The Comic Archivist

03/10/2025

And so , the compilation of all the individual reviews from First Issues Now! is up on YouTube (and the audio-only channel too!). It was a great week. I will say I think I warmed on Battleworld, though.

Marvel
Battleworld
Ultimate Hawkeye

Image Comics
Viking Moon
Skinbreaker

Dark Horse Comics
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: The Sword of Flaws
Orphan and the Five Beasts: Bath of Blood


Vampirella: Halloween Horror

IDW Publishing
: The Last Starship
The Twilight Zone
SAMMI’S PICK - Street Shark

A heck of a week in comics, but this was a shorter week since I think the coming week has a lot of big swings comings. But that's for next time. Batt...

25/09/2025

First Issues Weekly #12, the compilation of all the weekly reviews offered daily on is up and boy do I have a couple of rants buried in there but overall, a great week.

Boy was it a pretty big week. What with the massive Deadpool/Batman book, the really great indie scene and some pretty good Black Label.

MARVEL/DC



Star Wars: Boba Fett: Black, White & Red


The Bat-Man: Second Knight


Creepshow
No Man’s Land
Good As Dead


Magic: The Gathering: Untold Stories - Elspeth


Flow

/Nacelleverse
Wild West C.O.W-boys of Moo Mesa

/alien books
Valiant Beyond: X-O Manowar


The Blue Falcon and Dyno-Mutt

SAMMI'S PICKS

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Casey Jones


Racer X

Please check out the other podcasts available at CareyOn Productions for non-comic content like true crime, urban legends and whatever we do on Blanking that week!

Boy was it a pretty big week. What with the massive Deadpool/Batman book, the really great indie scene and some pretty good Black Label. MARVEL/DC ...

17/09/2025

I really wish I had more time to cover graphic novels but damn I really loved INVISIBLE DIFFERENCES.

14/09/2025

Why yes, this has been a hectic week but we got it done! Now two days to get this week's done. Yaaay!

Check out for daily-ish comic review of every first issue that comes out on all major podcast platforms like on Spreaker
https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/first-issues-now--6577677

DC
Adventure of Superman - Book of El
Batman

Marvel
Spider-Man ‘94
Star Wars: Han Solo: Hunt for the Falcon
Imperial War: Exiles

Image Comics
Closer
Everything Dead and Dying

Dark Horse Comics
The Adventure of Lumen N.

RED 5 COMICS
Afterburn: Bad Blood

Zenescope Entertainment
Oz - The Tablet of Destinies

SAMMI’S PICK
IDW Publishing
Star Trek: Voyager: Homecoming

https://youtu.be/x1zw8p90Lak

On last week's late-as-hell , had a lot of personal stuff that got in the way of a solid schedule but the comics? They were pretty solid. We h...

03/09/2025

What a blast of a week! Fantastic books all around. I should apologize to X-Men and Masterminds for being a bit harsh, but I swear to god I cut out a couple of much more visceral takes on Nemesis Forever.


X-Men: Tooth and Claw
Doomed 2099
Bring on the Bad Guys: Dormammu
Bring on the Bad Guys: Mephisto
Imperial War: Black Panther
Imperial War: Planet She-Hulk
The Mortal Thor


Immortal Legend Batman


Hellboy and the BPRD: Professor Harvey is Missing
Masterminds
Nemesis: Forever


Sonja Reborn


Red Vector
Gatchaman: Joe - Bloodline


Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: The Seeds of Salvation
SAMMI’S PICK - TMNT: Shredder

What a blast of a week! Fantastic books all around. I should apologize to X-Men and Masterminds for being a bit harsh, but I swear to god I cut out a couple ...

29/08/2025

See, I'm not the only one who thinks its awesome.

Brilliant. — Black Nerd Problems

Deeply entertaining. — AIPT Comics

Excellent. — ComicsBeat

Compelling. — Lotusland Comics

Fascinating. — The Comic Archivist

Lives up to the hype. — Graphic Policy

A must-read. — Capes and Tights Podcast

Are you reading ANCESTRAL RECALL by Jordan Clark and Atagün İlhan?

29/08/2025

Working on trying to make sure I update better but the all new is out! For last week. Go listen to First Issues NOW! wherever you listen to podcasts for daily reviews of new #1 releases.

For the week of August 20th, 2025, we have

DC
Justice League Red

Marvel
All-New Spider-Gwen: Ghost Spider
Black Cat
Marvel All-On-One
Venom: Black, White and Blood

Image Comics
Escape
This Ends Tonight

Valiant
Valiant Beyond: Tales of the Shadowman

Dark Horse Comics
Resident Alien: The Book of Changes

Mad Cave Studios
Eat Your Young

IDW Publishing
Event Horizon: Dark Descent
TMNT Journeys (Sammi's Pick)

Please support comic books, comic creators, and remember to STAY GOLD, INKLINGS!

A heaping bowlful of great comics, a couple that are good and maybe one or two that are absolutely ignorable. ...

13/08/2025

Probably how my wonderful sister and cohost of everything CareyOn Productions feels :P

Also I haven't really found a chance to say it but go read ICE CREAM MAN.

02/08/2025

I'm not saying the new design is silly, I'm saying it's Goofy!

31/07/2025

Well another week of and hey, you'll never guess how much Dynamite kicked ass this week... not just because of Space Ghost, I swear!

Yes, technically this should have been out yesterday but it's been a heavy construction week, and I have a friend visiting from Cali. We ALSO have a new segm...

24/07/2025

I got to see the most punk rock movie with my mom and my son.

24/07/2025

Got the weekly compilation of First Issues NOW episodes up! Two days late but the homestead comes first.

Spoilers: There were NO bad comics this week, and I cannot choose a best in show this week. It's literally that great! From Marvel making me care about Abomi...