First Issue Club Comic Books

This 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.

ALL THIS AND MORE, in episode number 302 dear friends.

NEWS! 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. Captain Marvel.

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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 an amazing time and we can't wait to see you for episode 600.

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.

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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. Old Comics That Are New Again. Flash. Ezra Miller Drama. Bad Movie Turnout. Batman. Captain Marvel.

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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 - Dynamite - W / Mirka Andolfo & Luca Blengino A / Elisa Ferrari & Mara Angelilli & Tommaso Ronda

You've Been Canceled - MadCave - W / Curt Pires A / Kevin Castaniero

Steelworks - DC - W / Michael Dorn A / Sami Basri

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. Transformer. Girlfriend Material. Street Fighter. Deaths. Nior. Cult Shit. NCBD. Resident Evil. Break My Back And My Bed. Worf.

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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. Transformer. Girlfriend Material. Transformers. Fast and the Furious. Power Girl. Deaths.

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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 Eastman. Last Ronin. TMNT. Maria Wolf. Sketches. Comic books. Jason Aaron. Valiant comics. Transformers. WhatNot. Sex Work. Girlfriend Material.

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Today 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!!!!

NEWS!

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 dollar pretzel. Kevin Eastman. Last Ronin. TMNT. Maria Wolf. Sketches. Comic books. Jason Aaron. Valiant comics. Transformers. WhatNot. Sex Work. Girlfriend Material.

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This 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.