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We're talkin panels and ripping through our famous First Issue Club announcements. Stuff to know:
We'll be at Tower Con at Tower Tavern in KC, Saturday April 20 We're joining a panel at C2E2 in Chicago, at 11:30 Friday April 26 Topics from our show:
Is Namor cool? Avengers vs Predator. Sequel to James Tynions 'Nice House on the Lake' on the way. Harry Osbourns mystery wife being introduced in Ultimate Spider-man 4. Venom War. Our recommendations for free comics to look out for on Free Comic Book Day 2024. Roxxon Present Thor #1. Dudley Dawson and the Forever Machine #1. Blow Away #1. Regretting choosing B covers. 

This week Mike and Vargas chop it up about several topics, with a much longer news segment than normal. We're talking power moves at work, Whatnot Con, X-Men blind bags, video games movies replacing comic movies, preferences for ongoings vs maxis, RIP Trina Robbins, and What if Donald Duck became Wolverine. 
Then in the comics convo we're talking a lot of indie comics we liked! Rat City by Erica Schultz, Monsters are my Business by Cullen Bunn, Uncanny Valley by Tony Fleecs, Street Fighter Masters, and When the Blood has Dried on Mad Cave. 

This week, Greg and Andy record without me (mike d), but I might make a weeney surprise appearance. What did they talk about? You're guess is as good as mine, I JUST SAID I WASN'T THERE!!! I did hear a little about Red Coat, thus your generic Ghost Machine imprint in the title. It was a big week for them. Next week looks to be light on firsties so we might have a special subject then... We'll find out, and the next meeting of the club of ones!

This week, we're talking comic book news and covering FOUR comics. Our topics include: The Thunderbolts Asterix, How lucky Marvel is to have casted Florence Pugh when they did, Bleeding Cools "Big Vague Article" claiming massive industry news is coming soon, a Joker graphic novel coming out featuring stories from around the globe, DC Elseworld reprints inbound, & X-Men books popping up in value due to X-Men 97 (cartoon) hype. 

For our comics, Feral is a cat based comic from the team who brought you the indie hit Stray Dogs, Morning Star is shaping up to be an eerie family thriller out on Mad Cave, Bad Girls 1 is kind of misleading as a first issue (You should view it as a Local Man Annual), and Eric Powell's Goon returns for a new four part mini-series called "Them That Don't Stay Dead".

This week, we decided to do the same thing we do every week: Talk about first issues and comic book news! From the headlines, we'll get into X-Men 97 reception, Eight Billion Genies getting high profile MOVIE producers, the newly announced Marvel 1943 video game, and job listings for AI artists at comic book publishers. 

For our reading club portion, Greg discusses Ram V's Dawnrunner, and DC Comics Ape-ril special. Then Vargas walks us through Takashi Okazaki's Star Wars Vision issue featuring The Ronin and The Droid, Man's Best out on Boom!, and Ghost Rider: Final Vengeance. 

If ya want more, we've got a 007 episode up on the patreon this week, and in our upcoming regular release we play some trivia. 

This week we're talking about 5 first issues, and they're all great! Listen to find out more about Napalm Lullaby, Helen of Wyndhorn, I Heart Skull Crusher, Little Black Book, & Black Widow and Hawkeye. 
In this episode, we're also discussing the X-Men "From the Ashes" panel at SXSW, where several new books were announced, we'll get into a recent AI art controversy, and talk about our experience at Planet Comicon in Kansas City.