First Issue Club Comic Books

In this weeks episode the boys discover a new metric for rating books, and choose fur-sonas. They also manage to cover Alienated from Boom! Studios and Tartarus out on Image Comics. Be sure to rate and review us wherever you listen to podcasts and leave that 5 star submission. You can also find other goodies at FirstIssueClub.com and even MORE premium content on our Patreon. 00:00 Intro 16:00 Alie...

This week, Budget King and Greg are joined by Writer/Educator/Futurist Mark Sable to talk about his new book Godkillers and what inspired him to write it. Mark is a professional writer and writing professor. He's written such characters as SPIDER-MAN (What If?) for Marvel Comics and BATMAN for DC (Two-Face: Year One). His passion however is his creator-owned work, including GRAVEYARD OF EMPIRES (w...

The club went to see Birds of Prey during last Thursdays early bird showings. Since then, the movie has gotten and title change, had a variety of mixed reviews, and is teasing the line of box-office success & disappointment. Listen and see what the club thought of this flick! BONUS: At the end we run down some of our favorite non-super hero books from the last year or two. 

In this week's episode Mike D, Budget King and Greg cover the latest and greatest in comic book news and debate whether or not My Chemical Romance is a big deal or not. Also in the episode, we explore the arid and deadly world of Avengers of the Wasteland (13:00) and try to make sense of the highly researched Protector (30:00) Don't forget to rate and review wherever you listen to First Issue Club...

Al Ewing takes over on Guardians of the Galaxy, and Kidz out on Ablaze makes a few nods to Spielberg films in this zombie story that brings Super 8 to mind.

The future is now... and BOY it's a mess! Join the clubbies as we try to unravel "Iron Man 2020"; and stay as we discuss all the buzz surrounding the new girl in "Archie & Katy Keane". We also announce C2E2 news and run through the TOP 10 sexiest "comic book" cars. 00:00 Intro/10 Sexiest Comic Book Cars 00:16 C2E2 announcement 00:21 Archie and Katy Keene 00:39 Ironman 2020

Our pal Shan comes for a visit, helping us talk through a sciencey-thriller on Top Cow called The Clock, which takes on world problems both hypothetical and real. But not before we discuss Star #1 from Marvel Comics. A mini-series that stars the breakout character Star, (the titular Star, from the title "Star"...) from Kelley Thompsons current run of Captain Marvel. And as always, nerdy news, and...

We start the year off by getting way deeper into a conversation about Drake then we ever expected, but eventually find our way to discussing the much anticipated Thor #1 on Marvel Comics, penned by Donny Cates, and follow with lighter fare in Ryan Ferrier's new comic about a TV psychic thats hard up for cash, in I Can Sell You a Body #1.

The club takes a look back on 2019, talking through our favorite first issues and more. Later, we round out the year with a contest to name the very first First Issue Club Champion who will reign over 2020. 

This X-mas the club goes around the horn, pitching each other new ideas for comics books. 

This week, we discuss a new entry from club favorite Jeremy Haun in Red Mother #1 out on BOOM! Studios, and Dying is Easy #1 - the newest Joe Hill project on IDW. Join us as we get sentimental about our favorite media from 2019, and then argue about these comics.  00:00 - We moved! 05:00 - 2019 media faves 13:00 - Red Mother 30:30 - Dying is Easy

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?"