Our countdown of the Top Fifty First Comic Book Issues starts proper as Matt Lune talks to critic Al Kennedy (host of the podcasts House to Astonish and Desert Island Discworld) about the issue which ranked fiftieth in our list: Thunderbolts #1.

Did the issue rank too far down on our list? And how does that twist work now for a modern audience?

For more from Al, find him www.twitter.com/housetoastonish, and Matt can be found at www.twitter.com/MattLune

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Welcome to Shelfdust Presents! We'll be counting down Shelfdust's list of the Top Fifty First Comic Book Issues every week with host Matt Lune. For this first episode, Matt talks to Shelfdust's editor Steve Morris about the list as a whole, and the results. How did the list come together, what surprises were there along the way... and what actually makes for a good first issue, anyway?