First Issue Club Comic Books

This week the club takes a journey with the ALREADY optioned Kill Whitey Donovan and explores the bureacracy of contracting super powers in 20XX. Also, long time friend of the show Randy Newman stops by for a visit. Don't forget to rate review and find us on Patreon for more BONUS content. Be kind to one another and D A B on the haters. Intro: 00:00 Kill Whitey Donovan: 11:15 20XX: 18:55 Randy New...

The club is back in driver seat with an independent door buster, Killadelphia (Image). The round out with a new The Crow (IDW) book (yeah the famed 90s movie), but this time it's a Christmas edition called Hark The Herald! At the top they talk about a Marvel Comics #1 selling for over a million and other gems you might find in the comic collection process.

HAPPY TURKEY WEEK! On todays episode, we discussed two books that are loosely about mutants! The independent offering Heart Attack, takes a look at two persecuted powered individuals who find a unique bond, and fan favorite Deadpool gets a new creative team that throws the character into a fresh situation, wherein Deadpool needs to be "the sane one".

A crazy week of big Independent books! Matt Kint's Folklords (Boom!) is a medieval world with a modern dude figuring out how to hunt down his fantasy thesis. Jeff Lemire's Family Tree (Image) is an apocalyptic story with everybody turning into Groot, it's a freaking blast!

This week the club discusses two comics that couldn't be more different! Undiscovered Country gives us an unexpected twist, and Crone delivers a unique spin within a trope filled tale. COMIC BOOKS!

On todays episode, we discuss 2 new series, both on DC imprints from a couple club favorite creators – Basket Full of Heads penned by Joe Hill, and Joker: Killer Smile written by Jeff Lemire.

First Issue Club's production company sent your favorite four hosts on a retreat, where they met a brand strategist, and several guest speakers who aim to help the fix the club's many issues. Somehow the club still seems to find the time to do what they do best… Cover first issues! This week features a doozy with Money Shot out on Vault Comics. Happy Halloween & New Comic book day!

You bet your ass Jonathan Hickman can write a comic, come check out the launch of new x-men with us. Image dropped The Marked and we chat about magical tattoos. Be warned we talk about politics up front, but this is still an all comics all the time podcast - tweet us and tell us to be more on brand please, we need it.

With Greg and Kaitlyn still gone honeymoonin', Mike and BK are holding down the fort with two new offering's from DC this week in RWBY, and The Batman's Grave (by club fav Warren Ellis). As usual, there are several diversions including NYCC & Martin Scorsese's comments on Marvel Movies. COMIC BOOKS!

Per usual, we're guiding you through those muddy and murky waters of the comic book landscape by doing news hits, providing some clarity on Images Nomen Omen, and getting pumped for Ghost Riders new direction on Marvel Comics.

The Club gets into spoonfuls of sex issues with with DC's new Black Label book Harleen and Image's SFSX (also known as Safe Sex).

This week Mike & BK are in the studio, covering off on comic book headlines, the Abrams family giving writing comics a shot in Marvels Spiderman, and club favorite Jeff Lemire taking on a DC classic in Inferior 5.

King Thor brings Jason Aaron's amazing Thor run to a close! and Chastity is the Dynamite book from Leah Williams that thwarts all expectations you might have had from the covers. There was a lot of good stuff on this episode that got cut for our patreon so make sure to check that out: https://www.patreon.com/FirstIssueClub

Two wildly different books this week folks. After rounding up some comic news, we get into Everything from Dark Horse - a comic which asks, "what if a mega-department store drove your childhood town crazy?" Second, we get into the less subtle Battlepug, which begs the question, "what if Conan had a giant pug?"

Marvel Comics 1000 hit stands with splash of surprises, news, and nostalgia. Dive in deep with Greg and Budget King here. Also Mountainhead (IDW) will leave no reader uninterested, so make sure you check out this episode!

First Issue Club gets into it this week with the Sony/Disney breakup fallout; Batman tragedies; Dark Captain Marvel and our first picks of the week! "Strayed" has cats talking, astral projecting, working for the gov., will it be anarchy?! And "Pretty Violent…with lots of swears." which is exactly the brutal mess you think, with a pretty violent-ly good twist.

It's Gregs Bachelor party, and to celebrate, the boys get a lesson in a new kinky way to have fun, before deep diving into this weeks comics. Once & Future out on BOOM! Studios, and The White Trees, were both from club favorite creators, and a complete delight, but only one stayed on theme with our sex-fueled intro. Interested?

This week in the club we have bound-ti-ful topics with the surprising debut of "Berserker Unbound", and the dark and wild landscape of "Coffin Bound".

We interview Cullen Bunn to talk about his two new indie. books! He also drops serious knowledge on the industry experience and growing up nerd, don't miss this interview. If you don't know Cullen Bunn, now is the time to check him he delivers on everything he touches from Harrow County (Dark Horse), to Unearth (Image), and Uncanny X-men and X-men Blue (Marvel).

Cullen Bunn came out strong this week with two fierce Indy books! You won't want to miss the wizard horror story of Manor Black (Dark Horse). Knights Temporal (Aftershock) paints a genre hopping master piece with mysteries galore!

We Skyped in to talk with the Jacks of Trades Podcast about JANE FOSTER: VALKYRIE out on Marvel Comics. If you want to hear more from Jacks of Trades find em here: Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/jacks-of-trades/id1166712053?mt=2 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4wQnL1bGRcYZIgOH2pI9aG?si=MjgKplp0T1CPebe7yUuAkQ Website: http://jacksoftradespodcast.com IG: http://instagra...

The club was so pumped for House of X that we spent the entire episode discussing it, only getting sidetracked about 5 times.

This week the club gets sucked in with Collapser on DC's Young Animals imprint and laugh at the hilarious exploits of Superman's Best Friend: Jimmy Olsen on DC. Also in this episode, the worry of celebrities writing comics, and we create our DJ set lists.

Mike and Greg catch each other up on the whirlwind of Marvel announcements to come out of San Diego Comic Con in this emergency special bonus episode!

The club returns from episode 100 with a ton of comic news. Then the long awaited Second Coming gets "saved" by Ahoy Comics. Finally Reaver blows up on Image for a violence soaked tail of medieval mayhem.