First Issue Club Comic Books

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.

We're at the penultimate issue of the first arch of Crossover. The stakes are getting higher, and the reveals are getting wilder. Less reading, more listening - let's get into it. PRESS PLAY!

This is the big one! We made it! 200 episodes! This week we cover the newest iteration of Harley Quinn by. Stephanie Phillips, The Teen Titans go to school in Teen Titans Academy. Marvel acquires The Alien franchise and launch their first comic book in this universe, and hot damn! if it isn't a great comic! So much news, so many comics, and it's all in our 200 celebration episode!

This week we talk to Robert Venditti about his new comic Tankers, coming April 7 on Bad Idea, then get into a trifecta of comics made by creators doing double duty as Illustrator/writer: James Harren starts us off with Ultramega, a super-double-sized first issue on Image Comics. Next, Maria Llovet takes us on an atmospheric journey in Eros/Psyche on Ablaze Comics. Finally, James Stokoe's uber-deta...

Joker is back with an original series on D.C. - staring.... commissioner Gordon? Grant Morrison has an already optioned book on Boom! with Proctor Valley Road. And - X-Men goes Gen-Z and creates Sidekick stories in Children of the Atom (a must pick!). Also crazy news - like Canto and Slam! are both optioned for animated projects! 

This week, we talk about how DC's entry into the Fortnite universe stacks up to Marvels, and try to make sense of NFT's and how they relate to the comic book collecting community. We also discuss this weeks selection of first issue comics from all-star creators Matt Kindt (BRZKR on BOOM! Studios), Scott Snyder (Nocturna on Image Comics), and Peach Momoko (Demon Days on Marvel Comics). 

It's a new writer's showcase! Two brand spanking new indie books from new writers. And these book slap my friends, don't let Stray Dogs or By The Horns slip on by you at your comic shop. We also chat Department of Truth getting optioned, the delay that will be happening to King in Black, and Daft Punk (they might as well be comic books ok!)

Whats up with Madman? What new comic book references do we get? What else are we learning about the world Crossover is set in? Who am I to be so lucky to have listener submissions for theme songs? We're gonna address all these questions, so DON'T WORRY!

Put on your war hat! The club is back in the weekly comic book battle field, taking on topics like Marvels push for Reptil to be its next big character, and the odd comic card boom on ebay. As always we're also talking about two first issues; Comic book all-stars Jeff Lemire and Jock have the comixology exclusive Snow Angels out this week, and the team who brought you TET is back with Hollow Heart...

Radiant Black is the hottest first issue release in Feb. from Image, a can't miss super hero start. Then it's onto AWA with their thriller about cheating on your spouse, it's a gripping read of Fatal Attraction stuff into a comic book. On the news we have tons of people getting checked for doing bad stuff - Joss Whedon leads us off - but don't worry there is (some would say) juicy Batman News. 

YES! Club favorite writers are back for our reads this week. Matt Kindt brings us Fear Case #1 on Dark Horse Comics, and Mirka Andolfo pens Deep Beyond on Image Comics (Both getting second prints already!) & before we sign off, we've got some big FIC family news after arguing which is better: Earths oceans, or outer space.

Star Wars: The High Republic is the hottest marvel book flying off the shelves, and we are covering it - at the time that it gets a reprint - it's a club first. Then we get into the Vampire Book Stake that nobody asked for but everyone needed. WandaVision leads our news and we have so much hot more hot news! They might as well call this the news episode cause it's so full of news it takes over the...

The club is back with another DC Future State first issue, this time featuring Superman... kinda? Saying this book stars characters who wonder where Clark Kent has gone, may be more accurate. Our second book is another independent entry from one of our favorite writers Matt Kindt, who has Crimson Flower out on Dark Horse Comics. Read along! It's a club! You're in it too!

This week, the club chats with Zac Thompson about his new book, I Breathed a Body out today on Aftershock Comics, before getting into this weeks first issues! First, we're catching up with Gotham's most famous orphan, Bruce Wayne, to see what he's been doing since his apparent death in Future State: Dark Detective #1. Next, we'll hash out how we feel after reading the clown-centric and twilight-zo...

Last week kicked of DC's mega event Future State, and our wallets are already feeling the pain! For this weeks episode, we're focusing on what Gotham's future has in store with The Next Batman - An oversized first issue with a few different stories, all taking place within Gotham city limits. Next, Kieron Gillen and Esad Ribić take on Eternals. Can they make one of the more challenging Marvels mak...