Giddy-up for episode 409 of the First Issue Club! This week we're chatting about the death of Godzilla, and remembering President Crow. For first issues, we'll be talking about Age of Revelation issues Omega Kids & The Last Wolverine. In the Hellboy universe we have Captain Henry and the Graveyard of Time. There's a Halloween anthology from Boom Studios that we'll briefly cover, and Vargas brings us home by walking us through a new 30 Days of Night story arc!

This week its just Vargas and Mike. We'll talk about what we're feeling FOMO about from NYCC, along with a heap of first issues. Aside from the books in the title we'll talk Iron & Frost, Sinister's Six, Rogue Storm, Marian Heretic, Mary Sue, and Hector Plasm!

I'M WALKING HERE!

In this episode, Greg and Vargas dive into a variety of topics ranging from pranking schools to the latest news from NYCC. What happens when the Ultimate Universe ends? Fun implications of Superman entering the public domain? We're your home for breaking and exclusive THURSDAY-related NYCC coverage.
We dive head first into the controversy surrounding the newest DC event, DCKO. No other podcast is brave enough to ask the tough questions.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction to the Fuzzy Duo
03:00 Pranking 101: The Art of Mischief
05:47 NYCC Buzz: The Hottest Night of the Con
08:38 The End of the Ultimate Universe
11:35 Marvel's Strategy: Alternate Realities and Money
14:36 DC's Future: Quality Control and Creative Direction
17:17 Vertigo's Comeback: New Series Announcements
22:51 Zombie Dinosaurs and Comic Book Premises
24:35 Exploring Unique Storytelling in Comics
26:04 Thrillers and Obsessions in New Comics
27:36 The Return of Vertigo and Indie Comics
29:12 Rick Veitch's Swamp Thing Saga
32:57 Superman and the Public Domain Debate
39:43 The Future of Public Domain Characters
40:41 Big Dumb Comic Book Fun
44:52 The Twist of Darkseid and Booster Gold
46:10 Superman's Moral Dilemma
49:08 Crossover with the Absolute Universe
51:04 The Stakes of the Tournament
52:57 Final Thoughts on DCKO
53:50 Harley Quinn Meets Elvira
56:40 Exploring UFOs in Comics
59:41 Deluge: A Flood of Monsters
01:02:28 Unique Codes in Ignition Press
01:05:18 Transformers: A New Jumping Point

On this weeks episode, we pour one out for the passing of Zdarsky Comic News, and speculate what the next Marvel DC Crossover to be announced might be. On the first issue front, we've got a lot to cover! Al Ewing pens Absolute Evil, and Spider-Man super-star Erik Larson writes Spider-Man Noir! Beyond our headliners we talk Starship Godzilla, Author Immortal, Roots of Madness, Gunpoweder Prophets, & Savager. Even still there were more first issues that sounded great that we didn't get to, so keep your eyes peeled for other firsties at your LCS this weekend.

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Lotsa firsties as usual! We're talking Madcave's Phantom, Detective Comics 1101 (which is a first issue in spirit by modern day standards), Ultimate Hawkeye, Robert Kirkmans Skinbreaker on Skybound via Image Comics, Viking Moon also on Image, and Twilight zone! Maybe another one I'm spacing on, but is that not enough for you?!?! I also check with Vargas on how much I should freak out about these crazy Spider-man Magic the Gathering prices.

This week we talk the biggest release since Batman 1 a couple weeks ago... and its another batman book! In the news Batman books sell a lot, and theres speculation about the Villian in the new Matt Reeves Batman movie. BATMAN BATMAN BATMAN! When asked about this weeks episode, Robin was heard saying "Holy Batman, Batman!"

On our Patreon, we'll be covering WAY more first issues from the past 2 weeks.

MORE FREAKY DELIGHTS AWAIT, in Exquisite Corpses Issue 4 - And it might be our favorite of the series thus far! Featured creators in this issue are Che Greyson & Adam Gorham.

This week we're living in a version of Earth that has two volumes of Batman running simultaneously! Are we blessed or are we cursed?! Find out on this weeks episode of F.I.C.!!!! Also, does Jim Lee have a conflict of interest between Image & DC!?! What are 5 things to get rid of at cons?!? AND MORE!!!