First Issue Club Comic Books
Episodes
BONUS: Emergency Diamond Episode
24 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The club is in full blown overreaction & panic mode over Diamond shutting down distribution for comics. We got on the phone and to talk about what tha...
Cable / Decorum
18 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, the club talks about the reality of life during Covid-19 setting in, before getting into this weeks featured issues: Jonathan Hickman kicks...
Strange Adventures / Strange Academy
11 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this weeks episode Mike D and Greg get STRANGE with DC's Strange Adventures and Marvel's Strange Academy. We also announce our panels for Kansas Ci...
Our C2E2 Trip
05 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We had a fun filled weekend in Chicago checking out C2E2. This week, instead of covering first issues, we download on the highs and lows of our trip. ...
Bang! / Wolverine
26 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Club favorite author Matt Kindt pens a 007 inspired adventure that questions the fabric of the leads reality in BANG! #1, and our old friend Wolvie is...
Alienated / Tartarus
19 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 an...
Interview: Mark Sable on Godkillers
17 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey - Spoilers
12 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 mixe...
Avengers of the Wasteland / Protector
05 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Kidz / Guardians of the Galaxy
29 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Archie & Katy Keane / Iron Man 2020
22 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Star / The Clock
15 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 hypothetic...
Thor / I Can Sell You a Body
08 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Our Best of 2019
31 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 f...
Pitch Please 2
25 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This X-mas the club goes around the horn, pitching each other new ideas for comics books.
Red Mother / Dying is Easy
19 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 pro...
Kill Whitey Donovan (optioned) / 20XX
11 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Killadelphia / The Crow: Hark The Herald
04 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 90...
Deadpool / Heart Attack
27 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
HAPPY TURKEY WEEK! On todays episode, we discussed two books that are loosely about mutants! The independent offering Heart Attack, takes a look at tw...
Folklords / Family Tree
20 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 fantas...
Crone / Undiscovered Country
13 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week the club discusses two comics that couldn’t be more different! Undiscovered Country gives us an unexpected twist, and Crone delivers a uni...
Basket Full of Heads / Joker: Killer Smile
07 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
A Halloween Retreat! / Money Shot
30 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
X-Men #1 (Hickman) / The Marked
23 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 magica...
RWBY / The Batman's Grave
16 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 Ba...
Nomen Omen / Ghost Rider
09 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 N...
Harleen / SFSX
02 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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).
Spiderman / Inferior 5
25 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
King Thor / Chastity
18 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 m...
Everything / Battlepug
11 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Marvel Comics 1000 / Mountainhead
04 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Strayed / Pretty Violent
28 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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! “...
Once & Future / The White Trees
21 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 &...
Berserker Unbound / Coffin Bound
15 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 B...
The Cullen Bunn Interview (Bonus Episode)
09 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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’...
Manor Black / Knights Temporal (Cullen Bunn Week)
07 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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). Knight...
BONUS: crossover with Jacks of Trades
04 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
House of X
31 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The club was so pumped for House of X that we spent the entire episode discussing it, only getting sidetracked about 5 times.
Collapser / Jimmy Olsen
24 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 Ol...
Bonus: Marvel at SDCC
21 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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!
Second Coming / Reaver
17 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 o...
A Holiday Mini
09 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The entire club skipped town for the 4th to spend time with our families, so while we couldn’t record a regular episode, comic book reading must go ...
Our Self-Indulgent 100th Episode Spectacular
03 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week The Club takes a breaks from comics to celebrate 100 episodes with 100 minutes of non-sense. Highlights include, but aren’t limited to: ou...
Superman Year One
26 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On Episode 99 The club spends the entire episode diving into DC Black Label's Superman Year One! Frank Miller - love him or hate him, we get into it. ...
Silver Surfer Black / Sonata
19 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode the club discusses whats up with DC’s Vertigo imprint, before getting into Silver Surfer Black from Marvel Comics, and Sonata out on...
Thumbs / Ignited (Mark Waid)
12 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Thumbs (Image) imagines a cyber punk heaven. Ignited (Humanoids) comes out on brand new publisher and has a power house team in Waid & Osajefyo.
Killer Groove / Batman: Last Knight On Earth
04 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week in the Club, we get into Batman news and the new #1, “Batman: Last Knight on Earth”, as well as “Killer Groove” and its nostalgic no...
Road of Bones
29 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The club fumbles over the title of IDW’s new ROAD OF BONES, and ultimately find ourselves miles from our own road of cohesive conversation.
War Of The Realms Double Issue: Spider-Man/ Giant Man
23 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week, FIC takes on WoTR double-time team-ups (hereby known as DTTUs) in "Spider-Man and the League of Realms" and "Giant Man" (which should reall...
Agents of Atlas / Excellence
16 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Agents of Atlas (Marvel) bringing in an all new amazing Asian fighting team and Excellence (Image) with a better, fresher more relevant Harry Potter! ...
DCeased / Savage Avengers
07 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
As is typical, the club devolves quickly when Kaitlyn can’t attend, and we lose track of our decency and get off topic quickly. Even still, we think...
Endgame Spoilers with Two Views
05 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
BONUS EPISODE! Kaitlyn and Greg joined our friends from the TWO VIEWS MOVIE PODCAST for a discussion on Avengers endgame. If you haven’t seen the mo...
Thanos / Punk Mambo
01 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Thanos has a new book (Marvel) by Tini Howard and it is just in time for End Game. Cullen Bunn is back (Valiant) with a Louisianan Immortal Ghost Summ...
Planet of the Nerds / Mary Shelley: Monster Hunter
23 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The club really gets into it this week with “First Appearances” in both comics and our lives; “"Planet of the Nerds”, where the geeks and the ...
Faithless / Fair Lady
17 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Faithless is all the pervy magic Boom! Could fit in a comic. Fair Lady is Columbo for Middle Earth. Comics literally don’t get better! The club gets...
Mother Freaking War Of The Realms Baby
11 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
For our audience people this week, tune in to hear about Planet Comicon experiences; what happened with Astro Hustle; War of the Realms delivering on ...
Sabrina / Bad Luck Chuck
03 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week on FIC, we hit the highlights of C2E2, get into the witchy world of Archie Forever’s “Sabrina”, and revel in the dark comedy chaos tha...
Dark Red / Spiderman: Life Story
26 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week, the club discusses the announcement of new comic book publisher AWA, and debates what makes a publishing company stand out from the crowd. ...
Magnificent Ms. Marvel / Assassin Nation
19 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week, the club members have a spoily-free Captain Marvel convo, talk trailers with Avengers: Endgame, and get into reviews on “Magnificent Ms. ...
Meet The Skrulls / Astro Hustle
12 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
First, Marvel’s MEET THE SKRULLS introduces us to an alien spy family trying to keep a low profile while infiltrating Stark Inc, while our second bo...
Age of X-Man: Xtremists / The Forgotten Queen
06 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week….love is the enemy with “Age of X-Man: X-Tremists” and “The Forgotten Queen” gives us a tale of bloodshed through the ages.
Sharkey The Bounty Hunter / High Level
01 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The club covers Sharkey the Bounty Hunter (a future Netflix show) and High Level (vertigo). Everything you want to know about comics and everything yo...
Variant Edition: My Boy Friend Is A Bear
20 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this variant edition, we discuss “My Boy Friend Is A Bear” in which a woman falls in love and begins a relationship with a bear. No…not a met...
Wyrd / Unit 44 / Age of X-Men Alpha / Peter Cannon: Thunderbolt
06 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It’s a yuckfest this week folks. “Wyrd” isn’t quite weird enough, “Unit 44” is great…if you’re a child…”Age of X-Men Alpha” prim...
Guardians of The Galaxy / Buffy The Vampire Slayer
30 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week…the club gets nostalgic with Buffy The Vampire Slayer. Plus, one of our favorite characters gets inducted into the Guardians of the Galaxy...
Crossover Edition: What's In A Game Talks Spider-Man
27 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Our own Mike DiStasi joins the What’s In A Game podcast to talk about Marvel’s Spider-Man, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and basically everyth...
Criminal / Young Justice
15 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Our issues this week include our personal true crime stories; “Criminal”, where the Lawless are the scumbags you root for; “Young Justice”, wh...
Conan The Barbarian / Champions
08 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week we talk two marvel returning number ones: Champions and Conan The Barbarian. In Champions #1 the club examines the new team and has high hop...
END OF THE YEAR TOP 5 EXTRAVAGANZA PART 2 Of 2 PARTS BABY
03 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The end of another year is upon us, and boy OH BOY do we have a lot of naughty and nice books to review. We’ve made our list, checked it twice, and ...
END OF THE YEAR TOP 5 EXTRAVAGANZA PART 1 Of 2 PARTS BABY
26 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The end of another year is upon us, and boy OH BOY do we have a lot of naughty and nice books to review. We’ve made our list, checked it twice, and ...
The Batman Who Laughs / Goddess Mode / Spider-Man: Into The Spiderverse
19 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hello again, Clubbies! This week we’re chatting multiple Batmen and multiple Jokers mixed with one confused Alfred in “Batman Who Laughs”; a fut...
Die / Prodigy / Martian Manhunter
12 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dear Listeners, tune in this week for a modern D&D-fueled discussion on “Die”; the smartest, unbeatable stuntman alive in “Prodigy”; the remov...
Ironheart By Eve L. Ewing / Comic book Movies & TV Shows In 2019
06 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week! We read “Ironheart”, and talk Riri Williams’s engineering genius brilliantly engineered by Eve L. Ewing. In a fast format break, we a...
Middlewest / American Carnage / Smooth Criminals
28 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hello again Clubbies, on this episode we cover the Midwest, fantasy, and epic promise in “The Middlewest”; the not-so-subtle race and reality thri...
Black Order / Bitter Root / Uncanny X-Men
20 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This time on FIC, the club’s picks are “Black Order”, an introspective for the dark henchman of Thanos; “Bitter Root”, an Afrofuturistic tri...
Outer Darkness / Marvel Knights / Green Lantern
15 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we gab about the sci-fi horror romp that is “Outer Darkness”; creator double-threats and memory mysteries in “Marvel Knights”...
Hex Wives / Sex Death Revolution
06 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week on FIC, club members discuss witchy women, oppression via suppression, and the complexities of identity in “Hex Wives” and “Sex Death ...
IT'S A SUPER SPOOKY SECRET SURPRISE HALLOWEEN EPISODE PART 2!
31 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
For our spookiest episode yet, the club is visited by not one, but FIVE demons (Ahh!) as they contemplate the scariest of scaries and horror of horror...
Marvel Zombie / Exorsisters / Shuri
23 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Our issues this week include “Marvel Zombie”, where The Defenders fight zombie hordes until they encounter a sentient undead; “Exorsisters” is...
X-Men Black Mojo / Murder Falcon / What If Peter Parker Became The Punisher
16 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week: neckbeards prove the exact point “X-Men Black Mojo” makes about having new and diverse superheroes; “Murder Falcon” shreds away dep...
Blackbird / Jook Joint / Dead Rabbit
12 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dear Readers/Listeners, this week we talk hidden worlds of magic in Blackbird; empowering survivors and the rise of revenge porn in “Jook Joint”; ...
Man-eaters / Heroes In Crisis / Stranger Things
02 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Subscribe Apple Podcasts Subscribe Stitcher On this episode: we get a heavy dose of female empowerment with “Man-Eaters”; DC’s latest “Crisis”...
G.I. Joe: Silent Option / Burnouts / Batman: Damned
25 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Well folks…there’s no getting around the elephant in the room…we discuss the bat-a-wang controversy. Plus, is G.I. Joe for children or adults…...
MCMLXXV / Low Road West / Ice Man
18 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Our first issue picks this week are “MCMLXXV”, a supernatural cabbie story with soulful 70s vibes; “Low Road West” blows our minds with its se...
Bully Wars / War Bears/ Border Town
12 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, “Bully Wars” takes us back to high school with bubblegum monsters and rat mascots; “War Bears” introduces us to the history o...
Variant Edition: Jeremy Haun
05 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On this special variant edition, we interview Jeremy Haun about his comics "Beauty" and "The Realm". Plus...why he chooses to live in Missouri, the i...
The Punisher / Beasts Of Burden / West Coast Avengers
29 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, “The Punisher” surprises no one with everything you expect from ‘World War Frank’; “Beasts of Burden” is the FIC pick-of-...
Pearl / Volition / Crowded
21 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This time in the FIC Fudge Mansion, “Pearl” is a Yakuza gang’s take on Romeo & Juliet and the clubbies blab about Bendis; “Volition” lets us...
The Sandman Universe / Black Badge / Fantastic Four
15 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dear readers/listeners, here are the books this week... “Sandman Universe” confuses yet delights us as we look forward to what it has in store; “...
Leviathan / The Seeds / Infinity Wars
07 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The clubbies get mesmerized by Leviathan’s art and not-new-but-not-boring take on a classic monster of destruction story; Seeds makes us talk bees, ...
Variant Edition: Pitch Please!
03 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
To honor the monumental milestone that is FIC’s 51st episode, we now bring your ears a special variant edition, wherein club members pitch books we’...
Bone Parish / Justice League Dark / The New World
31 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we get into “Bone Parish”, and discuss what could happen when a family-run, bone-snortin’ business gets too big for its britche...
The Mall / Euthanauts / The Life of Captain Marvel
24 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week, “The Mall” delivers a Mafia-style, reverse-Mamma Mia, with all the 80’s you can handle, dark undertones, and everybody gets their own...
Farmhand/She Could Fly/The Amazing Spider-Man
17 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week: “Farmhand” gives us a family drama wrapped in your average stem-cell zombie farm story; “She Could Fly” takes a serious look at OC...
Cosmic Ghost Rider/Unnatural/Captain America
10 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Our first issue picks this week... “Cosmic Ghost Rider” gives Frank Castle his very own golden ticket to ride out of Valhalla for more vengeance; ...
Modern Fantasy/Sentry/Teen Titans Special
03 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week, “Modern Fantasy” helps us relive our worst days at the office, weirdest parties in college and a little adventure in between. “Sentry...
Iron Man/Lost City Explorers/Shanghai Red
27 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week: "Lost City Explorers" gives us that good Goonies vibe, "Shanghai Red" gives us a badass Mulanesque heroine, and "Iron Man" goes corporate.
Comic Book Summer Slam Part 2
21 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the inaugural FIRST ISSUE CLUB COMIC BOOK SUMMER SLAM! This week you’re getting TWO episodes, and we need YOU...YES YOU...to vote to deci...
Comic Book Summer Slam Part 1
21 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the inaugural FIRST ISSUE CLUB COMIC BOOK SUMMER SLAM! This week you’re getting TWO episodes, and we need YOU...YES YOU...to vote to deci...
The Immortal Hulk/Sword Daughter/Justice League
12 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week: "The Immortal Hulk" imagines our monstrous green friend as a horror story, "Sword Daughter" gives us a mysterious origin story and "Justice...