First Issues NOW!

First Issues NOW! is a weekly comic book review show, looking at all (or most depending on availability of release) of the #1 issues being launched!

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Hosted by A.J. Carey, the Comic Archivist on YouTube

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Update frequency: every day
Average duration: 4 minutes
Episodes: 112
Years Active: 2023 - 2025

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Everything Dead and Dying #1 (Image, 2025)

There's very few zombie books that hit home this well.

EVERYTHING DEAD AND DYING #1, written by Tate Brombal, art by Jacob Phillips, colors by Pip Martin, with letters by Aditya Bidikar.

00:04:16 | Sun 07 Sep 2025

Closer #1 (Image, 2025)

A really nice one-and-done story of apocalyptic love and music a song by The Carpenters.

CLOSER #1, written by Kieron Gillen, art by Steve Lieber, colors by Tamra Bonvillain, with letters by Clayton …

00:04:04 | Sun 07 Sep 2025

Star Wars: Han Solo: Hunt for the Falcon #1 (Marvel, 2025)

I mean it's a good read and I really wish Han Solo had this same youth in anything from the Sequels.

STAR WARS: HAN SOLO - HUNT FOR THE FALCON #1, written by Rodney Barnes, art by Ramon Rosanas, colo…

00:05:47 | Fri 05 Sep 2025

Spider-Man '94 #1 (Marvel, 2025)

I miss when Mausvel would at least pretend their cash-grab series were handled better. How did you NOT bring back John Semper, Jr. as even just a consultant? OR EVEN JUST TEXT THE DUDE!?

SPIDER-MAN ‘…

00:05:54 | Fri 05 Sep 2025

Batman #1 (DC, 2025)

It wasn't the biggest bang to start the new direction but it is exactly what it needed to be and I love it for that.

BATMAN #1 written by Matt Fraction, art by Jorge Jimenez, colors by Tomeu Morey, w…

00:04:42 | Thu 04 Sep 2025

Adventures of Superman: Book of El #1 (DC, 2025)

If I had read Future State, this would have been a 10/10, I just have that feeling.

ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN: BOOK OF EL #1, written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, art by Scott Godlewski, colors by Alex G…

00:03:31 | Thu 04 Sep 2025

SAMMI'S PICK - TMNT: Shredder #1 (IDW, 2025)

It has been a wild ride watching my wonderfully comic-illiterate sister discover the Ninja Turtles universe anew.

Please listen to Killing 15 Minutes and Mything 15 Minutes on all major podcast platf…

00:04:14 | Wed 03 Sep 2025

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - The Seeds of Salvation #1 (IDW, 2025)

There's a good reason I say that the best way to enjoy Star Trek right now is intravenously with IDW. This is a good example why.

STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS: THE SEEDS OF SALVATION #1, written by …

00:05:01 | Wed 03 Sep 2025

Gatchaman: Joe - Bloodline #1

Steve Orlando and Nicola Scott? This is a team designed to make me melt. And yes they did.

GATCHAMAN: JOE - BLOODLINE #1, written by Steve Orlando, art by Nicola Scott, colors by Joao Canola, with le…

00:04:20 | Wed 03 Sep 2025

Red Vector #1 (Mad Cave, 2025)

Pulp sci-fi crash landing on Earth? I'm here for that, you can bet your sweet bippy.

RED VECTOR #1, written by DB Andry and Tim Daniel, art by Chris Evenhuis, colors by Sjan Weijers, with letters by …

00:03:50 | Wed 03 Sep 2025

Sonja Reborn #1 (Dynamite, 2025)

I'm just happy that Chris Priest is on a - hopefully - ongoing isekai series.

SONJA REBORN #1, written by Christopher Priest, art by Alessandro Miracolo, colors by Giovanni Caputo, with letters by Ta…

00:04:47 | Wed 03 Sep 2025

Nemesis: Forever #1 (Dark Horse, 2025)

This doesn't even seem like Mark Millar believes his own hype anymore. Shame. At least he was entertaining when he was trying to top himself.

NEMESIS: FOREVER #1, written by Mark Millar, art by Matte…

00:04:03 | Wed 03 Sep 2025

Masterminds #1 (Dark Horse, 2025)

Like seriously. This story really loses a lot when you're not an angsty 20-something who doesn't know that you can just have Early Access on Steam.

MASTERMINDS #1, written by Zach Kaplan, illustrated…

00:04:42 | Wed 03 Sep 2025

Hellboy and the BPRD: Professor Harvey is Missing #1 (Dark Horse, 2025)

Honestly, just a fantastic fun read from start to finish. Good one-shot.

HELLBOY AND THE BPRD: PROFESSOR HARVEY IS MISSING #1, story by Mike Mignola, art by Giuseppe Manunta, with letters by Clem Rob…

00:03:50 | Tue 02 Sep 2025

Immortal Legend Batman #1 (DC, 2025)

There is no review, just me screaming about BATMAN DOING A RIDER KICK! 10/10

IMMORTAL LEGEND BATMAN #1, written by Kyle Higgins and Matt Groom, art by Erica D’urso and Dan Mora, colors by Igor Monti a…

00:04:02 | Mon 01 Sep 2025

The Mortal Thor #1 (Marvel, 2025)

Apparently it's the second stage of Al Ewing's Immortal Thor run so maybe it works better in that sense.

THE MORTAL THOR #1 written by Al Ewing, art by Pasqual Ferry, colors by Matt Hollingsworth, wi…

00:03:31 | Mon 01 Sep 2025

Imperial War: Planet She-Hulk #1 (Marvel, 2025)

If this be the reason I become hyped for the upcoming Planet She-Hulk series, then so be it. If that's all this event did for me, then cool.

IMPERIAL WAR: PLANET SHE-HULK #1, written by Stephanie Phil…

00:04:03 | Sun 31 Aug 2025

Imperial War: Black Panther #1 (Marvel, 2025)

I haven't read anything in the whole Imperial thing. It's another Marvel Cosmic book about everyone fighting so it's pretty stock. This is just pretending Black Panther isn't a lead in that apparentl…

00:04:10 | Sun 31 Aug 2025

Bring on the Bad Guys: Mephisto #1 (Marvel, 2025)

And the finale to the great Bring on the Bad Guy series is... adequate. Just as a point, I would rather an okay ending to a bad ending so it doesn't take away from all that came before!

BRING ON THE B…

00:03:55 | Sun 31 Aug 2025

Bring on the Bad Guys: Dormammu #1 (Marvel, 2025)

Another great one-shot for this story, and a great one to bring us to the finale in the next one.

BRING ON THE BAD GUYS: DORMAMMU #1 written by Alex Paknadel, art by Javier Pina, colors by Erick Arci…

00:03:49 | Fri 29 Aug 2025

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