First Issue Club Comic Books
We're a reading club, hyping and reviewing all the weekly talked about number one ☝️ comics.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 47 minutes
- Episodes
- 405
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
Joe Hill's Rain / Ace the Bat Hound
This week we're choppin it up about the vote for the new X-Men member, Ace the Bat Hounds Origin, Thor hitting 750 issues, and of course we read our book of the week Joe Hills Rain #1 out on a new Im…
Bylines in Blood on Aftershock / How much Batman is enough?
This week brings us a really cool future noir mystery on Aftershock with Bylines in Blood! What is it about? Is it good? Was there subtext? Perhaps interesting themes? Well, I have a great way for yo…
The 2022 Marvel Preview Show / Timeless (Marvel)
2022 has a lot in store with Marvel and they are showcasing their stuff the one-shot first issue Timeless!
Get all the sneak peaks, specs, updates and more. Read along, or just dive in for spoilers …
C2E2 Recap / MCU Spidey & Hawkeye / Batgirls #1
It's our year end extra long special, and there's a lot to discuss! I went to C2E2 for the club, and give a recap/review of the experience. Next, we'll discuss Becky Cloonans Batgirls #1 - one of the…
CROSSTALK: Crossover #10
We (John Mayer & Mayor John) are back one last time to cover an issue of Cates & Shaws Crossover, after finally getting confirmation of who our narrator is in this landmark super special entry (in th…
Batman #118 / Devil's Reign (Zdarsky) / Celebrating George Perez
New Batman #1 - in the form of a #118 from Josh Williamson.
Chip Zdarsky drops his Daredevil mini-series with Devil's Reign
Also we take sometime to celebrate George Perez with the rest of the indu…
Spider-Mania / Zestworld / Justice League Incarnate
Weird week for first issues! We try to make sense of Justice League Incarnate after navigating the Spider-hype, and the announcement of a new online comic book publisher.
Black Panther / Hulk / Is Alex Ross the cover artist G.O.A.T.?
First issues abound! This week we read new volumes of two classics from Marvel. Its Black Panther, its Hulk. What else do we need to say? Nothing. Press play!
Radio Apocalypse (Ram V) / Robins (Tim Seeley / Turkey Day Comix Pod
Get stuffed on more than stuffing this thanksgiving, get your fill of the best #1 comics! And finish off with a side of comics news, goodbye cranberry sauce!
Radio Apocalypse by Ram V on vault is a …
Venom / What's The Furthest Place From Here
Al Ewing and Ram V give us symbiotes in space, on earth, and maybe even on the celestial plane? We're not sure, but what we do know is that symbiotes are everywhere and we're here for it. Also, Matth…
Newburn (Zdarsky) / Human Target (Tom King) / Image Publisher Workers Union Chat
2 noir books! Chip Zdarsky and Jacob Phillips rlease Newburn on Image - and it is a crime thriller full meal from start to finish. D.C. wasn't going to be the only Noir title in town so Tom King and …
Cross Talk: Crossover #9
The Who-Dun-It continues in one of our favorite issues of Donny Cates & Geoff Shaw's Crossover! As always the club speculates as to what the meaning behind it all may be, and are probably wrong like …
House of Slaughter / D.C. vs. Vampires / No More 2nd Prints for Image
James Tynion IV wrote the 2 hotest books this week, and we are covering them (what can't this guy do?)
House of Slaughter is the backstory to Something Is Killing The Children, and it meets every exp…
Publisher Anniversaries / Nubia & the Amazons / Catwoman: Lonely City
We're back to chop it up about comic delays, shows looking for a new networks, big anniversaries for some big indie publishers. For our books, we're covering club favorite writers Vita Ayala & Stepha…
Cross Talk: Crossover #8
This week we're choppin' it up about the return of Cates, murder mysteries, the official beginning of a new Crossover arch, and animation cels for some reason... HOORAY!
DC FanDome / Bisexual Superman
DC FanDome happened and there was a lot of news. We Talk The Batman trailer, Black Atom announcements, Flash announcements, Wonder Woman announcements and all that DC can pack into your little bitty …
Top 7 First Issues This Week / New Amazing Spider-Man Arc
Wow - So many great comics to talk about, and we threw Amazing Spider-Man into the lot since it is a new jumping on point, or as some might call it... a spiritual number one.
The 5th Wednesday Slump / Deathstroke Inc. / Gun Honey / Hellraiser (the film)
Some say that the 5th Wednesday in a month is a slump, well it ain't! We got comix to hit!
Gun Honey from the crime imprint Hard Case (Stephen King likes it!). and Deathstroke Inc, Williamson is on t…
Frontiersman / Confused by Spider-Man / He Who Fights With Monsters
This week we get a folky take on an aging super hero in Frontiersman on Image comics, followed by an Ablaze period book set during WW2 called He Who Fights With Monsters. Both books with some lessons…
Hawkeye Trailer / Primordial (Lemire) / Maw (Doyle - Boom!)
We have news from D.C. and a bunch of first issues that we will eventually cover. The Hawkeye Trailer dropped and we have the thinking mans take on it. Y The Last man is finally show, and thank God i…