First Issue Club Comic Books
339 episodes - English - Latest episode: 16 days ago - ★★★★★ - 90 ratingsWe're a reading club, hyping and reviewing all the weekly talked about number one ☝️ comics.
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Whatnot Con / Rat City / Uncanny Valley
April 12, 2024 04:07 - 1 hour - 88.3 MBThis week Mike and Vargas chop it up about several topics, with a much longer news segment than normal. We're talking power moves at work, Whatnot Con, X-Men blind bags, video games movies replacing comic movies, preferences for ongoings vs maxis, RIP Trina Robbins, and What if Donald Duck became Wolverine. Then in the comics convo we're talking a lot of indie comics we liked! Rat City by Erica Schultz, Monsters are my Business by Cullen Bunn, Uncanny Valley by Tony Fleecs, Street Fighter...
Ghost Machine / Chipmike
April 05, 2024 04:12 - 1 hour - 84.8 MBThis week, Greg and Andy record without me (mike d), but I might make a weeney surprise appearance. What did they talk about? You're guess is as good as mine, I JUST SAID I WASN'T THERE!!! I did hear a little about Red Coat, thus your generic Ghost Machine imprint in the title. It was a big week for them. Next week looks to be light on firsties so we might have a special subject then... We'll find out, and the next meeting of the club of ones!
Feral / Morning Star / Bad Girls / The Goon
March 29, 2024 03:34 - 51 minutes - 70.6 MBThis week, we're talking comic book news and covering FOUR comics. Our topics include: The Thunderbolts Asterix, How lucky Marvel is to have casted Florence Pugh when they did, Bleeding Cools "Big Vague Article" claiming massive industry news is coming soon, a Joker graphic novel coming out featuring stories from around the globe, DC Elseworld reprints inbound, & X-Men books popping up in value due to X-Men 97 (cartoon) hype. For our comics, Feral is a cat based comic from the team who b...
Dawnrunner / Man's Best / Star Wars Visions
March 22, 2024 03:50 - 58 minutes - 80 MBThis week, we decided to do the same thing we do every week: Talk about first issues and comic book news! From the headlines, we'll get into X-Men 97 reception, Eight Billion Genies getting high profile MOVIE producers, the newly announced Marvel 1943 video game, and job listings for AI artists at comic book publishers. For our reading club portion, Greg discusses Ram V's Dawnrunner, and DC Comics Ape-ril special. Then Vargas walks us through Takashi Okazaki's Star Wars Vision issue feat...
X-Men News / Napalm Lullaby / Helen of Wyndhorn
March 15, 2024 07:12 - 1 hour - 96.4 MBThis week we're talking about 5 first issues, and they're all great! Listen to find out more about Napalm Lullaby, Helen of Wyndhorn, I Heart Skull Crusher, Little Black Book, & Black Widow and Hawkeye. In this episode, we're also discussing the X-Men "From the Ashes" panel at SXSW, where several new books were announced, we'll get into a recent AI art controversy, and talk about our experience at Planet Comicon in Kansas City.
Ultimate X-Men / The Last Mermaid / What if... Aliens
March 08, 2024 05:44 - 1 hour - 85.2 MBOn todays episode, we're talking DWJ's Extremity Kick Starter, a marvel movie and show headline recap, and a wider release coming for the DC character parody film The Peoples Joker. After working our way past the headlines, we get into the reading club! How does Peach Momokos take on mutants differ from mainline comics the massive new title, Ultimate X-Men? What's up with this odd sized Image Comic you picked up called The Last Mermaid? What would've happened if Carter Burke had survived ...
Working Class Wizards / Spider-Punk / Magma Comix Preview
March 01, 2024 06:18 - 53 minutes - 73.5 MBIn addition to the title topics we'll talk a bit about "What if... Venom", Roy Thomas's return to Conan, Josh Gad is another celeb coming to comics, Alan Moore's last comic, Marvels new freebies titled "Must Haves", and I share some recent slabs I got my hands on.
Blasfamous / 6 Fingers / Predator: Last Hunt
February 23, 2024 06:57 - 55 minutes - 76.9 MBYes, Blasfamous is spelt right! It's a new comic from club Favorite Mirka Andolfo out on DSTLRY right now. We're also talking about the sister series to The One Hand (which we covered a couple weeks back), The Six Fingers by Dan Watters out on Image comics. Before getting into those titles, we're talking comic book news! Hear our takes on DC releases moving back to Wednesdays for new comic book day, The announce of DC's Absolute Power, Jason Aaron apparently writing a Scrooge McDuck comi...
MCU Updates / The Displaced / The Infernals
February 16, 2024 04:48 - 1 hour - 89.9 MBThis week, MCU fans were bombarded with news! We'll discuss the reception of Madame Web, The X-Men 97 and Deadpool & Wolverine trailers, Fantastic Four casting, and Midnight Sons movie rumors. Beyond the cinema, we're telling 70s and 80s babies to pick up Thundercats issue 2 if you want the first appearance of a new Thundercat "Calica". We're also talking a few additional comics like Jackpot 1 which features a super-powered Mary Jane Watson, Sinister Sons 1 which gives us a DC comics villian...
The One Hand / Mace Windu / I & U / Bonus Bat Titles
February 09, 2024 04:46 - 1 hour - 92.1 MBThis weeks First Issue Club is all about comic book news! It was a heavy week for announcements, controverseys, and factoids. If you dare press play, you'll hear about the Cadence Comic Art exodus, the hobby of collecting art, the El Muerto movie moving forward without its star Bad Bunny, the state of the super hero movie, Rob Liefeld retiring from Deadpool, Black Panther Unlimited having 12,000 copies go missing, AND MORE! Thats about 40-45 minutes worth of news before we get to comics, ...
Kid Cudi Presents Moon Man / Jill & the Killers
February 02, 2024 06:30 - 1 hour - 103 MBThis week in addition to the comics in the title, we're talking DC's Power, which is the return of their Black History Month anthology, and trying to explain Dead X-Men 1 as best we can. In the news we're talking the casting of a new Super Girl, another actor drops from Marvels Thunderbolts, unauthorized celeb comics, and Ghost Machine's creator exclusivity.
Ghost Machine / Crashdown / Red Light
January 26, 2024 04:42 - 41 minutes - 56.8 MBThis week we're focusing most of our brainpower on trying to understand the Ghost Machine timeline - A new connected and unconnected universe of comics on Image from Geoff Johns & friends, which is related to Gieger which you might remember from a few years back, also on Image. Then, Mike D takes us back a couple months to cover a book we missed! Red Light on on AWA, was a fantastic first issue that we recommend for adult readers.
Cobra Commander / Avengers Twilight / Spider-Gwen: SMASH
January 19, 2024 06:08 - 1 hour - 85.1 MBThis week the club is BUZZING with excitement to get into Jason Aaron picking up TMNT on IDW, and the big change in X-titles thats just around the corner. We're also covering the comics in the title in addition to a couple extras like Garth Ennis taking on 007, The Bloody Dozen from Charles Soule, and Fall of the House of X.
Duke / Zorro / Ultimate Spider-Man / Pine & Merrimac
January 12, 2024 05:01 - 59 minutes - 82.3 MBHa-Cha-Cha! It's another episode of the First Issue Club. This episode Vargas, Mike, & Greg immeditaley get off track talking about the Dice-Man, and Morgan Wallen (I think the throughline being cancellable people who were controversally on SNL). Then, we're getting to comics with a quick chat about Marvel Comic's The Hood before we cover our first issues, speaking of which: Greg talks us through Sean Gordon Murphy's Zorro, and Jonathan Hickman's Ultimate Spider-Man. Andy goes back a week to...
Best Comic Stuff of 2023
January 05, 2024 04:50 - 1 hour - 115 MBWelcome to the 2023 First Issue Club BESTIES! We've got categories like BEST COMICS WRITER, BEST COMICS ARTIST, BEST INDIE COMIC, BEST MARVEL OR DC COMIC, BEST COMIC EVENT, and BEST NEW COMIC. All this and more as we get into rapid-fire besties of more obscure categories after our main besties. Press play to see what we liked & why we liked it. If we missed something this year, let us know what to add to our reading lists on social: @firstissueclub
2024 Comic Book Predictions
December 22, 2023 05:46 - 1 hour - 87.9 MBFirst Issue Club looks into the crystal ball for another years end, to gaze upon the possibities the next year holds. We'll be speculating on trends in comics including stuff like AI, Crowdfunding, Representation, Digital Comics, Grading, and much more! We'll see ya next year for our best of 2023 episode. Thanks for listening and supporting FIC for another year!
Beyond Real / Masterpiece / Our Bones Dust
December 15, 2023 17:25 - 1 hour - 99.4 MBWe're back from a little break, and have takes! Greg annoints himself a cancel pig, and works us through some controversy surrounding Mark Millar this past week. Aside from the comics in the title, we're also talking the new Sentry #1 (vol 4), Tom King's Animal Pound Ashcan, and Kelly & Lanzing's Thunderbolts #1 (vol 5). On the Patreon: Hear about Mikes LA Comicon trip. patreon.com/firstissueclub
Holy Roller / Lotus Land / Marvel Gang War
December 07, 2023 19:05 - 46 minutes - 64.1 MBWelcome back, comic book enthusiasts and casual readers alike! In today’s episode, we delve into the captivating world of graphic novels with a focus on a groundbreaking new title that’s creating waves for its daring and poignant representation. We’re thrilled to discuss the launch of an innovative comic book, Holy Roller, featuring a Jewish protagonist who courageously returns to his hometown. The once-familiar streets are now overshadowed by the rise of anti-Semitism, a real-world issue ...
Ed Brubaker on WHERE THE BODY WAS... & more!
November 27, 2023 21:27 - 1 hour - 93.5 MBThis week we got to talk to Ed Brubaker about his new book WHERE THE BODY WAS, with art from Jacob Phillips and Sean Phillips. It's coming to comic shops this December, so be on the lookout & pick it up!
The Deviant / Aliens / updated MCU movie schedule
November 17, 2023 05:31 - 44 minutes - 60.7 MBNEWS! The Club recounts the newest Marvel movie updates. We cover a TON of new first issues and gush about interviewing Ed Brubaker!!! What a time to be thankful. For more First Issue Club goodness: Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/firstissueclub Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FirstIssueClub firstissueclub.com
Punisher / Petrol Head / Spoiler Free Marvels Convo
November 10, 2023 05:15 - 1 hour - 83 MBTHIS WEEK Vargas and Mike chop it up about the latest in the MCU with The Marvels coming out and the Echo trailer dropping. We get into some TKO books Mike has bought, and do some Jordie Bellaire worship while we're at it. Then its onto comics... Vargas covers new comics Punisher #1 & Petrol Head #1. Punisher headlines as it introduces a new character taking up the Punisher mantle. Then Mike plays catch-up with the club, giving takes on some first issues that came out last month with Mar...
Universal Monsters: Dracula / Paladin of Axes/ Alan Scott Green Lantern
October 27, 2023 04:29 - 56 minutes - 78.2 MBNEWS! Candy! Comics! Monsters! It’s Halloween Week and we couldn’t be happier. We talk about our favorite treats and comics to ingest for the season. We also talk the spookiest first issues of the week. OTHER TOPICS! Patreon. Haunted Bed. Slice of Life. The Neighbors. Torrent. Dr Strange. Dead Romans. Spider-Man. Comicon. Transformers. GI Joe. Cobra. Joe Mads. Pretty People. Old Comics That Are New Again. Flash. Ezra Miller Drama. Bad Movie Turnout. Batman. Captain Marvel. For more ...
Beneath The Trees Where Nobody Sees / Hack Slash Back to School / JL vs Godzilla vs Kong
October 20, 2023 05:10 - 1 hour - 83.9 MBThis week we're covering first issues with long titles, so you know The First Issue Clubs episode title is DOUBLE EX EL! We chat some of latest comic book news like a new Spawn series announcement, discuss some industry biz like what environments work best for the secondary market, and then... We're talking first issues babes. For more First Issue Club goodness: Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/firstissueclub Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FirstIssueClub firstissueclub....
Army of Darkness / Batman: City of Madness/ Capwolf
October 13, 2023 03:08 - 51 minutes - 71 MBNEWS! This week we kick off the spooky season with some truly sinister comic books. We start to get some NYCC breaking news and Dynamite has decided to reprint everything we loved from our childhood. OTHER TOPICS! Patreon. Haunted Bed. Slice of Life. The Neighbors. Torrent. Dr Strange. Dead Romans. Spider-Man. Comicon. Transformers. GI Joe. Cobra. Joe Mads. Pretty People. Old Comics That Are New Again. Flash. Ezra Miller Drama. Bad Movie Turnout. Batman. Captain Marvel. For more Firs...
Power-Girl / The Flash / Usagi Yojimbo
September 29, 2023 03:46 - 47 minutes - 65.7 MBNEWS! We travel through the Speed Force and then argue about it for 45 minutes. Greg, Vargas, and Mike D breakdown the week’s hottest gossip and coolest comic books. Dick Tracy - The Ultimate Universe - Mike D does his most monotone intro to date and it’s a sight to behold. Stay safe and keep your treasures safe. OTHER TOPICS! Patreon. Haunted Bed. Slice of Life. The Neighbors. Torrent. Dr Strange. Dead Romans. Spider-Man. Comicon. Transformers. GI Joe. Cobra. Joe Mads. Pretty People. Old ...
Uncanny Spider-Man / Wonder Woman / Batman: The Gargoyle of Gotham
September 22, 2023 04:55 - 1 hour - 100 MBNEWS! A double sized episode as we cover TWO WEEKS of comic book issues. We also discuss WhatNot etiquette. Fables in the public domain. NYCC Panel Madness. Be sure to checkout the YouTube channel to see our new studio setup. OTHER TOPICS! Patreon. Haunted Bed. Slice of Life. The Neighbors. Torrent. Dr Strange. Dead Romans. Spider-Man. Comicon. Transformers. GI Joe. Cobra. Joe Mads. Pretty People. Old Comics That Are New Again. Flash. Ezra Miller Drama. Bad Movie Turnout. Batman. Captai...
Our Big CGC Shipment - Patreon Preview
September 15, 2023 05:08 - 31 minutes - 42.9 MBThis week, the club went into overtime on the Patreon, as we were oh-so-excited to crack open our graded comics we just got back from CGC! So instead of releasing a regular episode this week, we're giving a little preview of the Patreon feed. If you want to check out the full episode or video version, check us out on the Patreon where we have tiers starting at just a buck! We'll be back next week with a new show in the main feed, and I'm sure we'll go long talking about two weeks worth o...
Birds of Prey / Kill Your Darlings / Crusader
September 08, 2023 03:41 - 57 minutes - 79 MBNEWS! We have a full house this week! (Sans: the milkman, and the paperboy, and evening TV) So many first issues this week we’re bursting at the seams!!! Comic book twitter is out of control with its recent Chip Zdarsky heel turn, celebrity signatures, and the Trumors trilogy. OTHER TOPICS! Patreon. Haunted Bed. Slice of Life. The Neighbors. Torrent. Dr Strange. Dead Romans. Spider-Man. Comicon. Transformers. GI Joe. Cobra. Joe Mads. Pretty People. Old Comics That Are New Again. Flash. Ezr...
Omnibus Interview / New Mutant Ms Marvel / Kaptara
September 04, 2023 20:33 - 1 hour - 91.6 MBNEWS! This episdoe Andy and Greg try a new recording methond while MikeD takes the week off and then we sit down and interview Travis and Kenny, the creators of Omnibus. Kenny Meyers (programming) Twitter / LinkedIn and Travis Schmeisser (design) Twitter / LinkedIn / Website are life-long comic fans. They're two pals that met through working on the internet and kept in touch by trading comic recommendations and hanging out at web conferences or when they visited each other's city. They p...
Realm of X / Gunbreed / Orson Wells: Warrior of the Worlds
August 25, 2023 03:32 - 44 minutes - 60.7 MBThis week we have no Greg (BOOO!) But we have a lot of first issues to discuss (YAAAAY!) Join us as we talk preview copies, wearing gloves while reading comics, heat waves, lending out comics, pressing, & do you treat every comic like it has potential to be the next action comics 1?
The Cull / Uncanny Avengers / The Madness
August 18, 2023 03:33 - 49 minutes - 68.3 MBNEWS! All dressed up and ready to party! The Club talks about Marvel editorial shakeups, Cullen Bunn back at The House of Ideas, AWA continues their winning streak, and The Cull looks like a movie put in a comic book. We speculate who the new Captain Krakoa is and give our best guess (It’s probably a Steve Rogers clone) OTHER TOPICS! Patreon. Haunted Bed. Slice of Life. The Neighbors. Torrent. Dr Strange. Dead Romans. Spider-Man. Comicon. Transformers. GI Joe. Cobra. Joe Mads. Pretty Peopl...
THE ENFIELD GANG MASSACRE / Knight Terrors / Amazing Spider-Man 31
August 11, 2023 03:04 - 54 minutes - 74.5 MBNEWS! Greg and Mike go through the news of the week and then dissect ASM 31 and the journey all the characters will be going through the next few months. Greg talks about the ‘That Texas Blood’ prequel ‘THE ENFIELD GANG MASSACRE’ and Mike updates us on Knight Terrors on DC. OTHER TOPICS! Patreon. Haunted Bed. Slice of Life. The Neighbors. Torrent. Dr Strange. Dead Romans. Spider-Man. Comicon. Transformers. GI Joe. Cobra. Joe Mads. Pretty People. Old Comics That Are New Again. Flash. Ezra M...
First Issue Club: Planet Patreon
August 07, 2023 14:11 - 1 hour - 100 MBNEWS! As a special treat to our audience, and to give our hosts a break, we’re giving you a special PREVIEW of the First Issue Club Patreon! What secrets are hidden behind the paywall?! Tune in and find out. A little info about our Patreon… Introduction! Hello! If you’re reading this, then you’ve already taken a step in the right direction to gain access to the world’s most midwestern-y, exclusive-y, Patreon podcast about comic books: First Issue Club Patreon: Comic Talks! With your mo...
Ribbon Queen / Hellfire Gala 2023
July 28, 2023 01:07 - 1 hour - 88 MBNEWS! We breakdown all the hottest SDCC news and the WINNERS of this year's Eisner Awards. Oh, and comic books…we also talk about comic books OTHER TOPICS! Patreon. Haunted Bed. Slice of Life. The Neighbors. Torrent. Dr Strange. Dead Romans. Spider-Man. Comicon. Transformers. GI Joe. Cobra. Joe Mads. Pretty People. Old Comics That Are New Again. Flash. Ezra Miller Drama. Bad Movie Turnout. Batman. Captain Marvel. For more First Issue Club goodness: Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/fi...
Blade / Moon Knight / Big Game
July 21, 2023 02:25 - 58 minutes - 80.7 MBNEWS! SDCC!!! There… We said it. We don’t have any updates about it but we acknowledge that it’s happening. We DO talk about the new Punisher, Universal Monsters, and who had the best crossover. Mark Millar talks a big game in his new book BIG GAME and Moon Knight gets lost in the City of the Dead. So many great moments it’s hard to keep track. Tune in and enjoy, friend. OTHER TOPICS! Patreon. Haunted Bed. Slice of Life. The Neighbors. Torrent. Dr Strange. Dead Romans. Spider-Man. Comicon....
Antarctica / Fishflies / TMNT X Stranger Things
July 14, 2023 02:55 - 50 minutes - 69.5 MBNEWS! Spider-Boy has taken the world by storm and Marvel is here to profit off it! New ‘Sidekick’ variants are hitting your shelves soon and they’ll be showcasing new imagined heroes. Captain America: Cold War aftermath gives us a new Thunderbolts team featuring Shang-Chi?! What’s that all about?? So many fresh hot first issues hit the scene this week that we stumbled over all our words talking about them. Had a great time, hope you have a great time listening! BYE COMICS! What if…Dark: L...
Swan Songs / Captain America Cold War Wrap-up
July 07, 2023 02:27 - 58 minutes - 80.5 MBThis week we're talking W. Maxwell Prince's new anthology mini Swan Songs, which has a different artist taking the reigns each issue to tell a story about the end of something (The world, a relationship, etc.) Then Vargas talks us through his take on the conclusion of Captain America Cold War. In the news, we have speculate on how the Stranger Things crew and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles could meet in their upcoming crossover, and check out CovrPrice's Top 10 comics rising in value. ...
The Oddly Pedestrian Life of Christopher Chaos / Comic Recap
June 30, 2023 02:15 - 49 minutes - 68 MBNEWS! A resounding and monotonous episode with the boys of First Issue Club. We’re talking about new comics and breaking news of the week. Reviews? Yup - we also did that. This is hands down the best episode we’ve ever recorded. OTHER TOPICS! Patreon. Haunted Bed. Slice of Life. The Neighbors. Torrent. Dr Strange. Dead Romans. Spider-Man. Comicon. Transformers. GI Joe. Cobra. Joe Mads. Pretty People. Old Comics That Are New Again. Flash. Ezra Miller Drama. Bad Movie Turnout. Batman. Ca...
The Incredible Hulk / Ultimate Invasion / Tenement
June 23, 2023 05:53 - 1 hour - 97.6 MBNEWS! It’s our 300th episode!!! To celebrate we make an extra long show. Firstly we recap the Transformers news and the excitement we have to read it. Then we talk AT LENGTH about Ultimate Invasion and all the implications this story will have on the Marvel Universe. Sounds like Jonathan Hickman is up to his old tricks again… Vargas talks about the new Godzilla series while Greg takes the boys to summer camp courtesy of Archie comics. Thank you all for an amazing journey to 300. It’s been ...
Void Rivals / Battle Chasers / Transformers Universe
June 19, 2023 03:34 - 31 minutes - 43.5 MBNEWS! This week Greg is left all alone in the studio as Mike D and Vargas are out living fulfilling lives. Greg talks all the deets on the sudden news of the Transformers and GI Joe franchise coming to their new home at Skybound! What can you expect from the new Energon Universe? Tune into the episode and find out. OTHER TOPICS! Patreon. Haunted Bed. Slice of Life. The Neighbors. Torrent. Dr Strange. Dead Romans. Spider-Man. Comicon. Transformers. GI Joe. Cobra. Joe Mads. Pretty People...
In Hell We Fight / TMNT x Street Fighter / You’ve Been Canceled
June 09, 2023 02:53 - 1 hour - 93.2 MBNEWS! The Club talks about the new Birds of Prey series coming this fall on DC comics. We gushed for WAY too long about The Predator FINALLY becoming Marvel canon with the announcement of Wolverine Vs Predator arriving to LCS’s later this year. A hefty amount of first issue talk (duh) and decide once and for all who the main representative of the Street Fighter series is. Spoiler: It’s not who you think. Comics! In Hell We Fight - Image - W / John Layman A / JOK Bettie Page - Dyna...
Spider-Man Drama / Power Girl / Cat Fight
June 02, 2023 02:39 - 51 minutes - 70.1 MBNEWS! Mike and Greg dive head first into the recent Spider-Man drama and the death that shook social media. Was it earned? Corporate Synergy? We discuss and pull no punches. Oh, don’t worry, we also read some comic books. Greg reviews the new Power Girl one-shot and Cat Fight out on IDW. OTHER TOPICS! Patreon. Haunted Bed. Slice of Life. The Neighbors. Torrent. Dr Strange. Dead Romans. Spider-Man. Comicon. Last Ronin. TMNT. Sketches. Comic books. Jason Aaron. Valiant comics. Transform...
Fury / Super Massive / City Boy
May 26, 2023 02:35 - 56 minutes - 78 MBNEWS! The boys of FIC are back once again. We dig into the new Hasbro X Marvel team up to bring ROM and Micronauts BACK to Marvel. Grant Morrison teams up with Ahoy comics for a 13 part prose series. We gush over Super Massive. Applaud Marvel for making Fury so damn good and laugh at CVS and Walgreens. Alright, see you next week. OTHER TOPICS! Patreon. Haunted Bed. Slice of Life. The Neighbors. Torrent. Dr Strange. Dead Romans. Spider-Man. Comicon. Thirty dollar pretzel. Kevin Eas...
Silk / Ghostlore
May 12, 2023 01:57 - 51 minutes - 70.4 MBToday on the show, Vargas and Mike catch up about our Free Comic Book Day hauls, before gushing over the new volume of Silk out on Marvel Comics, and Cullen Bunn & Co's new series Ghostlore out on BOOM! Studios. Which issue has the best feeling paper? Listen... And find out!!!!
Peacemaker Tries Hard / Survival / Astro Bot
May 05, 2023 02:31 - 1 hour - 88.6 MBNEWS! The gang’s all here!!! We got a full house this week and no better time to have all hands on deck. We talk IDW fallout, crossover crisis, and Jim Lee’s new promotion. There’s so much news to break and laughs to be had. Don’t forget about FCBD and remember to bag and board your treasures. Also Greg does a pitch perfect Yoda impression this episode. OTHER TOPICS! Patreon. Haunted Bed. Slice of Life. The Neighbors. Torrent. Dr Strange. Dead Romans. Spider-Man. Comicon. Thirty do...
Green Arrow / Alien / New Mutants Lethal Legion
April 28, 2023 02:56 - 1 hour - 86.7 MBThis episode talk about Power Girls new solo title penned by Leah Williams coming out in September, preview the titles of some "Dark" What-if issues on the horizon from Marvel, highlight a couple comic shops in the news, and Mike D gets a emotional a couple times about comics. All that before we round up some of our favorite first issues we read this week.
Superboy / Terrorwar / Avengers Assemble Omega
April 21, 2023 02:30 - 1 hour - 83.1 MBThis week we're back doing what we always do! Talking comics and comic book stuff. To be more specific, in this one we're highlighting changes to CGC plans and pricing, the debut of Scarlett Scarab from Marvel, a warning from First Issue Club to be nice to Zeb Wells if he kills someone off that you like in the next ASM, and side tangents galore! If you're looking for more, on next weeks patreon well be unboxing some slabs and sharing some of our favorite variants from the week.
GOTG: Grootfall / World TR33 / The Seasons Have Teeth
April 14, 2023 02:25 - 1 hour - 98.4 MBThis week Mike D and Vargas are the dynamic duo highlignting all the most important nerd news including new publisher DSTLRY, The Marvels trailer, new Hellboy issues on the horizon, and FINALLY getting an explanation on how Shazam says his own name. It was also a HUGE week for first issues: Guardians of the Galaxy, The Seasons Have Teeth, and The Giant Kokju! Plus, Mike D. gives us a special preview of the biggest recalled book of the year Worldtr33!
Planet of the Apes / The Ambassadors / Hairball
April 07, 2023 03:04 - 1 hour - 90.9 MBNEWS! This week, the boys dissect and interpret the true meaning of ‘Selling Superman’ the upcoming documentary that will be highlighting a man and his collection and his estranged family’s response to it. We also get into kid rock’s recent beer can antics. The most Buzzworthy comic books of the week. And the newest revisiting that marvel is doing to the days of future past iconic storyline from X-Men that is also from marvel comics. WHOO. What a lineup. Also, April Fools about last week. ...
Planet Comicon Recap / The Neighbors / Dr Strange
March 24, 2023 02:40 - 1 hour - 85.1 MBNEWS! The Club talks about their time at Planet Comicon Kansas City. The shining highs and the devastating lows. Much like all Comicons; it was a roller coaster of emotions. We hit all the breaking news points of the week and review a HEFTY amount of new comic books. This one is a real thicc episode, folks, and we couldn’t be happier. Also, Vargas has a huge announcement in the episode. OTHER TOPICS! Patreon. Haunted Bed. Slice of Life. The Neighbors. Torrent. Dr Strange. Dead Romans....