Welcome to Collecting Issues, the monthly comic book club podcast for readers who want to talk about comics properly. Each month, Mick and Ben choose a single graphic novel and invite you to read along with us. Share your thoughts, theories and favourite moments on our Discord or on social media with us, and join the conversation while you read. At the end of the month, we record a full episode on that book: the story, the art, the panel construction, the things it gets right and the things we…
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What happens when the man who can escape anything cannot escape himself? In this remastered archive episode, first recorded in 2019 and reissued with new context and commentary, Mick and Ben dig into Mister Miracle (2017-2018) by Tom King and Mitch Gerads , the Eisner Award winning 12 issue series from DC Comics. The episode covers: Jack Kirby's Fourth World and why the New Gods were born out of…
Collecting Issues is a monthly comic book book club. We have read the thing, you have read the thing, and there are spoilers all the way down. This month Ben and Michael take on Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, collecting issues 1 to 8 of the 2021 DC Comics series by Tom King, Bilquis Evely, and Matheus Lopes. King has been open that the pitch was True Grit in space, a mentor and mentee bound…
Welcome back to Collecting Issues, your monthly comic book book club! This month, Mick and Ben are strapping in (and trying not to burst out of identical tight t-shirts) to review Assorted Crisis Events, Volume 1 , collecting issues #1-5 of the hit 2025 Image Comics series. Created by the powerhouse team of Deniz Camp ( 20th Century Men , Absolute Martian Manhunter ) and artist Eric Zawadzki, with…
In this episode, Michael and Benjamin are wading deep into the gutters of Marvel’s latest Spider-man reboot to discuss Ultimate Spider-Man (2024) Volume 1 (Issues 1-6) and Volume 2: The News (Issues 7-12) by Jonathan Hickman, Marco Checchetto, and David Messina. Is this 2024 reimagining a light snack or a massive epic? We look at everything from Peter Parker’s 35-year-old power fantasy to Harry…
Note: This is a classic archive episode from the vault, originally broadcast back in the ill-fated year of 2019! Welcome back to Collecting Issues , ladies and gentlemen! This week, Mick and Ben are looking into an absolute titan of comic book history: Marvel’s The Dark Phoenix Saga (collecting Uncanny X-Men #129-137), first published in the bloody 1980s by the legendary creative team of Chris…
Welcome back to Collecting Issues, the monthly comic book club! This month, Michael and Ben are stepping away from the usual superhero capers to explore an absolute titan of the indie comic world: Jeff Smith’s Bone Vol. 1: Out from Boneville (collecting issues #1-6). What starts as a seemingly harmless, 1950s Saturday-morning cartoon romp starring three weird little cousins; Fone Bone, Phoncible…
Welcome back to Collecting Issues , the monthly comic book club where we assume you’ve done the reading (and we will judge you if you haven't). This week, Mick and Ben dive into the beautiful, mind-bending melange that is DC's runaway 2025 hit: Absolute Martian Manhunter Volume 1 (Issues #1-6). Written by Deniz Camp ( 20th Century Men ) and illustrated by the masterful Javier Rodriguez ( Zatana:…
The Beauty (Image Comics) vs. FX’s Adaptation: Ozempic, Body Horror, and Ryan Murphy What if an STD could make you the most perfect version of yourself? This week on Collecting Issues , Benjamin and Michael read The Beauty (Vol. 1, Issues #1-6), the 2016 hit by Jeremy Haun and Jason A. Hurley . We compare the original "buddy cop" police procedural comic against the new 2026 FX on Hulu adaptation…
"It was a different time." That seems to be the motto for this month’s episode of Collecting Issues . Join Michael and Benjamin as they crack open the briefcase on 100 Bullets: First Shot, Last Call . Published in 1999 by Vertigo Comics, this multi-Eisner and Harvey Award-winning series by Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso was hailed as a gritty crime revolution. But does it hold up in 2026? We…
Welcome back to Collecting Issues , your monthly comic book club! To close out 2025, we are wading deep into the bog of Irish Myth to discuss Tuatha , the stunning one-shot from Irish creator Gavin Fullerton , published by IDW Comics . If Samurai Jack and Hellboy had a baby and sent it on a grim quest across a war-torn ancient Ireland, it would look like this. In this episode, Michael and Benjamin…
