First Issue Club Comic Books

Fountain City Frequency

We're a reading club, hyping and reviewing all the weekly talked about number one ☝️ comics.

  • 1 hour 9 minutes
    Punisher / Is Ted Okay?

    This week, the members of the club collectively read Ben Percy's Punisher, Is Ted Okay by Dave Chrisholm, Spider-Man/Venom: Death Spiral by all the guys, Phantom of the Opera by my dudes, The Peril of the Brutal Dark: An Ezra Cain Mystery by the other guys, and Predator: Bloodshed by the boys.

    27 February 2026, 5:49 am
  • 34 minutes 16 seconds
    Podsquisite Corpsecast - Issue 10

    Exquisite Corpses has gone double digits! Join Greg and Mike as they cover the issue beat by beat, and speculate about what it all could mean for the finality of this series!!! NOTE: We were trying to remember how many issues there were during this episode... it's 13! An issue for each of the 13 colonies and killers.

    25 February 2026, 5:01 am
  • 44 minutes 37 seconds
    White Sky / Wolverine

    A bunch of first issues this week, so we skipped the news and got right to readin'. This week we speculate on Avengers Armageddon while reading a Wolverine series lead-in by Chip Zdarsky. Outside of that we're all indies! End of Life by Kyle Starks is full of dirtbags, White Sky on Image Comics is the most hyped book of the week, Kermit becomes a PI in Muppets Noir, A movie frachise extends into comics with Smile for the Camera, stuff obviously gets crazy in Florida Hippopotamus Cocaine Massacre, 80's cartoons meet drug filled action thriller in Death Fight Forever, aaaaaand I think thats it?! Happy reading!

    23 February 2026, 4:24 am
  • 1 hour 49 minutes
    Onslaught of Firsties: Mega Episode

    Vargas and Mike walked into the comic shop this week after taking out an equity loan on the podcast studio, to buy something like 12 first issues! I'll try to list them all for your benefit: Wade Wilson: Deadpool, Cyclops, Jar Jar, and Marc Spector Moonknight are all new volumes out on Marvel. Over on DC's imprints we have have Sirens: Love Hurts on Black Label and Bleeding Hears on VERTIGO!!! (YAY! Welcome back!). On the independent front we've got The Center Holds on Boom, Just Brutal on Ignition Press, and The Thing on the Doorstep on Image comics.

    13 February 2026, 6:40 am
  • 1 hour 9 minutes
    Crossover Extravaganza

    This week had everything: Superheroes, deadites, Riverdale teenages, murderous bears, a planet full of apes, alien vampire babes, haunted dolls, and so on and so forth. Aside from our three crossovers we'll also discuss our picks of the week D'Orc and Ripcord!

    6 February 2026, 7:31 am
  • 31 minutes 57 seconds
    Podsquisite Corpsecast - Issue 9

    We're nearing the end game in Oak Valley Maine! Join us as we recap and speculate about the loose ends of issue 9.

    4 February 2026, 4:54 am
  • 1 hour 11 minutes
    Vargas watched Wonder Man / Malevolent

    Not only are we talking Wonder Man & Malevolent from Image Comics (as the title promises!), we're also talking about stolen comics, remembering Sal, the Hindenburg baby, Sex Criminals, Spirit of the Shadows 1 on Oni Press, and Iron Man 1 on Marvel Comics. Thanks for listening, and see ya next week chew relievers!

    30 January 2026, 5:59 am
  • 51 minutes 35 seconds
    Rogue and Psylocke Have Flashbacks

    It's episode 420 of first issue club maaaaan! We're talking mostly marvel flashbacks this week with two first issues that take the X-ladies back to revist their pasts, and the publisher plans to revisit the Civil War event.

    23 January 2026, 5:46 am
  • 1 hour 11 minutes
    Knull Gets His Own Comic

    We're covering brand new comics about Knull, Doom, and some Marvel music stars this episode! In the news we've got another record comic sale, and Russo bros hints about Doomsday. FYI - We tried a different audio setup this week, and it turned out a little fuzzy. Oops! Should be plenty listenable. We'll try tweaking again next week!

    16 January 2026, 7:28 am
  • 51 minutes 53 seconds
    Microdosing Marvel Trailers / Ark-M

    How many times will you see Avatar to collect mini-marvel trailers?! We'll talk about them a bit, as well as Archies move to ONI before getting into our comics this week WHICH INCLUDE: Absolute Batman ARK M Special, Hank Howard Pizza Detective: The Two Hollwoods (Best title of the week award winner), and Carmen Red Claw from the world of Hellboy.

    9 January 2026, 8:58 am
  • 1 hour 16 minutes
    Best of 2025!

    We'll talk through some of our favorites from the last year! Also in the news... Blind bag woes.

    2 January 2026, 6:43 am
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