It's time to talk about all the new first issues and cool covers I picked up at the start of this month. Which is your favorite?

#310 S7E29 October Comic Book Haul

Let's travel back to the Year 2000 when there was a lot of computer colorization in comics, and very little clothing! This Wizard preview issue debuts a new Bad Girl for the 00s: Aphrodite IX!

#309 S7E28 Aphrodite IX #0 (2000)

Before Neil Gaiman got famous for The Sandman comics, he worked with Dave McKean to resurrect a DC Comics character that had been forgotten.

Was this first endeavor successful? Let's check it out!

#308 S7E27 Black Orchid #1 (1988)

At the turn of the century, Top Cow (and Image Comics) brought us a new Bad Girl comic book: The Magdalena! Descended from Mary of Magdala, the current incarnation fights evil things in the 21st century.

#307 S7E26 The Magdalena #1 (2000)

In an (yet another) alternate universe, what if Gwen Stacy didn't die? What if Spider-Man had died? Would Gwen take up the mantle of the fallen spider?

#306 S7E25 What If Dark Spider-Gwen #1 (2023)

The '90s was the Bad Girl age of comics. Everyone had their own star. Enter Topps Comics, with theirs: LADY RAWHIDE. This buxom redhead tangled with Zorro in the early 1800s.

Let's take a look at the first issue of her second series.

#305 S7E24 Lady Rawhide: Other People's Blood #1 (1996)

Let's check out a 1980s fantasy magazine about the future of 1994!

#304 S7E22 1994 #14 (1980) - Comic Book Review #304

After the Death of Superman, after the Breaking of the Bat, DC Comics changed the status quo with Catwoman: they gave her a dedicated series for all her exploits. They also added super-sexy artist Jim Balent to the mix! Written by Jo Duffy, this series went to the end of the '90s. Let's step back and check out the first issue.

#303 S7E21 Catwoman #1 (1993)

A new series based on the works of Sanjulian debuts. Let's check out the swords and sorcery and dragons!

#302 S7E20 Queens of the Lost World #1 (2023)

Back from San Diego Comic-Con International 2023, here's a review of a fantasy comic book from Marvel Comics I picked up.

#301 S7E19 Epic Illustrated #2 (1980)