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First Issue Club Comic Books
by First Issue Club Comic Books
We're a reading club, hyping and reviewing all the weekly talked about number one ☝️ comics.
Episodes
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Sunder / Momo
It's a Mad Cave Studios double feature show! Greg read Sunder and Momo and liked them both, so he's going to talk to you about them. Mike read Spider-man 1000, and Amazing Venom 1, and then we all read Aliens v X-Men, but we're barred from talking about it until Vargas has a chance to say his…
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DNX / Crimes Against Nature
Set your phasers to FUN! This week Mike tries to convice the guys they don't want to get into DNX, but they won't listen, so he tries to explain it. In comics we talk about Muppets Take the Marvel Universe, the new Cantwell Star Trek, an Escape from NY comic that takes place in Chicago, and…
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Spawn 77 / Karman Blade
It's a catch-up week on F.I.C! We missed last week so we're talking about two weeks wortha issues. THEY INCLUDE: Fox Mask Killer, Ofiusa, Creepshow, Spawn 77, Six of Us, Karman Blade, Forever Home, The Folk of Dooney Hollow, and Fixation. WHEW! In the news we mostly talk about Marvel Miracle Man...
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Legion of Super-heroes / Doom Patrol / Teen Titans
This week delivered on firsties in a big way! We covered as many of them as we could, and still left a ton of great comics on the table. This week was headlined by the books in the title - all three are next-level team books from DC Comics by brilliant creators. Out on Image we'll talk about Jeff...
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Denver / Hammerfist / Black Tower
So many great first issues this week! No way there's not at least one of these that interests you. In addition to the books in the title, we'll also discuss Bad Seeds, and Regicide from a couple weeks back.
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Marvel Trailers / The Last Driver
Sean Murphy is back on the shelves with another great comic! We'll talk about The Last Driver, Bug Wars, Shellschock, Spider-Man & Hulk: Fire and Brimstone, Lazarus Order, and Hello Kitty.
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Fort Psycho / Chachu
So many indie comics this week - In addition to comics in the title, we got Realligator, The Smart Division, and Mary Jane: Face it, Tiger. In comic news we're mostly speculating about X-Men stuff based on new casting announcements.
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SDCC / Queen in Black
You've seen all the SDCC announcements and news by now, but have you heard with the First Issue Club thinks about it? Now you can! We'll talk Marvel movie announcements DC comics news and more! In comics we're talking Queen in Black from Marvel, Patron on Ignition Press, and The Horror of…
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Terminal / Gambit Wanted / Sicko
Comics! Would it surprise you to hear there are several new ones this week? It shouldn't! Every week is host to a plethora of new narratives to dive into so why should this one be any different? We've got a set of fun ones (see the title!), plus we'll touch on Dread the Hall H 2026 - the comic to...
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Podsquisite Corpsecast - Issues 12 & 13
OOPS! Our bonus feed never made to the RSS, so you're getting our takes on both issue 12 and 13 all in one! This series was really fun, thanks for listening if you joined us for any of it, and hit us up if another comic comes along you thing we should do another bonus show for! See ya on the…
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Kingdom of Earth / Dark Knights II
Also this week, Sonic VS Godzilla and a Spurrier double feature with Minotaur on Ignition Press & A Mischief of Magpies on DSTLRY.
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Operation Iron Coffin / Vampyrates
It's a vampire double feature show! In addition to the comics in the title we have Dispatched on Ignition Press, Bad Ideas Dingoliath, Witness Point on Dark Horse, and Rascal Randy from Tiny Onion & Image.
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Saw Gerrara / 100 Bullets / Dead Acre
We're back after a week off, and we're news light as we take the first half of the show to talk about last weeks issues we missed - including X-Men Outback, Summer of Supergirl, Eye Collector, & Mind MGMT New & Improved. I THINK we also might cover that John Carpenter book Night Terrors? I can't...
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Concrete Returns!
Concrete headlines our show - its a classic returning after 20 years! One of Gregs personal favorites, and we're excited to hear his take as a fan, and Vargas's take as a newcomer. We'll also talk about a few other great new debut issues from the week with Land of Never on MadCave, The Trillion...
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Absolute Catwoman / Avengers Armageddon
Two heavy hitters this week! Their in the title. I mean just look at the runtime on this thing!!! We go on and on about these, plus get into M1 Monster Racing League and Skate Ali!
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Deadman / Power Rangers
Hey! The Auditors are in the office and ready to talk comics and comic news! In addition to some new volumes of classics (as seen in the title), we have an original indie from Zack Kaplan on Dark Horse - Only the Savage Are Left!
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Doomquest / Father of Tomorrow / Mimi Green
This week, Ryan North revists the classic Doomquest by the non-Mr. Show Bob & David (we're talking Michelinie and Layton!) - Aside from the books in the title, we're also talkin' about the Spider-man Nior show, our temperature on Marvel Midnight hype and the compiled R.L. Stine Lucas Dreamwalker...
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Odin / Absolute Green Arrow
WOW! Two huge comics making bees buzz their buns off this week! We'll also talk about Of The Earth on Image and Dog Tag on Mad Cave. Also, digital comic book vending machines?!? Let's get into it!
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Megalith / Barbs Breakout / Benjamin 10
Playing a little catchup from last week, reading lots of comics, and a touch of comic book news.
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The Good Side of Comic Books
It's the feel good episode of the year! Join us in celebrating the people shaping comics today. Don't miss out—hit play now. Also we talk Corpse Knight ONE MORE TIME cause Greg had to miss last week. Then Red Roots and Zatanna. You're about to listen to the greatest comic book podcast ever... Hit...
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Corpse Knight / In Your Skin
On this episode we discuss what it would take for us to not be upset by going to see Endgame again - referring to the promise of "Something new" in the upcoming theatrical rerelease. Besides that, we're reading comics. You've got the two Image ones in the title, plus Hello Body Horror on Boom!...
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Marvel Blind Bags / Fireborn / The HAB
This week we talk about Spalding balls, Southern Bastards casting, and so much more! We're light on first issue releases this week, so the only ones you get are in the title!
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The Fury of Firestorm
A lot of first issues this week! We'll talk about Pretty Hate Machine, Everybody Loves a Jewel Theif, Neighborhood Watch, Fury of Firestorm, Web of Venom, & Romeo & Juliet and Godzilla. Also in this episode: Florida trip, Mind MGMT returning, Flux House "no AI used" stamp, and the Bendis…
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Daredevil / Royals / MAD
This week we play a game of "Metal band or comic character?" before talking about first issues with old pal The Budget King! We'll cover Stephanie Phillips new Daredevil run, Captain Marvel Dark Past, Royals by Derek Kirk Kim (who you may remember from The Last Mermaid), the MAD Magazine DC...
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Podsquisite Corpsecast - Issue 11
The corpsecast hosts are back in Oak Valley Maine talking issue 11 of Exquisite Corpses!
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DC Next Level / Spider-Man Trailer
We had some level issues! I tried to fix them in the edit, sorry they go up and down a bit... I did the best I could! This episode we'll talk about the 3 DC Next Level titles with Lobo, Deathstroke, and Batgirl. Also on DC we got promised a decent jumping on point on Nightwing, so we skimmed that...
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X-Men United / Tigress Island
Put on your headphones! It's time for more first issue club. This week Mike and Vargas talk Eve L. Ewings X-Men title that gets the whole gang back together, Imperial Guardians spinning out of Marvels Imperial event, a new red-band Alias series starring Jessica Jones, a new take on Usagi Yojimbo…
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Punisher / Is Ted Okay?
This week, the members of the club collectively read Ben Percy's Punisher, Is Ted Okay by Dave Chrisholm, Spider-Man/Venom: Death Spiral by all the guys, Phantom of the Opera by my dudes, The Peril of the Brutal Dark: An Ezra Cain Mystery by the other guys, and Predator: Bloodshed by the boys.
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Podsquisite Corpsecast - Issue 10
Exquisite Corpses has gone double digits! Join Greg and Mike as they cover the issue beat by beat, and speculate about what it all could mean for the finality of this series!!! NOTE: We were trying to remember how many issues there were during this episode... it's 13! An issue for each of the 13...
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White Sky / Wolverine
A bunch of first issues this week, so we skipped the news and got right to readin'. This week we speculate on Avengers Armageddon while reading a Wolverine series lead-in by Chip Zdarsky. Outside of that we're all indies! End of Life by Kyle Starks is full of dirtbags, White Sky on Image Comics…
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Onslaught of Firsties: Mega Episode
Vargas and Mike walked into the comic shop this week after taking out an equity loan on the podcast studio, to buy something like 12 first issues! I'll try to list them all for your benefit: Wade Wilson: Deadpool, Cyclops, Jar Jar, and Marc Spector Moonknight are all new volumes out on Marvel.…
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Crossover Extravaganza
This week had everything: Superheroes, deadites, Riverdale teenages, murderous bears, a planet full of apes, alien vampire babes, haunted dolls, and so on and so forth. Aside from our three crossovers we'll also discuss our picks of the week D'Orc and Ripcord!
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Podsquisite Corpsecast - Issue 9
We're nearing the end game in Oak Valley Maine! Join us as we recap and speculate about the loose ends of issue 9.
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Vargas watched Wonder Man / Malevolent
Not only are we talking Wonder Man & Malevolent from Image Comics (as the title promises!), we're also talking about stolen comics, remembering Sal, the Hindenburg baby, Sex Criminals, Spirit of the Shadows 1 on Oni Press, and Iron Man 1 on Marvel Comics. Thanks for listening, and see ya next…
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Rogue and Psylocke Have Flashbacks
It's episode 420 of first issue club maaaaan! We're talking mostly marvel flashbacks this week with two first issues that take the X-ladies back to revist their pasts, and the publisher plans to revisit the Civil War event.
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Knull Gets His Own Comic
We're covering brand new comics about Knull, Doom, and some Marvel music stars this episode! In the news we've got another record comic sale, and Russo bros hints about Doomsday. FYI - We tried a different audio setup this week, and it turned out a little fuzzy. Oops! Should be plenty listenable....
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Microdosing Marvel Trailers / Ark-M
How many times will you see Avatar to collect mini-marvel trailers?! We'll talk about them a bit, as well as Archies move to ONI before getting into our comics this week WHICH INCLUDE: Absolute Batman ARK M Special, Hank Howard Pizza Detective: The Two Hollwoods (Best title of the week award...
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Best of 2025!
We'll talk through some of our favorites from the last year! Also in the news... Blind bag woes.
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Podsquisite Corpsecast - Issue 8
Another issue, but this time THE ABSOLUTE MOST HAPPENS! Mike D breaks it down for Vargas.
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Black Panther: Intergalactic / Wrestle Heist
It's a holiday week, so I'm taking some time off from writing podcast descriptions. We do have an episode for you though! The books we cover are in the title!
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Supergirl Trailer / Absolute Joker / Ordained
A lot to talk about this week! Supergirl Woman of Tomorrow's influence is all over the new Supergirl teaser, and we'll break it down. In addition to the books in the title, we'll also discuss The Darkness on Image & Our Soot Stained Heart on Mad Cave. Upcoming on the patreon: Vargas has nerdy…
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It's The Greg Show!
In this solo episode of the First Issue Club, Greg reflects on the challenges and quirks of hosting a podcast alone.
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Podsquisite Corpsecast - Issue 7
Happy November Halloween! Let's break down Exquisite Corpses issue 7 together!
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Batman+Deadpool / Ferocious
We've got some stuff to talk about!!! (It's comics. It's been comics the whole time!) - In addition to the books in the title, we'll also try to make sense of X-Men of Apocalypse
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Felix Variant Frenzy / TMNT v Godzilla
This week, one of the audio editing tools we use suggested a synopsis to me that said this episode was about the liberation that freeform jazz provides... WHAT? My garauntee to you is that our episode descriptions will remain written by the same idiots talking on the podcast. In this episode we...
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Alien V Captain America / Harley & Ivy
It's late because we recorded a couple long ones tonight! In this episode Vargas and Mike talk about collections too big for their britches before getting into comic books like Planet She-Hulk, Knightfight, Die!Namite: Blood Hunt, Harley & Ivy: Live & Crimes, Alien V Captain America, No Place…
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BONUS: Podsquisite Corpsecast - ISSUE 6
We're back in Oak Valley, and these time we had a death that busted the bracket of one of the club members... WHO WILL IT BE!??!!?
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BONUS: Podsquisite Corpsecast - ISSUE 5
Okay - We just found out our first upload of this failed, so here it is! Not-so-fresh out of the oven one month later... Here's our takes on issue 5 of Exquisite Corpses. We'll be posted issue 6 reactions on Monday!
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Godzilla vs Kansas City / Return to Sleepy Hollow
It's an audio oopsey episode of first issue club! It's mostly intact but beware spooooky tech trouble this halloween. In addition to the books in the title we'll talk about the Absolute Batman Annual, Supernatural and a new volume of The Beauty!
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Death of Godzilla / X-Men stuff
Giddy-up for episode 409 of the First Issue Club! This week we're chatting about the death of Godzilla, and remembering President Crow. For first issues, we'll be talking about Age of Revelation issues Omega Kids & The Last Wolverine. In the Hellboy universe we have Captain Henry and the…
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