Serious Issues: A Comic Book Podcast

It's the episode that'll send shockwaves throughout the comic podcast industry when Levins and Siobhan debut a new segment called Last Things First, followed by another segment named First Things Second. Can our listenership recover from such a dramatic change? Lets hope so. Comics reviewed in this episode: Last Things First (1:20) The Flintstones #12 DKIII The Master Race #9 Doctor Strange #20 Nova #7 Bullseye #5 Reborn #6 Brave Chef Brianna #4 Night Owl Society #3 First Things Second (27:30) Wonder Woman Steve Trevor Special #1 Superman & Bugs Bunny #1 Darth Vader #1 Iceman #1 Secret Empire Brave New World #1 Bulletproof Coffin: The 1000 Yard Stare #1 The Divided States of Hysteria #1 The Unsound #1 Babyteeth #1 Jazz Maynard #1 Magnus #1 Kiss Vampirella #1 Gwar Orgasmageddon #1 Mighty Mouse #1 Ash vs The Army Darkness #0 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Amazing Adventures #1 Harvey Hits #1 Mighty Zodiac #1 DC (1:04:34) Batman #24 Superman #24 Bane Conquest #2 Nightwing #22 Injustice 2 #3 Shade the Changing

During a slightly quiet week for comics we managed to keep ourselves busy by reading a graphic novel (the 1000th comic Jeff Lemire has released this year) AND we review our first ever straight up porno comic! Where do we even go from here? Comics reviewed in this episode: First Things First (2:23) Wonder Woman Annual #1 Trinity Annual #1 Teen Titans Special #1 Cable #1 Secret Empire Uprising #1 Paklis #1 Mighty Morphin Power Rangers 2017 Annual Judge Dredd: Funko Universe #1 Animal Jam #1 Joe Golem: Occult Detective - The Outer Dark #1 Marvel (34:27) Secret Empire #3 Doctor Strange #21 Captain America: Sam Wilson #22 Deadpool #31 Moon Knight #14 Occupy Avengers #7 Hulk #6 Generation X #2 Guardians of the Galaxy: Mother Entropy #5 Thanos #7 Man-Thing #4 Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #7 Image (1:02:55) Saga #43 Kill Or Be Killed #9 Sex Criminals #19 Black Science #30 Romulus #4 Hadrian's Wall #7 The Black Road #10 Other Publishers (1:19:30) Aliens: Dead Orbit #2 Judge Dredd: The Blessed Earth #2 Motor Girl #6 Nam Wo

We thought we'd do something drastically different this week and review just a tonne of books came out last week.  Comics reviewed in this episode: First Things First (2:48) I Am Groot #1 Star-Lord Annual #1 James Bond: Service  Rapture #1 The Archies One Shot The Normals #1 Victor LaValle's Destroyer #1 Saucer State #1 Samaritan Veritas #1 DC (35:40) Kamandi Challenge #5 Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #21 Batman/The Shadow #2 Suicide Squad #18 Action Comics #980 Wonder Woman #23 Detective Comics #957 Batgirl #11 Mother Panic #7 Image (58:15) The Old Guard #4 The Dying and the Dead #4 East of West #33 Sun Bakery #3 Redneck #2 Plastic #2 Seven to Eternity #6 Deadly Class #28 Underwinter #3 Marvel (1:19:34) Venom #150 Secret Warriors #2 Black Panther #14 Steve Rogers Captain America #17 Jean Grey #2 All New Guardians of the Galaxy #2 Guardians of the Galaxy Mother Entropy #4 X-Men Blue #4 Infamous Iron Man #8 Doctor Strange and the Sorcerer Supreme #8 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #19 Totally Awesome Hu

Levins only read 16 comics this week! Luckily Siobhan picked up the slack and read the rest - plus they both read a manga! Definitely check out our review of Gengoroh Tagame's wonderful My Brother's Husband Volume 1. First Things First (2:30) Luke Cage #1 Generation X #1 Grrl Scouts: Magic Socks #1 Sovereigns #1 Bubble Girl #1 DC (19:07) Batman #23 The Flash #22 Superman #23 Super Sons #4 Nightwing #21 Teen Titans #8 Batwoman #3 The Wild Storm #4 Cave Carson Has A Cybernetic Eye #8 Image (45:50) Royal City #3 Curse Words #5 The Few #5 Invincible #136 Marvel (53:19) Secret Empire #2 The Mighty Thor #19 Nick Fury #2 Royals #3 X-Men Gold #4 Punisher #12 Ultimates2 #7 Monsters Unleashed #2 Star Wars #31 Other Publishers (1:15:42) Kim Reaper #2 Night Owl Society #2 Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys #3 Animal Noir #4 Dead Inside #5 Brittania We Who Are About to Die #2 The Spirit: Corpse Makers #3 World Reader #2 Eleanor and the Egret #2 Archie #20 Jughead #15 My Brothers Husband Volume 1 – Serious Issues is a weekl

We started a Patreon for our podcast! If you love Serious Issues and want to support the show (which will end up leading to us making even more episodes and content!), check out our page and become a patron for as much as you can afford each month. No pressure if you don't want to do that. The show's gonna stay the same no matter what. But if you feel like giving a little back to your pals Shinbone and Levdawg, the option is there. Actually it's here: https://www.patreon.com/seriousissuespodcast Comics reviewed in this episode (now with timestamps! Thanks patrons!): First Things First (9:43)Secret Warriors #1Rocket #1 Star Wars The Screaming Citadel #1 Zombies Assemble #1 Bug The Adventures of Forager #1 Regression #1 Renato Jones Season Two #1Misfit City #1Eternal Warrior Awakening #1Ghostbusters Funko Universe #1Dragon Age Knight Errant #1Pierce Brown’s Red Rising Sons of Ares #1 Marvel (47:30)Uncanny Avengers #23Avengers #7 Black Panther and The Crew #2 X-Men Blue #3All-New Wolverine #20 Guardians of the G

  Siobhan and Levins cough their way through over 50 comic book reviews, including 22 number one issues! It's a new record! The most number one issues ever reviewed on Serious Issues AND the most audible coughs ever recorded on a podcast! Are colds contagious over audio? Sorry if they are. Comics reviewed in this episode:  Empowered and the Soldier of Love #3Predator Hunters #1Bane: Conquest #1Batman #22Injustice 2 #1Nightwing #20Superman #22The Flintstones #11Savage Things #3Gumballs #2Helena Crash #3Eternal Empire #1Extremity #3Manifest Destiny #28Paper Girls #14Planetoid Praxis #4The Walking Dead #167Youngblood #1All-New Guardians of the Galaxy #1Black Bolt #1Bullseye #4Guardians of the Galaxy: Mission #1Guardians of the Galaxy: Mother Entropy #1Jean Grey #3Jessica Jones #8Nova #6Secret Empire #1X-Men Gold #3Ab Irato #1Amazing Age #1Blood Blister #2Brave Chef Brianna #3Colossi #1My Brother’s Keeper GNCroak #1The Damned #1Goldie Vance #12Lilith Dark #1Pestilence #1Reggie and Me #5Shipwreck #4Stained #1Sword

This week we break some kind of record for reviewing like 60 issues of comics AND two new graphic novels! How do we do it? Surely performance enhancing drugs? Call the cops! Comics reviewed in this episode: 24 Legacy Rules of Engagement #1Action Comics Vol 2 #978Aliens Dead Orbit #1Aliens Defiance #11Batman The Shadow #1Ben Reilly Scarlet Spider #1Big Moose One ShotBitch Planet #10Black Monday Murders #5Black Panther Vol 6 #13Black Road #9Britannia We Who #1Comic Book History of Comics #6Detective Comics Vol 2 #955Doom Patrol Vol 6 #6Elektra Vol 4 #3Flash Vol 5 #21Great Lakes Avengers #7Hadrians Wall #6Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #19Hookjaw #5Hulk Vol 4 #5Infamous Iron Man #7Judge Dredd Blessed Earth #1Kamandi Challenge #4Kill Or Be Killed #8Loose Ends #4Magdalena Vol 4 #2 Man-Thing Vol 5 #3Mighty Thor Vol 2 #18Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #18Mother Panic #6Namwolf #1Night Owl Society #1No World #1Occupy Avengers #6Old Guard #3Prometheus Life and Death One ShotReal Science Adventures #1Rebels These

Siobhan's back! Just in time for us to read the start of Marvel's new Secret Empire event and THE BUTTON! Plus four new comics by Jeff Lemire and almost every other comic that came out last week. Listen to Levins on The Weekly Planet this week! https://www.planetbcasting.com/182-movies-ever-better-comics-levins/ Comics reviewed in this episode:  All Star Batman #9Archie #19Astro City #43Batman #21Batwoman #2Black #5Black Hammer #8Black Panther World of Wakanda #6Black Science #29Captain America Steve Rogers #16Cave Carson Has A Cybernetic Eye #7Curse Words #4Daredevil #19Death Be Damned #3Dept H #13Descender #21Doctor Strange #19Eclipse #6Failsafe #1God Country #4Guardians of the Galaxy Dream On #1Injection #12Invincible #135Invincible Iron Man #6James Bond Felix Leiter #4Low #17Monsters Unleashed #1Moon Knight #13Ms Marvel #17Nick Fury #1Nightwing #19Plastic #1Punisher #11Redneck #1RoughneckRoyal City #2Royals #2Secret Empire #0Sex Criminals #18Shaolin Cowboy Who Will Stop the Reign #1Star Lord #6Super Sons

Siobhan's off holidaying abroad so Levins is joined by Alexei Toliopoulos, one of the hosts of Sydney's best film podcasts The Blank Slate Movie Podcast and Mike Check. After reviewing all of last week's new books, Levins and Alexei share their thoughts on a recently collected trade, The Electric Sublime by W. Maxwell Prince and Martin Morazzo.  Comics reviewed in this episode: Action Comics Vol 2 #977Black Panther The Crew #1Captain America Sam Wilson #21Deadpool VS Punisher #1Detective Comics Vol 2 #954Flash Vol 5 #20Godshaper #1Grass Kings #2Green Valley #7Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #18Heathen #3Helena Crash #2Immortal Brothers Green Knight #1Kingpin #3Motor Crush #5Nancy Drew Hardy Boys #2Neil Gaiman American Gods Shadows #2New Superman #10Power Man and Iron Fist Vol 3 #15Redline #2Rose #1Seven to Eternity #5Skydoll Sudra #2Star Wars Doctor Aphra #6Suicide Squad Vol 4 #15Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Vol 2 #19Weapon X Vol 3 #1Wicked & Divine #28Wonder Woman Vol 5 #20X-Men Blue #1Z Nation #1 – S

Siobhan's about to go overseas for a bit but before she leaves she was forced to read and review 50 new comics that came out last week! Comics reviewed in this episode: All New Wolverine #19America #2Animal Noir #3Avengers #6Batman #20Black Cloud #1Box Office Poison Colour Comics #4Brave Chef Brianna #2Bullseye #3Captain America Steve Rogers #15Eleanor & The Egret #1Extremity #2Flintstones #10Goldie Vance #11Hawkeye #5Iron Fist #2James Bond Black Box #2Jessica Jones #7Jughead #14Kim Reaper #1Love & Rockets #2Mighty Man #1Motor Girl #5Nightwing #18Nova #5Paper Girls #13Planetoid Praxis #3Rock Candy Mountain #1Royals #1Savage Things #2Shade the Changing Girl #7Sovereigns #0Star Wars #30Sun Bakery #2Superman #20Uncanny Avengers #22Walking Dead #166X-Men Gold #1 – Serious Issues is a weekly comic book review podcast, hosted by Andrew Levins and Siobhan Coombs at Kings Comics in Sydney. Get in touch with us to ask us a question or tell us to start reading something we’re missing out on. Email us at seriou

We say a tearful goodbye to some of our favourite runs of the last year: Black Widow, Spider-Woman, Backstagers and Divinity III. Also we say a tearful hello to 40 brand new issues from last week. Comics reviewed in this episode: Adam Strange Future Quest #1Aliens Defiance #10Animal Noir #2Animosity #6Avengers #5.1Backstager #8Batgirl Annual #1Black Widow #12Booster Gold Flintstones Special #1Comic Book History of Comics #5Dark Knight Master Race #8Deadly Class #27Divinity Stalinverse #4Green Lantern Space Ghost #1Hadrian’s Wall #5Heathen #2Hookjaw #4Image Plus #12Infamous Iron Man #6Inhumans Prime #1Jughead The Hunger #1Kamandi Challenge #3Lazarus #26Man-Thing #2Mighty Captain Marvel #3Moonshine #6Occupy Avengers #5Old Guard #2Reggie and Me #4Spider-Woman #17Star-Lord #5Suicide Squad Banana Splits #1Thanos #5Unfollow #17Visitor #2WWE Wrestlemania #1X-Men Prime #1 – Serious Issues is a weekly comic book review podcast, hosted by Andrew Levins and Siobhan Coombs at Kings Comics in Sydney. Get in touch with us

It's our biggest episode ever! With huge announcements, life altering changes to our most beloved segment and reviews of more that 50 new comics! Welcome to all our new listeners who are joining us after the Planet Broadcasting launch! Check out all the Planet Broadcasting shows here: https://www.planetbcasting.com/our-shows/ Comics reviewed in this episode:  Action Comics #976Anno Dracula #1Batgirl #9Batman TMNT Adventures #5Black Hammer #7Black Panther #12Black Road #8Captain America Steve Rogers #14Curse Words #3Dept H #12Descender #20Detective #953Doom Patrol #5Elektra #2Empowered Soldier of Love #2Evil Heroes #6The Flash #19Ghostbusters 101 #1Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #17Helena Crash #1Hulk #4Invincible Iron Man #5Iron Fist #1Jem and the Misfits #3Loose Ends #3The Magdalena #1Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #17Mother Panic #5Reborn #5Rocket Raccoon #4Star Wars Darth Maul #2Stray Bullets #22Suicide Squad #14Teen Titans #6Ultimates2 #5Uncanny Inhumans #20Underwinter #1Unworthy Thor #5The Spirit:

We say goodbye to the fantastic Image anthology series Island, plus review an enormous stack of comics from Marvel, DC, Image, Dark Horse and more.  Comics reviewed in this episode: All Star Batman #8Archie #18Batman #19Batwoman #1Black Panther World of Wakanda #5Box Office Poison #3Captain America Sam Wilson #20Casanova Acedia #8Cave Carson Has A Cybernetic Eye #6Coady & The Creepies #1Dead Inside #4Death Be Damned #2Divinity III Escape from Gulag #1East of West #22Eclipse #5Ether #5God Country #3Avatarex #3Great Lakes Avengers #6Head Lopper #5Injection #11Invincible #134James Bond Felix Letter #3Kill or Be Killed #7Manifest Destiny #27Mighty Thor #17Monsters Unleashed #5American Gods Shadows #1Nightwing #17Punisher #10Sex Criminals #17Star-Lord #4Super Sons #2Superman #19Uncanny Avengers #21US Avengers #4Wild Storm #2 – Serious Issues is a weekly comic book review podcast, hosted by Andrew Levins and Siobhan Coombs at Kings Comics in Sydney. Get in touch with us to ask us a question or tell us to start

Levins and Siobhan review last week's comics for the 51st time. As in, this is the 51st episode they've recorded in as many weeks. They did NOT record 51 episodes about the comics that came out last Wednesday night, although they totally would if someone paid them to. Spoilers for Action Comics #975 from 25:58 - 33:55! Comics reviewed in this episode: Action Comics #975All New Wolverine #18Captain America Steve Rogers #13Comic Book History of Comics #4Detective Comics #952Flash #18Grass Kings #1Green Valley #6Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #16Ichi F Workers Graphic Memoir of Fukushima Nuclear PlantIVX #6Jessica Jones #6Justice League Power Rangers #3Kingpin #2Lady Killer 2 #4Man Thing #1Mother Panic #4Motor Crush #4Nancy Drew Hardy Boys #1New Super Man #9Nova #4Planetoid Praxis #2Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #18Wonder Woman #18 – Serious Issues is a weekly comic book review podcast, hosted by Andrew Levins and Siobhan Coombs at Kings Comics in Sydney. Get in touch with us to ask us a question or tell us t

50 episodes of Serious Issues baby! To celebrate we read and reviewed 50 first issues (actually it was like 14 but that's still a very big number right?), plus all the latest books from DC, Marvel, Image, IDW, Boom and more. Also: Levins has a dangerous new addiction! Please keep him in your thoughts as he struggles through this episode. This episode brought to you by Aces Weekly! An award winning digital only comics magazine that's sent to you every Monday for just over a dollar a week. Check out the free samples over at http://www.acesweekly.co.uk/ and be sure to mention Serious Issues if you sign up! Comics reviewed in this episode: America #1Amerikakarate #1Animal Noir #1Avengers #5Batman #18Big Trouble in Little China Escape From New York #6Brave Chef Brianna #1Bullseye #2Champions #6Cosmic Scoundrels #1Death of Hawkman #6Doctor Strange #18DoggoneExtremity #1Flintstones #9Goldie Vance #10Hawkeye #4James Bond Black Box #1Judge Dredd Annual #1Midnighter and Apollo #6Monsters Unleashed #4Moon Knight #12Moto

What happens when two friends read almost 50 new comics in one week? Will one of them lose their mind and ponder why anything in this world matters? Will one of them break the record for most yawns in one podcast episode? Is the Penguin's illegitimate son a cuck? All these important questions and more will be answered in this week's new episode of Serious Issues! Comics reviewed in this episode: Backstagers #7Batgirl #8Bedtime Stories for Impressionable Children #1BelfryBlack Panther #11Black Road #7Captain America Steve Rogers #12Curse Words #1Descender #19Divinity III #3Elektra #1Fix #8Flash #17Great Lakes Avengers #5Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #15Heathen #1Highlander #1Hookjaw #3Hulk #3Infamous Iron Man #5IVX #5Jim Henson Power of Dark Crystal #1Jughead #13Justice League of America #1Kamandi Challenge #2Loose Ends #2Mighty Captain Marvel #2Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #16Motro #4Occupy Avengers #4October Faction Deadly Season #5Old Guard #1Rocket Raccoon #3Rough Riders: Riders on the Storm #1Sl

This week Levins and Siobhan celebrate three Chip Zdarsky comics! Plus Levins reveals which 90s pop groups hate comics the most and Siobhan reads more than Levins for once! Comics reviewed in this episode: Archie #17Batman #17Batwoman Rebirth #1Black Panther World of Wakanda #4Captain America Sam Wilson #19Captain America Steve Rogers #11Cave Carson has a Cybernetic Eye #5Clone Conspiracy #5Daredevil #17Doctor Strange 1.MUDoctor Strange 17Ether #4God Country #2Invincible #133Invincible Iron Man #5Kill or Be Killed #6Manifest Destiny #26Mighty Thor #16Monsters Unleashed #3Mother Panic #3Nightwing #15The Punisher #9Savage #4Sex Criminals #16Star Lord #3Super Sons #1Superman #17Ultimates2 #4Uncanny Inhumans #19Unfollow #16USAvengers #3The Walking Dead #164Wild Storm #1 -- Serious Issues is a weekly comic book review podcast, hosted by Andrew Levins and Siobhan Coombs at Kings Comics in Sydney. Get in touch with us to ask us a question or tell us to start reading something we’re missing out on. Email us at serio

The Weekly Planet's own Mr Sunday Movies joins Levins for a look at last week's new number ones, featuring reviews of Justice League of America, Kingpin and whatever the hell Fathom is. THEN, Siobhan is joined by fan favourite Nachopop for their top five books of last week! Comics reviewed in this episode: Justice League of America #1 Kingpin #1 Fathom #1 Empowered Soldier of Love #1 Divinity III Shadowman #1 John Carter The End #1 Death Be Damned #1 Rom Annual  Deadman Dark Mansion of Forbidden Love #3 Motor Crush #3 Listen to Mr Sunday Movies every week on The Weekly Planet! --- Serious Issues is a weekly comic book review podcast, hosted by Andrew Levins and Siobhan Coombs at Kings Comics in Sydney. Get in touch with us to ask us a question or tell us to start reading something we’re missing out on. Email us at seriousissues@kingscomics.com or find us at facebook.com/seriousissuespodcast. If you like what you hear, please leave us a nice review on iTunes! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out in

This episode starts with a disagreement and ends with a sudden celebration of Donald Pleasance's career. In the middle? Reviews of last week's books from DC, Marvel, Image and more! Comics reviewed in this episode: Avengers #4Baltimore The Red Kingdom #1Batman #16Big Trouble Little China Escape From New York #5Blood Blister #1Box Office Poison Color Comics #2Bullseye #1Champions #5Deadly Class #26Death of Hawkman #5The Electric Sublime #4 Flintstones #8Goldie Vance #9Hawkeye #3Invincible #132Jem and the Misfits #2Karnak #6Midnighter and Apollo #5Monsters Unleashed #2Moon Knight #11Nightwing #14Nova #3Paper Girls #11Planet of the Apes Green Lantern #1Planetoid Praxis #1Shade the Changing Girl #5Star Wars Darth Maul #1Star Wars #28Superman #16Unstoppable Wasp #2Vampirella #0Walking Dead #163Will Eisner Spirit Corpse Makers #1 — Serious Issues is a weekly comic book review podcast, hosted by Andrew Levins and Siobhan Coombs at Kings Comics in Sydney. Get in touch with us to ask us a question or tell us to start

Oh you thought the 90 minute episode we put up yesterday was enough? Guess again! Here’s another TWO HOURS of comic book reviews for ya! Levins and Siobhan tear through a tonne of books from Marvel, DC, Image, Dark Horse and more. Wanna know which of last week’s comics are worth reading? We’ve got you covered! --- Serious Issues is a weekly comic book review podcast, hosted by Andrew Levins and Siobhan Coombs at Kings Comics in Sydney. Get in touch with us to ask us a question or tell us to start reading something we’re missing out on. Email us at seriousissues@kingscomics.com or find us at facebook.com/seriousissuespodcast. If you like what you hear, please leave us a nice review on iTunes! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.