectrum!

Chip Zdarsky pens a guest issue of Crossover between story arcs with the classic drawin' and inkin' duo of Phil Hester and Ande Parks. 

This week we literally read and reviewed every single first issue! We have: Gamma Flight, Batman Reptilian, Vinyl (image), Good Luck (Boom!), Black Hammer Reborn (Darkhorse), Heroes Reborn (Marvel), Spawn's Universe and more 10 books ranked, and hotly debated for your viewing experience!  The big summer 10 - come and read those sweet #1's with us! The comic book industry exploded #1s and we ate it...

Does Planet-Size X-Men actually eclipse (puns!) Giant-Size X-Men? Where did Kara Zor-El take Krypto in Tom Kings Supergirl: World of Tomorrow? And our most perplexing question, why does Greg organize comics the way he does?!?! 

This week, we're talking about who the new W.E.B. of Spider-Man comic is for, and where it sits in the space between Marvel Comics and Disney. Next, club favorite writer Kyle Starks pens a really fun who-done-it in 6 Sidekicks of Trigger Keaton. PLUS our pal Adam joins as a special guest, & talks us through same tasty drinks including the official brewski of the club, Space Camper IPA from Bouleva...

James Tynion IV has a new thriller/horror on DC that feels like an independent book, it's a must read! Cullen Bunn is here with a hot Boom! book in Basilisk. And Mariko Tamaki lays it down hard with the newest Crush and Lobo book! It's pride month and it's a celebration baby! 

We watched, we read, we discussed. Such is the essence of a reading club, which is what you're about to listen to. Join us for this convo about whats nerdy this week. 

Got the gang back together and got rowdy! Get grossed out reading Red Room #1 (trigger warning - its nasty), explore the origin of Future State star Yara Flor in Wonder Girl #1, and finally we see the beginnings of the **GrEeN DoOoOor** in an Immortal Hulk one-shot. 

3 new number ones! Time Before Time is a killer book out of Image, do not miss this book. Punks in the afterlife with Silver City. And the stylized round-up to Future State you didn't know you needed in Future State: Gotham #1.  In the news: Legends of the hidden temple, Bitter Root and X-Factor

In addition to 4 first issues to discuss, we chat about James Tynion's growing count of original characters, and react to MCU news. 

Our favorite Robin starts a new series, and we find out Helm Greycastle is a game halfway through reading the comic! Are you in the club? Join it! Read with us! Discuss!

We made it to the end of the arc, and our most action packed issue yet! Cameos, cliffhangers, conundrums! Let's download clubbers.

This week, it's a Greg and Mike episode. We're seeing what Nightcrawler is up to on Marvel's mutant island of Krokoa, and hitmaker Ram V is bringing his newest original story to Boom! Studios. Oooh it's good. Press play to join the reading club!

Well, well, well. We stuffed our faces with firsties last week, and talked through 6 of them. This episode, features Challenge of the Super Sons (DC), Spider-Man: Spider's Shadow (Marvel: What If?), Batman: The Detective (DC), Home (Image), Phantom on the Scan (Aftershock), & The Locust (Scout). 

We've got a lot on the docket today! After chatting some comic news, we get into 4 independent books, all penned by Authors familiar with the big 2. Chip Zdarsky writes the first entry in Image Comics new anthology series The Silver Coin, Geoff Johns and Gary Frank team up again for Geiger (another Image release), Magic the Gathering changes pubs to BOOM! and puts Jed MacKay in charge, and finally...

Kaitlyn returns! The show has been a boys club as of late, and we've missed her taking the lead... SO, we're celebrating by covering three firsties, that each feature a strong female lead. Silk is out on Marvel, Witchblood on Vault, and Shadecraft on Image.