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  • Star Trek Red Shirts #1 (2025, IDW)
    I need more excuses to talk about the IDW Star Trek books because yeah, all good. 

    STAR TREK: RED SHIRTS #1, written by Christopher Cantwell, art by Megan Levens, colors by Charlie Kirchoff, and letters by Jodie Troutman.
    4 min
  • The UnChosen #1 (2025)
    David Marquez makes a beautiful first issue. Support creator-owned books, is all I can say. 

    THE UNCHOSEN #1, written and arted by David Marquez, colors by Marissa Louise, with letters and design by DC Hopkins. 
    4 min
  • Toxic Avenger Comics #1 (2025)
    Wow, that's pretty maudeline but boy howdy, does that really give you the existentialism. 

    THE TOXIC AVENGER COMICS #1, with three separate stories:
    “Something is Mutating the Children!”, written by Matt Bors, art by Fred Harper, colors by Lee Loughridge, and letters by Rob Steen. 
    “Age of Reason” written by Robert Jeschonek, and illustrated by Joe Orsak
    “Bullets from the Copperhead Detective” written by Carl Cafarelli and illustrated are Ed Catto
    5 min
  • Predator: Black, White, and Blood #1 (2025)
    Three short stories alla bout the proud warrior race of the yautja. I love it all. 

    PREDATOR: BLACK, WHITE AND BLOOD #1, with three stories although VC’s Clayton Cowles is the letterer for everything. Like a boss. So:


    First is “Bloodwood, Part 1” written by Joe Kelly and art by Alvaro Lopez.
    Next is “Once and Future” written by Eliot Rahal, art by Brian Level and colors by Lee Loughridge.
    Finally, there’s “A Place of No Honor” written by Sarah Gailey, and art by Fran Galan.
    6 min
  • Archie Meets Jay and Silent Bob (2025)
    I cannot fathom that there is something more surreal about someone offering to do hand stuff to Archie Andrews than any time Archie has fought Predators and zombies. 

    ARCHIE MEETS JAY AND SILENT BOB, written by Kevin Smith, pencils by Fernando Ruiz, inks by Rich Koslowski, colors by Matt Herms, and letters by Jack Morelli. 
    4 min
  • Giant-Size X-Men #1 (2025)
    I'm not going to make fans for this one since all I can really ask is: what's the point?

    The first story is “The Mutant that Walks Like A Man” written by Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly, art by Adam Kubert, colors by Laura Martin, and letters by VC’s Clayton Cowles. 


    The other is “Revelation: Superior”, written by Al Ewing, art by Sara Pichelli, colors by Federico Blee, and letters by VC’s Clayon Cowles too. 
    6 min
  • It's Jeff: Infinity Paws! #1 (2025)
    Sometimes you don't need sparkling prose to make something truly special to read. 

    IT’S JEFF: INFINITY PAWS! #1, written by Jason Loo, art by Nao Fuji with lettering by Annie Cheng and Jasmine Alvarez. 
    4 min
  • Fantastic Four: First Steps #1 (2025)
    Oh right, there's a movie coming, isn't there? Frankly, I'm quite impressed for the first time with a movie tie-in from Marvel. WOOT! 

    FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS #1, written by Matt Fraction, art by Mark Buckingham, colrs by Alex Sinclair, and letters by VC’s Joe Caramagna.
    4 min

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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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