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Hello, and welcome to First Issues now, the weekly show
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posted daily ish about only the newest first issues released
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by insert comic company. Here this week, I'll be looking
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at the comics release for the week of August thirteenth,
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twenty twenty five. So if you haven't heard any of
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my praising of the Space Ghost series under Dave proposed,
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then boy, howdy are you about to get some today?
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This is technically to start of season two, so to
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be clear, while this is a first issue, it's not
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really the first issue of Space Ghost number one. Written
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by David Popose, art by Jonathan Lyoe, colors by Andrew Dollhouse,
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and letters by Taylor Esposito. The premise of this book
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is that it is a direct ish follow up to
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the events of the Space Coast Annuel that I covered
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two weeks ago. I would probably say a month. I
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don't know. Time is a flat circle for me at
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this point. The general premise is the Space Ghost and
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Blipper out fighting the Toy Maker while jan and Jays
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are talking to their newly arrived grandfather who's now back
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into their life and wants to be the legal guardian
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of the twins. So I could get into how the
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Space Ghoast fight with toy makers, all sorts of awesome,
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reflecting who Space Ghost as a character is, his ideals
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as a hero, and all the gray that he represents
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while he saves these hostages. But honestly, that is just
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the window dressing and the framework for the real meat
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of this story, the familial and emotional aspects which make
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up this book. The fact that there's a whole arc
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of jan expressing why Dax or Space Ghost's real name
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is their family more than this new random guy who
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just comes in out of nowhere would be built on
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what we've seen over the past thirteen issues of this series,
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is why this is great. Two opine for a moment.
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The reason that I praise Dave on Space Ghost is
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because it is the hollow type for superhero comics. There
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are spectacular fights, hard action, epic moments of sheer thrill,
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but there is also the actual storytelling side of it. Yes,
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you can tell a story in nothing but action. There's
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a couple great comics that do so. But in long
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term storytelling, it isn't the cool action that sticks around.
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It's the human factor. It's Decks showing how he cares
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for the kids, so that when a new storyline starts
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and that gets called into question, Jan can be there
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for five solid pages to tell what is arguably their
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legal guardian why he can't just show up and have
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the same gravitas as the person who's been there and
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through his action shown that he is family. Yes, I'd
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argue that that's also why many mainstream comics, if there
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is even such a thing anymore, fail to hold an
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audience after the first issue, and why, having now gotten
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to fourteen issues into this story, Popose still has me invested.
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So anyways, As for the art, it's still the toppest
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of the top tiers. The action again is still hard hitting,
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The inventiveness of the Toymaker's death traps and robot is
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brilliant design and layout. Honestly, there's also a really sweet
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panel the Toymaker or shuffling space ghosts in as playing
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cards that I just kind of think is super freaking cool,
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and yet it also shows the talent of these artists.
59
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We can have the same art style feel just as
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weighty and hard hitting in the talking scenes as it
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does in the fighting scenes. God, I love this book
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and you should too, So my verdict has been will
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be and currently is. Collect it Collective means that it
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should be on your pull list digitally as well as
65
00:03:27.080 --> 00:03:29.159
on your pull list physically. You should have all the
66
00:03:29.199 --> 00:03:31.479
issues up to this point, and you should get all
67
00:03:31.479 --> 00:03:34.400
the variant covers or at least no dupes, although I
68
00:03:34.439 --> 00:03:37.319
am trying to get all the virgin covers personally and honestly,
69
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Propose has been knocking it out of the part everywhere,
70
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So check out his other stuff, even if I can't
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remember which company they're for sometimes and now, all I
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just need is Dynamite to message me about getting my
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Secret Squirrel relaunch off the ground. Contact me and my
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business email The comic arkivis at gmail dot com. Is
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this a joke? Who knows? But maybe I'm wrong. Let
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me know about what you thought of this issue over
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on Facebook at the Comic Archivist or Twitter at ajac
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underscore does it all? Or blue Sky at ajac does
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it all without any Underscore. Don't forget to like, share, follow,
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and do all the stuff that I'm being told is
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important to keep continuing doing these episodes, and more than
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anything though, Stiggled and Inklings
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Hello, and welcome to First Issues now, the weekly show
2
00:00:03.680 --> 00:00:07.719
posted daily ish about only the newest first issues released
3
00:00:07.719 --> 00:00:11.240
by insert comic company. Here this week, I'll be looking
4
00:00:11.240 --> 00:00:13.919
at the comics release for the week of August thirteenth,
5
00:00:14.000 --> 00:00:16.760
twenty twenty five. So if you haven't heard any of
6
00:00:16.839 --> 00:00:20.000
my praising of the Space Ghost series under Dave proposed,
7
00:00:20.000 --> 00:00:22.359
then boy, howdy are you about to get some today?
8
00:00:22.600 --> 00:00:25.160
This is technically to start of season two, so to
9
00:00:25.199 --> 00:00:28.000
be clear, while this is a first issue, it's not
10
00:00:28.280 --> 00:00:32.359
really the first issue of Space Ghost number one. Written
11
00:00:32.399 --> 00:00:36.520
by David Popose, art by Jonathan Lyoe, colors by Andrew Dollhouse,
12
00:00:36.799 --> 00:00:40.439
and letters by Taylor Esposito. The premise of this book
13
00:00:40.560 --> 00:00:42.479
is that it is a direct ish follow up to
14
00:00:42.479 --> 00:00:44.560
the events of the Space Coast Annuel that I covered
15
00:00:44.920 --> 00:00:47.600
two weeks ago. I would probably say a month. I
16
00:00:47.600 --> 00:00:49.520
don't know. Time is a flat circle for me at
17
00:00:49.520 --> 00:00:52.520
this point. The general premise is the Space Ghost and
18
00:00:52.520 --> 00:00:55.280
Blipper out fighting the Toy Maker while jan and Jays
19
00:00:55.320 --> 00:00:58.479
are talking to their newly arrived grandfather who's now back
20
00:00:58.520 --> 00:01:00.719
into their life and wants to be the legal guardian
21
00:01:00.799 --> 00:01:03.320
of the twins. So I could get into how the
22
00:01:03.359 --> 00:01:06.040
Space Ghoast fight with toy makers, all sorts of awesome,
23
00:01:06.239 --> 00:01:09.480
reflecting who Space Ghost as a character is, his ideals
24
00:01:09.480 --> 00:01:12.000
as a hero, and all the gray that he represents
25
00:01:12.079 --> 00:01:15.640
while he saves these hostages. But honestly, that is just
26
00:01:15.760 --> 00:01:18.280
the window dressing and the framework for the real meat
27
00:01:18.280 --> 00:01:23.000
of this story, the familial and emotional aspects which make
28
00:01:23.079 --> 00:01:25.879
up this book. The fact that there's a whole arc
29
00:01:25.959 --> 00:01:29.079
of jan expressing why Dax or Space Ghost's real name
30
00:01:29.400 --> 00:01:31.920
is their family more than this new random guy who
31
00:01:32.000 --> 00:01:34.439
just comes in out of nowhere would be built on
32
00:01:34.640 --> 00:01:37.959
what we've seen over the past thirteen issues of this series,
33
00:01:38.480 --> 00:01:42.879
is why this is great. Two opine for a moment.
34
00:01:43.159 --> 00:01:45.719
The reason that I praise Dave on Space Ghost is
35
00:01:45.760 --> 00:01:50.319
because it is the hollow type for superhero comics. There
36
00:01:50.400 --> 00:01:55.480
are spectacular fights, hard action, epic moments of sheer thrill,
37
00:01:56.159 --> 00:01:59.799
but there is also the actual storytelling side of it. Yes,
38
00:01:59.840 --> 00:02:02.239
you can tell a story in nothing but action. There's
39
00:02:02.239 --> 00:02:04.439
a couple great comics that do so. But in long
40
00:02:04.519 --> 00:02:07.840
term storytelling, it isn't the cool action that sticks around.
41
00:02:08.080 --> 00:02:11.719
It's the human factor. It's Decks showing how he cares
42
00:02:11.759 --> 00:02:14.680
for the kids, so that when a new storyline starts
43
00:02:15.120 --> 00:02:18.120
and that gets called into question, Jan can be there
44
00:02:18.159 --> 00:02:21.159
for five solid pages to tell what is arguably their
45
00:02:21.479 --> 00:02:24.280
legal guardian why he can't just show up and have
46
00:02:24.400 --> 00:02:28.000
the same gravitas as the person who's been there and
47
00:02:28.080 --> 00:02:31.439
through his action shown that he is family. Yes, I'd
48
00:02:31.560 --> 00:02:34.319
argue that that's also why many mainstream comics, if there
49
00:02:34.400 --> 00:02:36.800
is even such a thing anymore, fail to hold an
50
00:02:36.879 --> 00:02:40.800
audience after the first issue, and why, having now gotten
51
00:02:40.879 --> 00:02:44.680
to fourteen issues into this story, Popose still has me invested.
52
00:02:45.039 --> 00:02:47.759
So anyways, As for the art, it's still the toppest
53
00:02:47.840 --> 00:02:51.759
of the top tiers. The action again is still hard hitting,
54
00:02:52.120 --> 00:02:55.240
The inventiveness of the Toymaker's death traps and robot is
55
00:02:55.280 --> 00:02:59.199
brilliant design and layout. Honestly, there's also a really sweet
56
00:02:59.199 --> 00:03:02.599
panel the Toymaker or shuffling space ghosts in as playing
57
00:03:02.680 --> 00:03:05.520
cards that I just kind of think is super freaking cool,
58
00:03:05.719 --> 00:03:08.680
and yet it also shows the talent of these artists.
59
00:03:08.800 --> 00:03:11.639
We can have the same art style feel just as
60
00:03:11.680 --> 00:03:14.560
weighty and hard hitting in the talking scenes as it
61
00:03:14.560 --> 00:03:17.280
does in the fighting scenes. God, I love this book
62
00:03:17.560 --> 00:03:21.039
and you should too, So my verdict has been will
63
00:03:21.080 --> 00:03:24.800
be and currently is. Collect it Collective means that it
64
00:03:24.840 --> 00:03:27.080
should be on your pull list digitally as well as
65
00:03:27.080 --> 00:03:29.159
on your pull list physically. You should have all the
66
00:03:29.199 --> 00:03:31.479
issues up to this point, and you should get all
67
00:03:31.479 --> 00:03:34.400
the variant covers or at least no dupes, although I
68
00:03:34.439 --> 00:03:37.319
am trying to get all the virgin covers personally and honestly,
69
00:03:37.479 --> 00:03:40.520
Propose has been knocking it out of the part everywhere,
70
00:03:40.719 --> 00:03:42.879
So check out his other stuff, even if I can't
71
00:03:42.919 --> 00:03:46.000
remember which company they're for sometimes and now, all I
72
00:03:46.080 --> 00:03:48.000
just need is Dynamite to message me about getting my
73
00:03:48.080 --> 00:03:50.719
Secret Squirrel relaunch off the ground. Contact me and my
74
00:03:50.759 --> 00:03:53.479
business email The comic arkivis at gmail dot com. Is
75
00:03:53.560 --> 00:03:57.400
this a joke? Who knows? But maybe I'm wrong. Let
76
00:03:57.400 --> 00:04:00.120
me know about what you thought of this issue over
77
00:04:00.280 --> 00:04:03.960
on Facebook at the Comic Archivist or Twitter at ajac
78
00:04:04.280 --> 00:04:07.639
underscore does it all? Or blue Sky at ajac does
79
00:04:07.680 --> 00:04:11.080
it all without any Underscore. Don't forget to like, share, follow,
80
00:04:11.120 --> 00:04:13.039
and do all the stuff that I'm being told is
81
00:04:13.080 --> 00:04:16.759
important to keep continuing doing these episodes, and more than
82
00:04:16.800 --> 00:04:18.879
anything though, Stiggled and Inklings
