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Cable / Decorum Mar 18, 2020

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This week, the club talks about the reality of life during Covid-19 setting in, before getting into this weeks featured issues:

Jonathan Hickman kicks off Decorum on Image comics — his first independent comic since his tenure piloting the greatly acclaimed Dawn of X series on Marvel.

We also discuss the newest title from the X-Men family, with Gerry Duggan's Cable!

Stay safe, and catch up on comics!

00:00 Intro 20:10 Cable 33:00 Decorum

Strange Adventures / Strange Academy Mar 11, 2020

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On this weeks episode Mike D and Greg get STRANGE with DC's Strange Adventures and Marvel's Strange Academy. We also announce our panels for Kansas City's Planet Comicon and have more details about the New Mutants premiere with local duo Two Views Movies Podcast. We laugh, we cry, we cough into our elbows so as not to spread the dreaded Coronavirus. Don't forget to rate and review where ever you listen to First Issue Club and hit us with that 5 STARS! We also have the Patreon with so much more BONUS content. BYE!

Our C2E2 Trip Mar 05, 2020

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We had a fun filled weekend in Chicago checking out C2E2. This week, instead of covering first issues, we download on the highs and lows of our trip.

Bang! / Wolverine Feb 26, 2020

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Club favorite author Matt Kindt pens a 007 inspired adventure that questions the fabric of the leads reality in BANG! #1, and our old friend Wolvie is back in his self-titled series that keeps up with his adventures in his new life and role in Krakoa.

Alienated / Tartarus Feb 19, 2020

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In this weeks episode the boys discover a new metric for rating books, and choose fur-sonas. They also manage to cover Alienated from Boom! Studios and Tartarus out on Image Comics. Be sure to rate and review us wherever you listen to podcasts and leave that 5 star submission. You can also find other goodies at FirstIssueClub.com and even MORE premium content on our Patreon.

00:00 Intro

16:00 Alienated

26:00 Tartarus

37:00 Bonus Treats

Interview: Mark Sable on Godkillers Feb 17, 2020

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This week, Budget King and Greg are joined by Writer/Educator/Futurist Mark Sable to talk about his new book Godkillers and what inspired him to write it. Mark is a professional writer and writing professor. He’s written such characters as SPIDER-MAN (What If?) for Marvel Comics and BATMAN for DC (Two-Face: Year One). His passion however is his creator-owned work, including GRAVEYARD OF EMPIRES (with Paul Azaceta and Matthew Wilson), GROUNDED (With Paul Azaceta and Nick Filardi) , FEARLESS (with David Roth, PJ Holden and Nick Filardi) and UNTHINKABLE for Boom! Studios. Two new graphic novels, THE DARK (with Kristian Donaldson and Lee Loughridge) and DRACULA: SON OF THE DRAGON (with Salgood Sam) were published by Comixology Originals in the Fall of 2019, Mark also consults as a futurist. Projects and clients have included The Atlantic Council's Art of Future Warfare, the National Intelligence Council’s 2035 Global Trends report, the Royal Australian Navy, Marine Corps University, The Center for International Maritime Security, The Institute for Human Machine Cognition, The Sci-Arc School of Architectural Thinking and Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab among others.

Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey - Spoilers Feb 12, 2020

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The club went to see Birds of Prey during last Thursdays early bird showings. Since then, the movie has gotten and title change, had a variety of mixed reviews, and is teasing the line of box-office success & disappointment. Listen and see what the club thought of this flick! BONUS: At the end we run down some of our favorite non-super hero books from the last year or two.

Avengers of the Wasteland / Protector Feb 05, 2020

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In this week's episode Mike D, Budget King and Greg cover the latest and greatest in comic book news and debate whether or not My Chemical Romance is a big deal or not. Also in the episode, we explore the arid and deadly world of Avengers of the Wasteland (13:00) and try to make sense of the highly researched Protector (30:00) Don't forget to rate and review wherever you listen to First Issue Club and join the Patreon for extra content weekly. You can also find us at firstissueclub.com

Kidz / Guardians of the Galaxy Jan 29, 2020

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Al Ewing takes over on Guardians of the Galaxy, and Kidz out on Ablaze makes a few nods to Spielberg films in this zombie story that brings Super 8 to mind.

Archie & Katy Keane / Iron Man 2020 Jan 22, 2020

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The future is now... and BOY it's a mess! Join the clubbies as we try to unravel "Iron Man 2020"; and stay as we discuss all the buzz surrounding the new girl in "Archie & Katy Keane". We also announce C2E2 news and run through the TOP 10 sexiest "comic book" cars. 00:00 Intro/10 Sexiest Comic Book Cars 00:16 C2E2 announcement 00:21 Archie and Katy Keene 00:39 Ironman 2020

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