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This week: expert comic reader, Greg, explains the intricacies of "Raven: Daughter of Darkness" and "Vinegar Teeth" to The Budget King. Plus, "Abbot" adds a supernatural lens to 1970's Detroit.
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This week: expert comic reader, Greg, explains the intricacies of "Raven: Daughter of Darkness" and "Vinegar Teeth" to The Budget King. Plus, "Abbot" adds a supernatural lens to 1970's Detroit.
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This week: "Days of Hate" takes the problem of political bubbles to its furthest extreme with a war between Antifa and the Altright. Plus, "Ice Cream Man" serves up some wholesome horror as a terrifying anthology series, DC decides they can do the Hulk better with "Damage", and "Go West" unsheathes The Blade for some apocalyptic revenge.
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This week: DC has finally addressed the abusive relationship between the Joker and Harley Quinn. Now, we get to see what she does as a single woman in "Harley Quinn: Be Careful What You Wish For." Then, Hawkeye enters the Oldmanosphere with "Oldman Hawkeye". And, an original Avenger named Voyager returns in "Avengers: No Surrender". One problem, Voyager has never been a Marvel character till being introduced in this comic.
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This week: three comics address the comic book world's problem with male power fantasies. First, "Rogue & Gambit" seems to tackle a famous X-men's issues with misogyny. "Rise of The Black Panther" brings female characters into the spotlight. And, "Snagglepuss" reimagines a famous cartoon character as a homosexual.
This week: if you're into comics, you probably remember the very first issue that ignited your passion. As we close out 2017, we look back on the comics that started our obsession. Happy Holidays!
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On todays special bonus episode: In the spirit of Thanksgiving, the First Issue Club hosts guests, as their Fountain City Frequency sister podcast 'What's In A Game' stops by to discuss a new comic from the massive video game franchise Tomb Raider.
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This week: Coyote takes an unflinching but fictional look at murders in a Mexican border town. Plus, what if Earth was on the border between alien words? Then Kong crosses the border into the Planet of the Apes universe. Did we mention this episode was about borders?
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This week: whether you like it or not, politics is coming to comic books with Falcon and The Family Trade. Then, God Complex confuses but intrigues us with gods and action figures.
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This week: it's the good, the bad, and the ugly with Slots, Shadowman/Rae Sremmurd, and Eugenic. Which comic corresponds to which adjective you ask...you'll just have to listen to find out.
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This week: the convolution of reboots and multiverses with Marvel Legacy, Batman: The Murder Machine, and Infinite Loop: Nothing But The Truth. How to get into a new series when you already need to have read thousands of others.
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This week, the club delves into the first issues of Dark Ark, Angelic and Gasolina. Plus, an impossible questions: who is your favorite X-men.