diff --git a/dosagelib/plugins/a.py b/dosagelib/plugins/a.py
index e097eddbc..1404871bc 100644
--- a/dosagelib/plugins/a.py
+++ b/dosagelib/plugins/a.py
@@ -74,9 +74,12 @@ class AetheriaEpics(_BasicScraper):
 
 
 class AfterStrife(_BasicScraper):
-    url = 'http://afterstrife.com/?p=262'
-    stripUrl = 'http://afterstrife.com/?p=%s'
-    imageSearch = compile(r'<img src="(http://afterstrife.com/strips/.+?)"')
+    baseurl = 'http://afterstrife.com/'
+    rurl = escape(baseurl)
+    stripUrl = baseurl + '?p=%s'
+    url = stripUrl % '262'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '1'
+    imageSearch = compile(r'<img src="(%sstrips/.+?)"' % rurl)
     prevSearch = compile(r'<a href="(.+?)" class="navi navi-prev"')
     help = 'Index format: nnn'
 
@@ -145,18 +148,21 @@ class AlienLovesPredator(_BasicScraper):
 
 
 class AlienShores(_BasicScraper):
-    url = 'http://alienshores.com/alienshores_band/'
+    baseurl = 'http://alienshores.com/'
+    rurl = escape(baseurl)
+    url = baseurl + 'alienshores_band/'
     stripUrl = url + '%s'
-    imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(http://alienshores\.com/alienshores_band/wp-content/uploads/[^"]+)'))
-    prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(http://alienshores\.com/[^"]+)', after="prev"))
+    imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(%salienshores_band/wp-content/uploads/[^"]+)' % rurl))
+    prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(%s[^"]+)' % rurl, after="prev"))
     help = 'Index format: yyyy/mm/dd/p<nn>/'
 
 
 class ALLCAPS(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.allcapscomix.com/'
+    rurl = escape(url)
     stripUrl = url + '%s/'
     firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '2008/08/welcome-to-all-caps'
-    imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(http://www\.allcapscomix\.com/comics/[^"]+)'))
+    imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(%scomics/[^"]+)' % rurl))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'([^"]+)')+r"[^<]+Previous</a>")
     help = 'Index format: yyyy/mm/strip-name'
 
@@ -199,16 +205,17 @@ class AlsoBagels(_BasicScraper):
 
 class Altermeta(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://altermeta.net/'
+    rurl = escape(url)
     stripUrl = url + 'archive.php?comic=%s'
     firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '0'
     imageSearch = compile(r'<img src="(comics/[^"]+)" />')
-    prevSearch = compile(r'<a href="([^"]+)"><img src="http://altermeta\.net/template/default/images/sasha/back\.png')
+    prevSearch = compile(r'<a href="([^"]+)"><img src="%stemplate/default/images/sasha/back\.png' % rurl)
     help = 'Index format: n (unpadded)'
 
 
 class AltermetaOld(Altermeta):
-    url = 'http://altermeta.net/oldarchive/index.php'
-    stripUrl = 'http://altermeta.net/oldarchive/archive.php?comic=%s'
+    url = Altermeta.url + 'oldarchive/index.php'
+    stripUrl = Altermeta.url + 'oldarchive/archive.php?comic=%s'
     firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '0'
     prevSearch = compile(r'<a href="([^"]+)">Back')
 
@@ -227,6 +234,7 @@ class Amya(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.amyachronicles.com/'
     rurl = escape(url)
     stripUrl = url + 'archives/%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '117'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(%scomics/[^"]+)' % rurl))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(%sarchives/\d+)' % rurl, after="Previous"))
     help = 'Index format: n'
@@ -250,10 +258,12 @@ class Angels2200(_BasicScraper):
 
 
 class Annyseed(_BasicScraper):
-    url = 'http://www.colourofivy.com/annyseed_webcomic_latest.htm'
-    stripUrl = 'http://www.colourofivy.com/annyseed_webcomic%s.htm'
+    baseurl = 'http://www.colourofivy.com/'
+    rurl = escape(baseurl)
+    url = baseurl + 'annyseed_webcomic_latest.htm'
+    stripUrl = baseurl + 'annyseed_webcomic%s.htm'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(Annyseed[^"]+)'))
-    prevSearch = compile(r'<a href="(http://www\.colourofivy\.com/[^"]+)"><img src="Last.gif"')
+    prevSearch = compile(r'<a href="(%s[^"]+)"><img src="Last.gif"' % rurl)
     help = 'Index format: nnn'
 
 
diff --git a/dosagelib/plugins/b.py b/dosagelib/plugins/b.py
index 36dc3405b..751196ad7 100644
--- a/dosagelib/plugins/b.py
+++ b/dosagelib/plugins/b.py
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ class BloodBound(_BasicScraper):
 class BlueCrashKit(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://robhamm.com/bluecrashkit/'
     stripUrl = url + 'comics/blue-crash-kit/%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '2005-01-03'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(http://robhamm\.com/bluecrashkit/sites/default/files/comics/[^"]+)'))
     prevSearch = compile(r'<li class="previous"><a href="([^"]+)">')
     help = 'Index format: yyyy-mm-dd'
@@ -181,10 +182,11 @@ class BobWhite(_BasicScraper):
 
 class BookOfBiff(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.thebookofbiff.com/'
-    stripUrl = url + '%s'
+    stripUrl = url + '%s/'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '2006/01/02/4'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'([^"]+/comics/[^"]+)'))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'([^"]+)', after="Previous"))
-    help = 'Index format: yyyy/mm/dd/stripnum-strip-name'
+    help = 'Index format: yyyy/mm/dd/stripnum-stripname'
 
 
 class BoredAndEvil(_BasicScraper):
@@ -287,6 +289,7 @@ class Brink(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://paperfangs.com/brink/'
     rurl = escape(url)
     stripUrl = url + '?p=%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '5'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(%scomics/[^"]+)' % rurl))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(%s[^"]+)' % rurl, after="prev"))
     help = 'Index format: number'
diff --git a/dosagelib/plugins/c.py b/dosagelib/plugins/c.py
index 3179c4957..45deec972 100644
--- a/dosagelib/plugins/c.py
+++ b/dosagelib/plugins/c.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ class CaptainSNES(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.captainsnes.com/'
     rurl = escape(url)
     stripUrl = url + '%s/'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '2001/07/10/the-mistake'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r"(%scomics/[^']+)" % rurl, quote="'"))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(%s[^"]+)' % rurl) + tagre("span", "class", "prev"))
     multipleImagesPerStrip = True
@@ -61,16 +62,20 @@ class Catalyst(_BasicScraper):
 
 class CatAndGirl(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://catandgirl.com/'
+    rurl = escape(url)
     stripUrl = url + '?p=%s'
-    imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(http://catandgirl\.com/archive/[^"]+)'))
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '1602'
+    imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(%sarchive/[^"]+)' % rurl))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'([^"]+)')+r"[^<]+Previous</a>")
     help = 'Index format: n (unpadded)'
 
 
 class Catena(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://catenamanor.com/'
-    stripUrl = url + '%s'
-    imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(http://catenamanor\.com/comics/[^"]+)'))
+    rurl = escape(url)
+    stripUrl = url + '%s/'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '2003/06/17/the-start-of-it-all'
+    imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(%scomics/[^"]+)' % rurl))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'([^"]+)', after='rel="prev"'))
     help = 'Index format: yyyy/mm/dd/<name>'
 
@@ -89,6 +94,7 @@ class ChainsawSuit(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://chainsawsuit.com/'
     rurl = escape(url)
     stripUrl = url + '%s/'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '2008/03/12/strip-338'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(%scomics/[^"]+)' % rurl))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(%s\d+/\d+/\d+/[^"]+)' % rurl, after="prev"))
     help = 'Index format: yyyy/mm/dd/stripname'
@@ -100,6 +106,7 @@ class Champ2010(_BasicScraper):
     # the latest URL is hard coded since the comic is discontinued
     url = baseurl + 'champ-12-30-10.html'
     stripUrl = baseurl + '%s.html'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % 'champ1-1-10-fuck'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(%scomics/[^"]+)' % rurl))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(%s[^"]+)' % rurl, after="Previous"))
     help = 'Index format: yy-dd-mm'
@@ -117,6 +124,7 @@ class ChannelAte(_BasicScraper):
 class ChasingTheSunset(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.fantasycomic.com/'
     stripUrl = url + 'index.php?p=c%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '1'
     imageSearch = compile(r'(/cmsimg/.+?)".+?comic-img')
     prevSearch = compile(r'<a href="(.+?)" title="" ><img src="(images/eye-prev.png|images/cn-prev.png)"')
     help = 'Index format: n'
@@ -125,6 +133,7 @@ class ChasingTheSunset(_BasicScraper):
 class CheckerboardNightmare(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.checkerboardnightmare.com/'
     stripUrl = url + 'd/%s.shtml'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '20001110'
     imageSearch=compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(/comic[s|/][^"]+)'))
     prevSearch=compile(tagre("a", "href", r'[^"]*(/d/\d+\.s?html)')+r"[^>]+/images/(?:nav_02|previous_day)\.gif")
     help='Index format: yyyymmdd'
@@ -133,6 +142,7 @@ class CheckerboardNightmare(_BasicScraper):
 class Chester5000XYV(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://jessfink.com/Chester5000XYV/'
     stripUrl = url + '?p=%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '34'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(http://jessfink\.com/Chester5000XYV/comics/[^"]+)'))
     prevSearch = compile(r'<a href="(.+?)"><span class="prev">')
     help = 'Index format: nnn'
@@ -140,7 +150,8 @@ class Chester5000XYV(_BasicScraper):
 
 class Chisuji(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.chisuji.com/'
-    stripUrl = url + '%s'
+    stripUrl = url + '%s/'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '2009/05/02/chisujiposter01'
     imageSearch = compile(r'<img src="(http://www.chisuji.com/comics/.+?)"')
     prevSearch = compile(r'<div class="nav-previous"><a href="(http://www.chisuji.com/.+?)">')
     help = 'Index format: yyyy/mm/dd/strip-name'
@@ -152,6 +163,7 @@ class Chucklebrain(_BasicScraper):
       compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(/main\.php\?img\=\d+)', quote="'") +
               tagre("img", "src", r'/images/last\.jpg', quote="'")))
     stripUrl = url + '?img=%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '19'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(/images/strip[^"]+)'))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(/main\.php\?img\=\d+)', quote="'") +
               tagre("img", "src", r'/images/previous\.jpg', quote="'"))
@@ -161,6 +173,7 @@ class Chucklebrain(_BasicScraper):
 class ChugworthAcademy(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://chugworth.com/'
     stripUrl = url + '?p=%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '12'
     imageSearch = compile(r'<img src="(.+?)" alt="Comic')
     prevSearch = compile(r'<a href="(http://chugworth.com/\?p=\d{1,4})"[^>]+?title="Previous">')
     help = 'Index format: n (unpadded)'
@@ -169,6 +182,7 @@ class ChugworthAcademy(_BasicScraper):
 class ChugworthAcademyArchive(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://chugworth.com/archive/?strip_id=422'
     stripUrl = 'http://chugworth.com/archive/?strip_id=%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '0'
     imageSearch = compile(r'<img src=(comics/\d+.+?.\w{1,4})')
     prevSearch = compile(r'<a href=\'(.+?)\'><img src=\'images/previous.gif')
     help = 'Index format: nnn'
@@ -186,24 +200,16 @@ class Collar6(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://collar6.com/'
     rurl = escape(url)
     stripUrl = url + 'archive/%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % 'collar-6-187'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(%swp-content/webcomic/collar6/[^"]+)' % rurl))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(%sarchive/[^"]+)' % rurl, after="previous"))
     help = 'Index format: <name>'
 
 
-class CompanyY(_BasicScraper):
-    url = 'http://company-y.com/'
-    rurl = escape(url)
-    stripUrl = url + '%s/'
-    imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(%scomics/[^"]+)' % rurl))
-    prevSearch = compile(tagre("div", "class", r"nav-previous") +
-        tagre("a", "href", r'(%s[^"]+)' % rurl))
-    help = 'Index format: yyyy/mm/dd/strip-name'
-
-
 class Comedity(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.comedity.com/'
     stripUrl = url + 'index.php?strip_id=%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '1'
     imageSearch = compile(r'<img src="(Comedity_files/.+?)"')
     prevSearch = compile(r'<a href="(/?index.php\?strip_id=\d+?)"> *<img alt=\"Prior Strip')
     help = 'Index format: n (no padding)'
@@ -213,15 +219,28 @@ class Commissioned(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.commissionedcomic.com/'
     rurl = escape(url)
     stripUrl = url + '?p=%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '139'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(%scomics/[^"]+)' % rurl))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(%s\?p=\d+)' % rurl, after="prev"))
     help = 'Index format: n'
 
 
+class CompanyY(_BasicScraper):
+    url = 'http://company-y.com/'
+    rurl = escape(url)
+    stripUrl = url + '%s/'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '2009/08/14/coming-soon'
+    imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(%scomics/[^"]+)' % rurl))
+    prevSearch = compile(tagre("div", "class", r"nav-previous") +
+        tagre("a", "href", r'(%s[^"]+)' % rurl))
+    help = 'Index format: yyyy/mm/dd/strip-name'
+
+
 class Concession(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://concessioncomic.com/'
     rurl = escape(url)
     stripUrl = url + 'index.php?pid=%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '20060701'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(%scomics/[^"]+)' % rurl, after="Comic"))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(%sindex\.php\?pid=\d+)' % rurl, after="nav-prev"))
     help = 'Index format: number'
@@ -230,10 +249,11 @@ class Concession(_BasicScraper):
 class CoolCatStudio(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.coolcatstudio.com/'
     rurl = escape(url)
-    stripUrl = url + 'strips-cat/ccs%s'
+    stripUrl = url + 'strips-cat/%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % 'first'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(%scomics/[^"]+)' % rurl))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(%sstrips-cat/[^"]+)' % rurl, before="prev"))
-    help = 'Index format: yyyymmdd'
+    help = 'Index format: ccsyyyymmdd'
 
 
 class CorydonCafe(_BasicScraper):
@@ -253,6 +273,7 @@ class CorydonCafe(_BasicScraper):
 class CourtingDisaster(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.courting-disaster.com/'
     stripUrl = url + 'archive/%s.html'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '20050112'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(/comics/[^"]+)'))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(/archive/\d+\.html)') + tagre("img", "src", r'/images/previous\.gif'))
     help = 'Index format: yyyymmdd'
@@ -261,7 +282,8 @@ class CourtingDisaster(_BasicScraper):
 class CowboyJedi(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.cowboyjedi.com/'
     rurl = escape(url)
-    stripUrl = url + '%s'
+    stripUrl = url + '%s/'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '2009/08/10/a-new-webcomic'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(%scomics/[^"]+)' % rurl))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(%s[^"]+)' % rurl, after="navi-prev"))
     help = 'Index format: yyyy/mm/dd/strip-name'
@@ -269,7 +291,8 @@ class CowboyJedi(_BasicScraper):
 
 class CrapIDrewOnMyLunchBreak(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://crap.jinwicked.com/'
-    stripUrl = url + '%s'
+    stripUrl = url + '%s/'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '2003/07/30/jin-and-josh-decide-to-move'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(http://crap\.jinwicked\.com/comics/[^"]+)'))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'([^"]+)', after="prev"))
     help = 'Index format: yyyy/mm/dd/name'
@@ -292,6 +315,7 @@ class CtrlAltDelSillies(CtrlAltDel):
 class CrimsonDark(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.davidcsimon.com/crimsondark/'
     stripUrl = url + 'index.php?view=comic&strip_id=%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '1'
     imageSearch = compile(r'src="(.+?strips/.+?)"')
     prevSearch = compile(r'<a href=[\'"](/crimsondark/index\.php\?view=comic&amp;strip_id=\d+)[\'"]><img src=[\'"]themes/cdtheme/images/active_prev.png[\'"]')
     help = 'Index format: n (unpadded)'
@@ -299,9 +323,12 @@ class CrimsonDark(_BasicScraper):
 
 class CraftedFables(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.craftedfables.com/'
-    stripUrl = 'http://www.caf-fiends.net/craftedfables/?p=%s'
-    imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(http://www\.caf-fiends\.net/craftedfables/comics/[^"]+)'))
-    prevSearch = compile(r'<a href="(http://www.caf-fiends.net/craftedfables/.+?)"><span class="prev">')
+    baseurl = 'http://www.caf-fiends.net/'
+    rurl = escape(baseurl)
+    stripUrl = baseurl + 'craftedfables/?p=%s'
+    imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(%scraftedfables/comics/[^"]+)' % rurl))
+    prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(%scraftedfables/[^"]+)' % rurl) +
+        tagre("span", "class", r"prev"))
     help = 'Index format: nnn'
 
 
@@ -320,6 +347,7 @@ class CucumberQuest(_BasicScraper):
 class Curvy(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.c.urvy.org/'
     stripUrl = url + '?date=%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '20080329'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(/c/[^"]+)'))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(/\?date=\d+)') +
         tagre("img", "src", "/nav/prev\.png"))
@@ -339,6 +367,7 @@ class CyanideAndHappiness(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.explosm.net/comics/'
     starter = bounceStarter(url, compile(tagre("a", "href", r"(/comics/\d+/)", before="next")))
     stripUrl = url + '%s/'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '15'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(http://(?:www\.)?explosm\.net/db/files/[^"]+)', before="a daily webcomic"))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(/comics/\d+/)', before="prev"))
     help = 'Index format: n (unpadded)'
diff --git a/dosagelib/plugins/d.py b/dosagelib/plugins/d.py
index fd356ae32..9fbefbaee 100644
--- a/dosagelib/plugins/d.py
+++ b/dosagelib/plugins/d.py
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ class DamnLol(_BasicScraper):
 class Damonk(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.damonk.com/'
     stripUrl = url + 'd/%s.html'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '20060522'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(/comics/[^"]+)'))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(/d/\d+\.html)') +
       tagre("img", "src", r'/images/previous_day\.gif'))
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ class _DandyAndCompany(_BasicScraper):
 class DangerouslyChloe(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.dangerouslychloe.com/'
     stripUrl = url + 'strips-dc/%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % 'chapter_1_-_that_damned_girl'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'([^"]*/comics/[^"]+)'))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'([^"]*/strips-dc/[^"]+)', before="cn[id]prevt"))
     help = 'Index format: name'
@@ -71,7 +73,8 @@ class DangerouslyChloe(_BasicScraper):
 class DarkWings(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.flowerlarkstudios.com/dark-wings/'
     rurl = escape(url)
-    stripUrl = url + '%s'
+    stripUrl = url + '%s/'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '2008/05/31/page-i'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(%scomics/[^"]+)' % rurl))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(%s[^"]+)' % rurl, after="navi-prev"))
     help = 'Index format: yyyy/mm/dd/page-nn-mm'
@@ -101,6 +104,7 @@ class DeadWinter(_BasicScraper):
 class DeathToTheExtremist(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.dtecomic.com/'
     stripUrl = url + '?n=%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '1'
     imageSearch = compile(r'"(comics/.*?)"')
     prevSearch = compile(r'</a> <a href="(\?n=.*?)"><.+?/aprev.gif"')
     help = 'Index format: nnn'
@@ -109,10 +113,11 @@ class DeathToTheExtremist(_BasicScraper):
 class DeepFried(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.whatisdeepfried.com/'
     rurl = escape(url)
-    stripUrl = url + '%s'
+    stripUrl = url + '%s/'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '2001/09/16/new-world-out-of-order'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(%scomics/[^"]+)' % rurl))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(%s[^"]+)' % rurl, after="prev"))
-    help = 'Index format: non'
+    help = 'Index format: none'
 
 
 class DemolitionSquad(_BasicScraper):
@@ -145,6 +150,7 @@ class DerTodUndDasMaedchen(_BasicScraper):
 class DieselSweeties(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.dieselsweeties.com/'
     stripUrl = url + 'archive/%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '1'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(/hstrips/[^"]+)'))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(/archive/\d+)') +
       tagre("img", "src", r'(?:http://www\.dieselsweeties\.com/ximages/blackbackarrow160.png|/ximages/prev\.gif)'))
@@ -176,6 +182,7 @@ class Dilbert(_BasicScraper):
 class DMFA(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.missmab.com/'
     stripUrl = url + 'Comics/Vol_%s.php'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '001'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'((?:Comics/|Vol)[^"]+)'))
     multipleImagesPerStrip = True
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'((?:Comics/)?Vol[^"]+)')+
@@ -195,6 +202,7 @@ class DogHouseDiaries(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://thedoghousediaries.com/'
     rurl = escape(url)
     stripUrl = url + '%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '4827'
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(%s\d+)' % rurl, after="previous-comic"))
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(%scomics/[^"]+)' % rurl))
     help = 'Index format: number'
@@ -203,6 +211,7 @@ class DogHouseDiaries(_BasicScraper):
 class DominicDeegan(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.dominic-deegan.com/'
     stripUrl = url + 'view.php?date=%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '2002-05-21'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(comics/[^"]+)'))
     prevSearch = compile(r'"(view.php\?date=[^"]+)".+?prev21')
     help = 'Index format: yyyy-mm-dd'
@@ -212,24 +221,16 @@ class DorkTower(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.dorktower.com/'
     rurl = escape(url)
     stripUrl = url + '%s/'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '1997/01/01/shadis-magazine-strip-1'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(%sfiles/\d+/\d+/DorkTower[^"]+)' % rurl))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(%s[^"]+)' % rurl)+"Previous")
     help = 'Index format: yyyy/mm/dd/stripname-dd-mm-yy'
 
 
-class DrFun(_BasicScraper):
-    baseurl = 'http://www.ibiblio.org/Dave/'
-    url = baseurl + 'ar00502.htm'
-    stripUrl = baseurl + 'ar%s.htm'
-    imageSearch = compile(r'<A HREF= "(Dr-Fun/df\d+/df[^"]+)">')
-    multipleImagesPerStrip = True
-    prevSearch = compile(r'<A HREF="(.+?)">Previous Week,')
-    help = 'Index format: nnnnn'
-
-
 class Dracula(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://draculacomic.net/'
     stripUrl = url + 'comic.php?comicID=%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '0'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(comics/[^"]+)'))
     prevSearch = compile(r'&nbsp;<a class="archivelink" href="(.+?)">&laquo; Prev</a>')
     help = 'Index format: nnn'
@@ -247,12 +248,25 @@ class DresdenCodak(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://dresdencodak.com/'
     rurl = escape(url)
     stripUrl = None
+    firstStripUrl = url + '2007/02/08/pom/'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(%scomics/[^"]+)' % rurl))
-    prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(%s[^"]+)' % rurl) + tagre("img", "src", r"%sm_prev\.png" % rurl))
+    prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(%s[^"]+)' % rurl) +
+        tagre("img", "src", r"%sm_prev2?\.png" % rurl))
     starter = indirectStarter(url, compile(tagre("div", "id", "preview") +
         tagre("a", "href", r'(%s\d+/\d+/\d+/[^"]+)' % rurl)))
 
 
+class DrFun(_BasicScraper):
+    baseurl = 'http://www.ibiblio.org/Dave/'
+    url = baseurl + 'ar00502.htm'
+    stripUrl = baseurl + 'ar%s.htm'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '00001'
+    imageSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(Dr-Fun/df\d+/df[^"]+)'))
+    multipleImagesPerStrip = True
+    prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'([^"]+)') + 'Previous Week,')
+    help = 'Index format: nnnnn'
+
+
 class DrMcNinja(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://drmcninja.com/'
     rurl = escape(url)
@@ -266,6 +280,7 @@ class DrMcNinja(_BasicScraper):
 class Drowtales(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php'
     stripUrl = url + '?sid=%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '4192'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(http://www\.drowtales\.com/mainarchive/[^"]+)'))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(\?sid=\d+)', before="link_prev_top"))
     help = 'Index format: number'
diff --git a/dosagelib/plugins/e.py b/dosagelib/plugins/e.py
index e2219992f..0c56cb3b7 100644
--- a/dosagelib/plugins/e.py
+++ b/dosagelib/plugins/e.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ class EarthsongSaga(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.earthsongsaga.com/'
     starter = indirectStarter(url, compile(tagre("a", "href", r'([^"]+)') + tagre("img", "src", r'[^"]+current\.jpg')))
     stripUrl = None
+    firstStripUrl = url + 'vol1/vol1cover.html'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'((?:\.\./)?images/vol\d+/ch\d+/\d+\.\w+)'))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'([^"]+)', after="Previous"))
 
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ class EarthsongSaga(_BasicScraper):
 class EdibleDirt(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://eddirt.frozenreality.co.uk/'
     stripUrl = url + 'index.php?id=%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '0'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(strips/[^"]+)'))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r"(index\.php\?id=\d+)")+"Previous")
     help = 'Index format: number'
@@ -50,6 +52,7 @@ class Eriadan(_BasicScraper):
 class ElfOnlyInn(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.elfonlyinn.net/'
     stripUrl = url + 'd/%s.html'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '20020523'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(/comics/[^"]+)'))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(/d/\d+\.html)') +
       tagre("img", "src", r'/images/previous_day\.gif'))
@@ -78,6 +81,7 @@ class Ellerbisms(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.ellerbisms.com/'
     rurl = escape(url)
     stripUrl = url + '?p=%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '15'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(%scomics/[^"]+)' % rurl))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(%s[^"]+)' % rurl, after="prev"))
     help = 'Index format: nnn'
@@ -86,6 +90,7 @@ class Ellerbisms(_BasicScraper):
 class EmergencyExit(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.eecomics.net/'
     stripUrl = url + "?strip_id=%s"
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '1'
     imageSearch = compile(r'"(comics/.+?)"')
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(\?strip_id=\d+)') + tagre("img", "alt", r"Prior"))
     help = 'Index format: n'
@@ -100,17 +105,10 @@ class _ErrantStory(_BasicScraper):
     help = 'Index format: yyyy-mm-dd/num'
 
 
-class Evercrest(_BasicScraper):
-    url = 'http://www.evercrest.com/archives/20030308'
-    stripUrl = 'http://www.evercrest.com/archives/%s'
-    imageSearch = compile(r'<img.+?src="([^"]*/(images/oldstrips|archives/i)/[^"]*)"')
-    prevSearch = compile(r'<a.+?href="(http://www\.evercrest\.com/archives/\d+)">&lt; Previous')
-    help = 'Index format: yyyymmdd'
-
-
 class EverybodyLovesEricRaymond(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://geekz.co.uk/lovesraymond/'
     stripUrl = url + 'archive/%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % 'slashdotted'
     imageSearch = compile(r'<img src="((?:http://geekz.co.uk)?/lovesraymond/wp-content(?:/images)/ep\d+\w?\.jpg)"', IGNORECASE)
     prevSearch = compile(r'&laquo; <a href="(http://geekz.co.uk/lovesraymond/archive/[^/"]*)">')
     help = 'Index format: name-of-old-comic'
@@ -130,13 +128,16 @@ class EverydayBlues(_BasicScraper):
 class EvilDiva(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.evildivacomics.com/'
     stripUrl = url + '?p=%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '145'
     imageSearch = compile(r'(/comics/.+?)"')
     prevSearch = compile(r'http.+?com/(.+?)".+?"prev')
     help = 'Index format: n (unpadded)'
 
+
 class EvilInc(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.evil-comic.com/'
     stripUrl = url + 'archive/%s.html'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '20050530'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(/comics/[^"]+)'))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'([^"]+)') + tagre("img", "src", r'/images/previous\.gif'))
     help = 'Index format: yyyymmdd'
@@ -146,6 +147,7 @@ class Exiern(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.exiern.com/'
     rurl = escape(url)
     stripUrl = url + '%s/'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '2005/09/06/so-far'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(%scomics/[^"]+)' % rurl))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(%s[^"]+)' % rurl, after="prev"))
     help = 'Index format: yyyy/mm/dd/stripname'
@@ -155,6 +157,7 @@ class ExploitationNow(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.exploitationnow.com/'
     rurl = escape(url)
     stripUrl = url + '%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '2000-07-07/9'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(%scomics/[^"]+)' % rurl))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(%s[^"]+)' % rurl, after="navi-prev"))
     help = 'Index format: yyyy-mm-dd/num'
diff --git a/dosagelib/plugins/f.py b/dosagelib/plugins/f.py
index 4b34e7d86..f664649dd 100644
--- a/dosagelib/plugins/f.py
+++ b/dosagelib/plugins/f.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ from ..helpers import indirectStarter
 class FalconTwin(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.falcontwin.com/'
     stripUrl = url + 'index.html?strip=%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '0'
     imageSearch = compile(r'"(strips/.+?)"')
     prevSearch = compile(r'"prev"><a href="(index.+?)"')
     help = 'Index format: nnn'
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ class FantasyRealms(_BasicScraper):
 class FauxPas(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.ozfoxes.net/cgi/pl-fp1.cgi'
     stripUrl = url + '?%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '1'
     imageSearch = compile(r'<img .*src="(.*fp/fp.*(png|jpg|gif))"')
     prevSearch = compile(r'<a href="(pl-fp1\.cgi\?\d+)">Previous Strip')
     help = 'Index format: nnn'
@@ -70,6 +72,7 @@ class FilibusterCartoons(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.filibustercartoons.com/'
     rurl = escape(url)
     stripUrl = url + 'index.php/%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '2001/06/28/poor-jean'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(%scomics/[^"]+)' % rurl))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(%s[^"]+)' % rurl, after="prev"))
     help = 'Index format: yyyy/mm/dd/name'
@@ -89,6 +92,7 @@ class FlakyPastry(_BasicScraper):
     baseurl = 'http://flakypastry.runningwithpencils.com/'
     url = baseurl + 'index.php'
     stripUrl = baseurl + 'comic.php?strip_id=%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '0'
     imageSearch = compile(r'<img src="(comics/.+?)"')
     prevSearch = compile(r'<a href="(.+?)".+?btn_back')
     help = 'Index format: nnnn'
@@ -107,6 +111,7 @@ class Flipside(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://flipside.keenspot.com/comic.php'
     rurl = escape(url)
     stripUrl = url + '?i=%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '1'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(http://cdn\.flipside\.keenspot\.com/comic/[^"]+)'))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(%s\?i=\d+)' % rurl, after="prev"))
     help = 'Index format: nnnn'
@@ -134,6 +139,7 @@ class FonFlatter(_BasicScraper):
 class Footloose(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://footloosecomic.com/footloose/today.php'
     stripUrl = 'http://footloosecomic.com/footloose/pages.php?page=%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '1'
     imageSearch = compile(r'<img src="/footloose/(.+?)"')
     prevSearch = compile(r'(?:first.+?[^>]).+?(/footloose/.+?)".+?(?:prev)')
     help = 'Index format: n (unpadded)'
@@ -160,7 +166,8 @@ class Freefall(_BasicScraper):
 
 class FredoAndPidjin(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.pidjin.net/'
-    stripUrl = None
+    stripUrl = url + '%s/'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '2006/02/19/goofy-monday'
     help = 'Index format: yyyy/mm/dd/name'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre('img', 'src', '(http://cdn\.pidjin\.net/wp-content/uploads/\d+/\d+/[^"]+\.png)'))
     multipleImagesPerStrip = True
@@ -182,6 +189,7 @@ class FullFrontalNerdity(_BasicScraper):
 class FunInJammies(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.funinjammies.com/'
     stripUrl = url + 'comic.php?issue=%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '1'
     imageSearch = compile(r'(/comics/.+?)"')
     prevSearch = compile(r'(/comic.php.+?)" id.+?prev')
     help = 'Index format: n (unpadded)'
diff --git a/dosagelib/plugins/g.py b/dosagelib/plugins/g.py
index 706497bf7..bc4399639 100644
--- a/dosagelib/plugins/g.py
+++ b/dosagelib/plugins/g.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ class Galaxion(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://galaxioncomics.com/'
     rurl = escape(url)
     stripUrl = url + '%s/'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '1-comic/the-story-so-far/the-story-so-far'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(%scomics/[^"]+)' % rurl))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(%s[^"]+)' % rurl, after="prev"))
     help = 'Index format: n-comic/book-n/chapter-n/title-nnn'
@@ -27,12 +28,13 @@ class Garanos(_BasicScraper):
     stripUrl = baseurl + 'pages/page-%s'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(%scomics/[^"]+)' % rurl))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(%spages/[^"]+)' % rurl, after="prev"))
-    help = 'Index format: n  (unpadded)'
+    help = 'Index format: n (unpadded)'
 
 
 class GastroPhobia(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.gastrophobia.com/'
     stripUrl = url + 'index.php?date=%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '2008-07-30'
     imageSearch = compile(r'<img src="(http://gastrophobia.com/comix/[^"]+)"[^>]*>(?!<br>)')
     prevSearch = compile(r'<a href="(.+?)"><img src="pix/prev.gif" ')
     help = 'Index format: yyyy-mm-dd'
@@ -41,6 +43,7 @@ class GastroPhobia(_BasicScraper):
 class Geeks(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://sevenfloorsdown.com/geeks/'
     stripUrl = url + 'archives/%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '10'
     imageSearch = compile(r'<img src=\'(http://sevenfloorsdown.com/geeks/comics/.+?)\'')
     prevSearch = compile(r'<a href="(.+?)">&laquo; Previous')
     help = 'Index format: nnn'
@@ -49,6 +52,7 @@ class Geeks(_BasicScraper):
 class GeeksNextDoor(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.geeksnextcomic.com/'
     stripUrl = url + '%s.html'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '2010-10-04'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(images/GND\d+[^"]+)'))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(\d+-\d+-\d+\.html)') +
         tagre("img", "src", r'images/nav_prev\.png'))
@@ -57,15 +61,21 @@ class GeeksNextDoor(_BasicScraper):
 
 class GirlsWithSlingshots(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.girlswithslingshots.com/'
-    stripUrl = url + 'comic/gws-%s/'
-    imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(http://(?:www|cdn)\.girlswithslingshots\.com/comics/[^"]+)'))
-    prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(http://www\.girlswithslingshots\.com/comic/[^"]+)', after="prev"))
+    rurl = escape(url)
+    stripUrl = url + 'comic/gws%s/'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '1'
+    imageSearch = (
+        compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(%scomics/[^"]+)' % rurl)),
+        compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(http://cdn\.girlswithslingshots\.com/comics/[^"]+)')),
+    )
+    prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(%s/comic/[^"]+)' % rurl, after="prev"))
     help = 'Index format: nnn'
 
 
 class GlassHalfEmpty(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.defectivity.com/ghe/index.php'
     stripUrl = url + '?strip_id=%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '0'
     imageSearch = compile(r'src="(comics/.+?)"')
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(\?strip_id=\d+)') + tagre("img", "src", r'\.\./images/arrowbuttons/onback\.jpg'))
     help = 'Index format: nnn'
@@ -75,6 +85,7 @@ class GleefulNihilism(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://gleefulnihilism.com/'
     rurl = escape(url)
     stripUrl = url + 'comics/%s/'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '2008/10/20/amoeba'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(%scomics/[^"]+)' % rurl))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(%scomics/[^"]+)' % rurl) + 'Previous')
     help = 'Index format: yyyy/mm/dd/stripname'
@@ -83,6 +94,7 @@ class GleefulNihilism(_BasicScraper):
 class Goats(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.goats.com/'
     stripUrl = url + 'archive/%s.html'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '970401'
     imageSearch = compile(r'<img.+?src="(/comix/.+?)"')
     prevSearch = compile(r'<a href="(/archive/\d{6}.html)" class="button" title="go back">')
     help = 'Index format: yymmdd'
@@ -103,6 +115,7 @@ class GoneWithTheBlastwave(_BasicScraper):
     starter = indirectStarter(url,
                               compile(r'href="(index.php\?p=comic&amp;nro=\d+)"><img src="images/page/default/latest'))
     stripUrl = url[:-1] + '%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '1'
     imageSearch = compile(r'<img.+src=".+(/comics/.+?)"')
     prevSearch = compile(r'href="(index.php\?p=comic&amp;nro=\d+)"><img src="images/page/default/previous')
     help = 'Index format: n'
@@ -116,6 +129,7 @@ class GrrlPower(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.grrlpowercomic.com/'
     rurl = escape(url)
     stripUrl = url + 'archives/%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '48'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(%scomics/[^"]+)' % rurl))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(%sarchives/\d+)' % rurl, after="navi-prev"))
     help = 'Index format: number'
@@ -132,6 +146,7 @@ class GunnerkrigCourt(_BasicScraper):
 class Gunshow(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://gunshowcomic.com/'
     stripUrl = url + '%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '1'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(http://gunshowcomic\.com/comics/[^"]+)'))
     multipleImagesPerStrip = True
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'([^"]+)') + tagre("img", "src", r'[^"]*menu/small/previous\.gif'))
@@ -141,6 +156,7 @@ class Gunshow(_BasicScraper):
 class GUComics(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.gucomics.com/'
     stripUrl = url + '%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '20000710'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(/comics/\d{4}/gu_[^"]+)'))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(/\d+)') +
       tagre("img", "src", r'/images/nav/prev\.png'))
diff --git a/dosagelib/plugins/h.py b/dosagelib/plugins/h.py
index 892bd837d..0aa3bee48 100644
--- a/dosagelib/plugins/h.py
+++ b/dosagelib/plugins/h.py
@@ -51,9 +51,10 @@ class HijinksEnsue(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://hijinksensue.com/'
     rurl = escape(url)
     stripUrl = url + '%s/'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '2007/05/11/a-soul-as-black-as-eyeliner'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(%scomics/\d+-\d+-\d+[^"]+)' % rurl))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(%s\d+/\d+/\d+/[^"]+)' % rurl, after="navi-prev"))
-    help = 'Index format: yyyy/mm/dd/name'
+    help = 'Index format: yyyy/mm/dd/stripname'
 
 
 class Hipsters(_BasicScraper):
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ class Hipsters(_BasicScraper):
 class HorribleVille(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://horribleville.com/'
     stripUrl = url + 'd/%s.html'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '20051220'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(/comics/[^"]+)'))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(/d/[^"]+)') + tagre("img", "src", r'/images/previous\.png'))
     help = 'Index format: yyyymmdd'
diff --git a/dosagelib/plugins/i.py b/dosagelib/plugins/i.py
index 3dfd1566e..4ad61322a 100644
--- a/dosagelib/plugins/i.py
+++ b/dosagelib/plugins/i.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ class IanJay(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://ianjay.net/'
     rurl = escape(url)
     stripUrl = url + '?p=%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '210'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(%scomics/\d+[^"]+)' % rurl))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(%s\?p=\d+)' % rurl, after="Previous"))
     help = 'Index foramt: nnn'
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ class IanJay(_BasicScraper):
 class IDreamOfAJeanieBottle(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://jeaniebottle.com/'
     stripUrl = url + '?p=%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '15'
     imageSearch = compile(r'(/comics/.+?)"')
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(http://jeaniebottle\.com/\?p=\d+)', after="prev"))
     help = 'Index format: n (unpadded)'
@@ -37,6 +39,7 @@ class IDreamOfAJeanieBottle(_BasicScraper):
 class InsideOut(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.insideoutcomic.com/'
     stripUrl = url + 'html/%s.html'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '1_snake_suicide'
     imageSearch = compile(r'Picture12LYR.+?C="(.+?/assets/images/.+?)"')
     prevSearch = compile(r'Picture7LYR.+?F="(.+?/html/.+?)"')
     help = 'Index format: n_comic_name'
@@ -45,6 +48,7 @@ class InsideOut(_BasicScraper):
 class IrregularWebcomic(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/'
     stripUrl = url + '%s.html'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '1'
     imageSearch = compile(r'<img .*src="(.*comics/.*(png|jpg|gif))".*>')
     prevSearch = compile(r'<a href="(/\d+\.html|/cgi-bin/comic\.pl\?comic=\d+)">Previous ')
     help = 'Index format: nnn'
@@ -53,6 +57,7 @@ class IrregularWebcomic(_BasicScraper):
 class ItsWalky(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.itswalky.com/'
     stripUrl = url + 'd/%s.html'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '19970908'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(/comic[s|/][^"]+)'))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'[^"]*(/d/\d+\.s?html)')+r"[^>]+/images/(?:nav_02|previous_day)\.gif")
     help = 'Index format: yyyymmdd'
diff --git a/dosagelib/plugins/j.py b/dosagelib/plugins/j.py
index 9175341a4..e94fcf7d0 100644
--- a/dosagelib/plugins/j.py
+++ b/dosagelib/plugins/j.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ class JackCannon(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://fancyadventures.com/'
     rurl = escape(url)
     stripUrl = url + '%s/'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '2008/07/07/2008-07-08'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(%scomics/[^"]+)' % rurl))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(%s[^"]+)' % rurl, after="prev"))
     help = 'Index format: yyyy/mm/dd/page-nnn'
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ class JackCannon(_BasicScraper):
 class JerkCity(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.jerkcity.com/'
     stripUrl = url + '_jerkcity%s.html'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '1'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(/jerkcity[^"]+)'))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(/_jerkcity[^"]+)') + r'&lt;&lt;Previous')
     help = 'Index format: n'
@@ -35,6 +37,7 @@ class JoeAndMonkey(_BasicScraper):
 class JohnnyWander(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.johnnywander.com/'
     stripUrl = url + 'comics/%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '423'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(http://www\.johnnywander\.com/files/comics/[^"]+)'))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(/comics/\d+)') + r'prev')
     help = 'Index format: nnn'
diff --git a/dosagelib/plugins/k.py b/dosagelib/plugins/k.py
index cab762695..a38eaaea5 100644
--- a/dosagelib/plugins/k.py
+++ b/dosagelib/plugins/k.py
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ class _Kofightclub(_BasicScraper):
 class Krakow(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.krakow.krakowstudios.com/'
     stripUrl = url + 'archive.php?date=%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '20081111'
     imageSearch = compile(r'<img src="(comics/.+?)"')
     prevSearch = compile(r'<a href="(archive\.php\?date=.+?)"><img border=0 name=previous_day')
     help = 'Index format: yyyymmdd'
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@ class Kukuburi(_BasicScraper):
     baseurl = 'http://www.kukuburi.com/'
     url = baseurl + 'current/'
     stripUrl = baseurl + 'v2/%s/'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '2007/08/09/one'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(http://www\.kukuburi\.com/v2/comics/[^"]+)', after='alt="[^"]'))
     prevSearch = compile(r'nav-previous.+?"(http.+?)"')
     help = 'Index format: yyyy/mm/dd/stripname'
diff --git a/dosagelib/plugins/l.py b/dosagelib/plugins/l.py
index 5750e8be0..2fb8e3e33 100644
--- a/dosagelib/plugins/l.py
+++ b/dosagelib/plugins/l.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ class LeastICouldDo(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.leasticoulddo.com/'
     rurl = escape(url)
     stripUrl = url + 'comic/%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '20130109'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(http://cdn\.leasticoulddo\.com/wp-content/uploads/\d+/\d+/\d{8}\.\w{1,4})'))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(%scomic/\d+/)' % rurl, after="Previous"))
     starter = indirectStarter(url,
@@ -32,7 +33,8 @@ class LeastICouldDo(_BasicScraper):
 class Lint(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.purnicellin.com/lint/'
     rurl = escape(url)
-    stripUrl = url + '%s'
+    stripUrl = url + '%s/'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '2004/01/10/01102004'
     imageSearch = compile(r'<img src="(%scomics/.+?)"' % rurl)
     prevSearch = compile(r'\| <a href="([^"]+)" rel="prev">')
     help = 'Index format: yyyy/mm/dd/num-name'
@@ -41,6 +43,7 @@ class Lint(_BasicScraper):
 class LittleGamers(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.little-gamers.com/'
     stripUrl = url + '%s/'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '2000/12/01/99'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(http://little-gamers\.com/comics/[^"]+)'))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(http://www\.little-gamers\.com/[^"]+)', before="comic-nav-prev-link"))
     help = 'Index format: yyyy/mm/dd/name'
@@ -60,8 +63,10 @@ class LookingForGroup(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.lfgcomic.com/'
     rurl = escape(url)
     stripUrl = url + 'page/%s/'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '1'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(http://cdn\.lfgcomic\.com/wp-content/uploads/[^"]+)'))
-    prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(%spage/\d+/)' % rurl, after="navtop-prev"))
-    starter = indirectStarter(url, compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(%spage/\d+/)' % rurl, after="feature-previous")))
-    nameSearch = compile(r'/page/(\d+)/')
+    prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(%spage/[-0-9]+/)' % rurl, after="navtop-prev"))
+    starter = indirectStarter(url,
+        compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(%spage/[-0-9]+/)' % rurl, after="feature-previous")))
+    nameSearch = compile(r'/page/([-0-9]+)/')
     help = 'Index format: nnn'
diff --git a/dosagelib/plugins/m.py b/dosagelib/plugins/m.py
index 4d1e5b02d..ed0f5cbc3 100644
--- a/dosagelib/plugins/m.py
+++ b/dosagelib/plugins/m.py
@@ -8,6 +8,15 @@ from ..scraper import _BasicScraper
 from ..util import tagre
 
 
+class MacHall(_BasicScraper):
+    url = 'http://www.machall.com/'
+    stripUrl = url + 'view.php?date=%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '2000-11-07'
+    imageSearch = compile(r'<img src="(comics/.+?)"')
+    prevSearch = compile(r'<a href="(.+?)"><img[^>]+?src=\'drop_shadow/previous.gif\'>')
+    help = 'Index format: yyyy-mm-dd'
+
+
 # broken links - disable for now
 class _MadamAndEve(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.madamandeve.co.za/week_of_cartns.php'
@@ -19,6 +28,7 @@ class _MadamAndEve(_BasicScraper):
 class MagickChicks(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.magickchicks.com/'
     stripUrl = url + 'strips-mc/%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % 'tis_but_a_trifle'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'([^"]*/comics/[^"]+)'))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'([^"]*/strips-mc/[^"]+)', before="cn[id]prevt"))
     help = 'Index format: name'
@@ -28,6 +38,7 @@ class ManlyGuysDoingManlyThings(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/'
     rurl = escape(url)
     stripUrl = url + 'archives/comic/%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '02222010'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(%swp-content/uploads/\d+/\d+/\d+-\d+-\d+[^"]+)' % rurl))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(%sarchives/comic/[^"]+)' % rurl, after="previous"))
     help = 'Index format: ddmmyyyy'
@@ -36,6 +47,7 @@ class ManlyGuysDoingManlyThings(_BasicScraper):
 class Marilith(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.marilith.com/'
     stripUrl = url + 'archive.php?date=%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '20041215'
     imageSearch = compile(r'<img src="(comics/.+?)" border')
     prevSearch = compile(r'<a href="(archive\.php\?date=.+?)"><img border=0 name=previous_day')
     help = 'Index format: yyyymmdd'
@@ -52,6 +64,7 @@ class MarryMe(_BasicScraper):
 class Meek(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.meekcomic.com/'
     stripUrl = url + '%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '2008/12/27/chapter-1-cover '
     imageSearch = compile(r'meekcomic.com(/comics/.+?)"')
     prevSearch = compile(r'\s.+?(http://www.meekcomic.com/.+?)".+?Previous<')
     help = 'Index format: yyyy/mm/dd/ch-p/'
@@ -60,6 +73,7 @@ class Meek(_BasicScraper):
 class MegaTokyo(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://megatokyo.com/'
     stripUrl = url + 'strip/%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '1'
     imageSearch = compile(r'"(strips/.+?)"', IGNORECASE)
     prevSearch = compile(r'"(./strip/\d+?)">Prev')
     help = 'Index format: nnnn'
@@ -69,19 +83,12 @@ class Meiosis(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://meiosiswebcomic.com/'
     rurl = escape(url)
     stripUrl = url + '%s/'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '2006/10/10142006'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(%scomics/[^"]+)' % rurl))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(%s[^"]+)' % rurl, after="navi-prev"))
     help = 'Index format: yyyy/mm/ddmmyyyy'
 
 
-class MacHall(_BasicScraper):
-    url = 'http://www.machall.com/'
-    stripUrl = url + 'view.php?date=%s'
-    imageSearch = compile(r'<img src="(comics/.+?)"')
-    prevSearch = compile(r'<a href="(.+?)"><img[^>]+?src=\'drop_shadow/previous.gif\'>')
-    help = 'Index format: yyyy-mm-dd'
-
-
 class MenageA3(_BasicScraper):
     adult = True
     url = 'http://www.ma3comic.com/'
@@ -95,6 +102,7 @@ class Melonpool(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.melonpool.com/'
     rurl = escape(url)
     stripUrl = url + '?p=%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '41'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(%scomics/[^"]+)' % rurl))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(%s\?p=\d+)' % rurl, after="prev"))
     help = 'Index format: n'
@@ -103,6 +111,7 @@ class Melonpool(_BasicScraper):
 class Misfile(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.misfile.com/'
     stripUrl = url + '?date=%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '2004-02-22'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r"(comics/[^']+)", quote="'"))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("link", "href", r"([^']+)", quote="'", before="Previous"))
     help = 'Index format: yyyy-mm-dd'
@@ -124,6 +133,7 @@ class MyCartoons(_BasicScraper):
 class MysteriesOfTheArcana(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://mysteriesofthearcana.com/'
     stripUrl = url + 'index.php?action=comics&cid=%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '1'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(image\.php\?type=com&i=[^"]+)'))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(index\.php[^"]+)', after="navprevious"))
     help = 'Index format: n (unpadded)'
diff --git a/dosagelib/plugins/n.py b/dosagelib/plugins/n.py
index fbc4f8c99..949dda60d 100644
--- a/dosagelib/plugins/n.py
+++ b/dosagelib/plugins/n.py
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ from ..util import tagre
 
 class Namesake(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://namesakecomic.com/'
-    stripUrl = url + 'comic/%s'
+    stripUrl = url + 'comic/%s/'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % 'prologue-cover-3'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'([^"]*/wp-content/uploads/[^"]+)', after='title='))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'([^"]*/comic/[^"]+)', after='navi-prev'))
     help = 'Index format: name'
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ class NamirDeiter(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.namirdeiter.com/'
     rurl = escape(url)
     stripUrl = url + 'comics/index.php?date=%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '19991128'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r"'?(%scomics/\d+\.jpg)'?" % rurl, quote=""))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(%scomics/index\.php\?date=\d+)' % rurl, quote="'")+"Previous")
     help = 'Index format: yyyymmdd'
@@ -34,6 +36,7 @@ class Nedroid(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://nedroid.com/'
     rurl = escape(url)
     stripUrl = url + '%s/'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '2005/09/2210-whee'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(%scomics/[^"]+)' % rurl))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(%s\d+/\d+/[^"]+)' % rurl, after="prev"))
     help = 'Index format: yyyy/mm/dd/name'
@@ -42,6 +45,7 @@ class Nedroid(_BasicScraper):
 class NeoEarth(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.neo-earth.com/NE/'
     stripUrl = url + 'index.php?date=%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '2007-03-23'
     imageSearch = compile(r'<img src="(strips/.+?)"')
     prevSearch = compile(r'<a href="(.+?)">Previous</a>')
     help = 'Index format: yyyy-mm-dd'
@@ -56,7 +60,8 @@ class NewAdventuresOfBobbin(_BasicScraper):
 
 class NewWorld(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.tfsnewworld.com/'
-    stripUrl = url + '%s'
+    stripUrl = url + '%s/'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '2007/08/30/63'
     imageSearch = compile(r'<img src="(http://www.tfsnewworld.com/comics/.+?)"')
     prevSearch = compile(r'<div class="nav-previous"><a href="([^"]+)" rel="prev">')
     help = 'Index format: yyyy/mm/dd/stripn'
@@ -66,6 +71,7 @@ class Nicky510(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.nickyitis.com/'
     rurl = escape(url)
     stripUrl = url + '%s/'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % 'close-enough'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(%scomics/[^"]+)' % rurl))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(%scomic/[^"]+)' % rurl, after="Previous"))
     help = 'Index format: stripname'
@@ -74,6 +80,7 @@ class Nicky510(_BasicScraper):
 class NekkoAndJoruba(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.nekkoandjoruba.com/'
     stripUrl = url + '?p=%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '7'
     imageSearch = compile(r'<img src="(http://www\.nekkoandjoruba\.com/comics/.+?)"')
     prevSearch = compile(r'<a href="(.+?)">&lsaquo;</a>')
     help = 'Index format: nnn'
@@ -83,6 +90,7 @@ class NekoTheKitty(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.nekothekitty.net/'
     rurl = escape(url)
     stripUrl = url + 'comics/%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '936393/001-video-games'
     starter = bounceStarter(url, compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(%scomics/[^"]+)' % rurl) +
       tagre("img", "src", r'%sfiles/smallnext\.png' % rurl)))
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(http://(?:img\d+|www)\.smackjeeves\.com/images/uploaded/comics/[^"]+)'))
@@ -125,6 +133,7 @@ class NobodyScores(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/'
     rurl = escape(url)
     stripUrl = url + 'index.php?id=%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '4'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(%scomix/[^"]+)' % rurl))
     multipleImagesPerStrip = True
     prevSearch = compile(r'<a href="(%sindex.php.+?)">the one before </a>' % rurl)
@@ -144,6 +153,7 @@ class NoNeedForBushido(_BasicScraper):
 class Nukees(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.nukees.com/'
     stripUrl = url + 'd/%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '19970121'
     imageSearch = compile(r'"comic".+?"(/comics/.+?)"')
     prevSearch = compile(r'"(/d/.+?)".+?previous')
     help = 'Index format: yyyymmdd.html'
diff --git a/dosagelib/plugins/o.py b/dosagelib/plugins/o.py
index 1db13cc93..c0720036f 100644
--- a/dosagelib/plugins/o.py
+++ b/dosagelib/plugins/o.py
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ class OctopusPie(_BasicScraper):
     starter = indirectStarter(url,
         compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(%s[^"]+)' % rurl) +
                 tagre("img", "src", r'%sjunk/latest\.png' % rurl)))
-    stripUrl = url + '%s'
+    stripUrl = url + '%s/'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '2007-05-14/001-pea-wiggle'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(%sstrippy/[^"]+)' % rurl))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(%s[^"]+)' % rurl, after="prev"))
     help = 'Index format: yyyy-mm-dd/nnn-strip-name'
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ class OddFish(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.odd-fish.net/'
     rurl = escape(url)
     stripUrl = url + '%s/'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % 'tv-tentacles'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(%scomics/[^"]+)' % rurl))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(%s[^"]+)' % rurl, after="navi-prev"))
     help = 'Index format: stripname'
@@ -49,6 +51,7 @@ class OkCancel(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://okcancel.com/'
     rurl = escape(url)
     stripUrl = url + 'comic/%s.html'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '1'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(%sstrips/okcancel\d{8}\.gif)' % rurl))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("div", "class", "previous") + tagre("a", "href", r'(%scomic/\d{1,4}\.html)' % rurl))
     starter = indirectStarter(url, prevSearch)
@@ -58,7 +61,8 @@ class OkCancel(_BasicScraper):
 class OmakeTheater(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://omaketheater.com/'
     rurl = escape(url)
-    stripUrl = url + 'comic/%s'
+    stripUrl = url + 'comic/%s/'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '1'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(http://media\.omaketheater\.com/4koma/[^"]+)'))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(%scomic/\d+/)' % rurl, after="prev"))
     starter = indirectStarter(url,
@@ -69,7 +73,8 @@ class OmakeTheater(_BasicScraper):
 class OnTheEdge(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://ontheedgecomics.com/'
     rurl = escape(url)
-    stripUrl = url + 'comic/%s'
+    stripUrl = url + 'comic/%s/'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % 'ote0001'
     imageSearch = compile(r'<img src="(%scomics/.+?)"' % rurl)
     prevSearch = compile(r'<a href="([^"]+)" rel="prev">')
     help = 'Index format: nnn (unpadded)'
@@ -78,6 +83,7 @@ class OnTheEdge(_BasicScraper):
 class OneQuestion(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://onequestioncomic.com/'
     stripUrl = url + 'comic.php?strip_id=%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '1'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'((?:\.\./)?istrip_files/strips/\d+\.jpg)'))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(comic\.php\?strip_id=\d+)') + tagre("img", "src", r'img/arrow_prev\.jpg'))
     help = 'Index format: n (unpadded)'
@@ -97,6 +103,7 @@ class OrnerBoy(_BasicScraper):
 class OurHomePlanet(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://gdk.gd-kun.net/'
     stripUrl = url + '%s.html'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '01'
     imageSearch = compile(r'<img src="(pages/comic.+?)"')
     prevSearch = compile(r'coords="50,18,95,65".+?href="(.+?\.html)".+?alt=')
     help = 'Index format: n (unpadded)'
@@ -105,6 +112,7 @@ class OurHomePlanet(_BasicScraper):
 class OverCompensating(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.overcompensating.com/'
     stripUrl = url + 'posts/%s.html'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '20040929'
     imageSearch = compile(r'<img src="(/comics/.+?)"')
     prevSearch = compile(r'"><a href="(.+?)"[^>]+?>&nbsp;\<\- &nbsp;</a>')
     help = 'Index format: yyyymmdd'
diff --git a/dosagelib/plugins/p.py b/dosagelib/plugins/p.py
index c4b08864b..0b07cf972 100644
--- a/dosagelib/plugins/p.py
+++ b/dosagelib/plugins/p.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ class PandyLand(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://pandyland.net/'
     rurl = escape(url)
     stripUrl = url + '%s/'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '1'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(%scomics/[^"]+)' % rurl))
     prevSearch =  compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(%s\d+/)' % rurl, after="prev"))
     help = 'Index format: number'
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ class PartiallyClips(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://partiallyclips.com/'
     rurl = escape(url)
     stripUrl = url + '%s/'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '2001/10/28/screaming-woman'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(%scomics/[^"]+)' % rurl))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(%s[^"]+)' % rurl, after="prev"))
     help = 'Index format: yyyy/mm/dd/stripname'
@@ -51,6 +53,7 @@ class PastelDefender(_BasicScraper):
     baseurl = 'http://www.pasteldefender.com/'
     url = baseurl + 'coverbackcover.html'
     stripUrl = baseurl + '%s.html'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % 'cover'
     imageSearch = compile(r'<IMG SRC="(images/.+?)" WIDTH="742"')
     prevSearch = compile(r'<A HREF="([^"]+)"><IMG SRC="images/back\.gif"')
     help = 'Index format: nnn'
@@ -82,6 +85,7 @@ class PennyArcade(_BasicScraper):
        compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(%s[^"]+)' % rurl, before="btnNext"))
     )
     stripUrl = url + '%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '1998/11/18'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(http://art\.penny-arcade\.com/photos/[^"]+)'))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(%s[^"]+)' % rurl, before="btnPrev"))
     help = 'Index format: yyyy/mm/dd'
@@ -96,6 +100,7 @@ class PeppermintSaga(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.pepsaga.com/'
     rurl = escape(url)
     stripUrl = url + '?p=%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '3'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(%scomics/[^"]+)' % rurl))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(%s\?p=\d+)' % rurl, after="prev"))
     help = 'Index format: number'
@@ -116,6 +121,7 @@ class PicPakDog(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.picpak.net/'
     rurl = escape(url)
     stripUrl = url + 'comic/%s/'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % 'dogs-cant-spell'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(%swp-content/uploads/\d+/\d+/\d+-\d+-\d+-[^"]+\.png)' % rurl))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(%scomic/[^"]+)' % rurl, after="navi-prev"))
     help = 'Index format: stripname'
@@ -124,9 +130,10 @@ class PicPakDog(_BasicScraper):
 class Pixel(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://pixelcomic.net/'
     rurl = escape(url)
-    stripUrl = url + '%s.php'
+    stripUrl = url + '%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '000.shtml'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(\d+\.png)'))
-    prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(%s\d+\.php)' % rurl, before="prev"))
+    prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(%s\d+\.(?:php|shtml))' % rurl, before="prev"))
     help = 'Index format: nnn'
 
 
@@ -134,6 +141,7 @@ class PiledHigherAndDeeper(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php'
     starter = bounceStarter(url, compile(r'<a href=(archive\.php\?comicid=\d+)><img height=52 width=49 src=images/next_button\.gif border=0 align=middle>'))
     stripUrl = url + '?comicid=%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '1'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(http://www\.phdcomics\.com/comics/archive/phd\d+s?\.gif)', quote=""))
     prevSearch = compile(r'<a href=(archive\.php\?comicid=\d+)><img height=52 width=49 src=images/prev_button\.gif border=0 align=middle>')
     help = 'Index format: n (unpadded)'
@@ -143,6 +151,7 @@ class PiledHigherAndDeeper(_BasicScraper):
 class Pimpette(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://pimpette.ca/'
     stripUrl = url + 'index.php?date=%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '20030905'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(strips/[^"]+)'))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(index\.php\?date=\d+)') + "Previous")
     help = 'Index format: yyyymmdd'
@@ -189,6 +198,7 @@ class Precocious(_BasicScraper):
 class ProperBarn(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.nitrocosm.com/go/gag/'
     stripUrl = url + '%s/'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '1'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(http://content\.nitrocosm\.com/gag/\d+\.[^"]+)'))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(http://www\.nitrocosm\.com/go/gag/\d+/)', after="nav_btn_previous"))
     help = 'Index format: nnn'
@@ -198,6 +208,7 @@ class PunksAndNerds(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.punksandnerds.com/'
     rurl = escape(url)
     stripUrl = url + '?p=%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '15'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(%scomics/[^"]+)' % rurl))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(%s\?p=\d+)' % rurl, after="navi-prev"))
     help = 'Index format: nnn'
diff --git a/dosagelib/plugins/q.py b/dosagelib/plugins/q.py
index 7111d09ba..921d56757 100644
--- a/dosagelib/plugins/q.py
+++ b/dosagelib/plugins/q.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ from ..util import tagre
 class QuestionableContent(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.questionablecontent.net/'
     stripUrl = url + 'view.php?comic=%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '1'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'([^"]+/comics/[^"]+)', before="strip"))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(view\.php\?comic=\d+)') + 'Previous')
     help = 'Index format: n (unpadded)'
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ class Qwantz(_BasicScraper):
     url = baseurl + 'index.php'
     rurl = escape(baseurl)
     stripUrl = url + '?comic=%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '1'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(%s/comics/[^"]+)' % rurl))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(%sindex\.php\?comic=\d+)' % rurl, before="prev"))
     help = 'Index format: n'
diff --git a/dosagelib/plugins/r.py b/dosagelib/plugins/r.py
index e31c45751..5665fe87b 100644
--- a/dosagelib/plugins/r.py
+++ b/dosagelib/plugins/r.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ class RadioactivePanda(_BasicScraper):
 class RealLife(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.reallifecomics.com/'
     stripUrl = url + 'archive/%s.html'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '991115'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(/comics/[^"]+)'))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(/archive/\d+.html)') + tagre("img", "src", r'/images/nav_prev\.png'))
     help = 'Index format: yymmdd)'
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ class RedMeat(_BasicScraper):
     url = baseurl + 'current/index.html'
     starter = bounceStarter(url, compile(r'<a href="(\.\./\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}/index\.html)">next</a>'))
     stripUrl = baseurl + '%s/index.html'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '1996-06-10'
     imageSearch = compile(r'<img src="(index-1\.gif)" width="\d+" height="\d+" [^>]*>')
     prevSearch = compile(r'<a href="(\.\./\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}/index\.html)">previous</a>')
     help = 'Index format: yyyy-mm-dd'
@@ -50,6 +52,7 @@ class RedMeat(_BasicScraper):
 class RedString(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.redstring.strawberrycomics.com/'
     stripUrl = url + 'index.php?id=%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '434'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(comics/[^"]+)'))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(/index\.php\?id=\d+)', after="prev"))
     help = 'Index format: nnn'
@@ -58,6 +61,7 @@ class RedString(_BasicScraper):
 class Roza(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.junglestudio.com/roza/index.php'
     stripUrl = url + '?date=%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '2007-05-01'
     imageSearch = compile(r'<img src="(pages/.+?)"')
     prevSearch = compile(r'<a href="(index.php\?date=.+?)">[^>].+?navtable_01.gif')
     help = 'Index format: yyyy-mm-dd'
diff --git a/dosagelib/plugins/s.py b/dosagelib/plugins/s.py
index 8770a5ac6..98ee64e1e 100644
--- a/dosagelib/plugins/s.py
+++ b/dosagelib/plugins/s.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ class SailorsunOrg(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://sailorsun.org/'
     rurl = escape(url)
     stripUrl = url + '?p=%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '21'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(%scomics/[^"]+)' % rurl))
     rurl = escape(url)
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(%s\?p=\d+)' % rurl, after="prev"))
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ class SailorsunOrg(_BasicScraper):
 class SamAndFuzzy(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.samandfuzzy.com/'
     stripUrl = 'http://samandfuzzy.com/%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '1'
     imageSearch = compile(r'(/comics/.+?)" alt')
     prevSearch = compile(r'"><a href="(.+?)"><img src="imgint/nav_prev.gif"')
     help = 'Index format: nnnn'
@@ -51,6 +53,7 @@ class SandraAndWooGerman(_BasicScraper):
 class ScaryGoRound(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.scarygoround.com/'
     stripUrl = url + '?date=%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '20090918'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(strips/\d+\.png)'))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(\?date=\d+)') + "Previous")
     help = 'Index format: n (unpadded)'
@@ -60,6 +63,7 @@ class ScenesFromAMultiverse(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://amultiverse.com/'
     rurl = escape(url)
     stripUrl = url + '%s/'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '2010/06/14/parenthood'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(%sfiles/comics/[^"]+)' % rurl))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(%s\d+\d+/\d+/\d+/[^"]+)' % rurl, after="prev"))
     help = 'Index format: yyyy/mm/dd/stripname'
@@ -68,6 +72,7 @@ class ScenesFromAMultiverse(_BasicScraper):
 class SchlockMercenary(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.schlockmercenary.com/'
     stripUrl = url + '%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '2000-06-12'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(http://static\.schlockmercenary\.com/comics/[^"]+)'))
     multipleImagesPerStrip = True
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(/\d+-\d+-\d+)', quote="'", after="nav-previous"))
@@ -85,7 +90,8 @@ class SchoolBites(_BasicScraper):
 class Schuelert(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.schuelert.de/'
     rurl = escape(url)
-    stripUrl = None
+    stripUrl = url + 'index.php?paged=%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '5'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r"(%swp-content/[^']+)" % rurl, quote="'"))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(%sindex\.php\?paged=\d+)' % rurl) + "&laquo;")
     multipleImagesPerStrip = True
@@ -107,6 +113,7 @@ class Science(_BasicScraper):
 class SequentialArt(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php'
     stripUrl = url + '?s=%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '1'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'([^"]+)', before="strip"))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(/sequentialart\.php\?s=\d+)')
       + tagre("img", "src", "Nav_BackOne\.gif"))
@@ -133,6 +140,7 @@ class SexyLosers(_BasicScraper):
 class ShadowGirls(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.shadowgirlscomic.com/'
     stripUrl = url + 'comics/%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % 'book-1/chapter-1-broken-dreams/welcome'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'([^"]*/comics/[^"]*)'))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'([^"]*)', after='navi-prev'))
     help = 'Index format: custom'
@@ -142,6 +150,7 @@ class ShadowGirls(_BasicScraper):
 class Sheldon(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.sheldoncomics.com/'
     stripUrl = url + 'archive/%s.html'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '011130'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(/strips/[^"]+)'))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(/archive/\d+\.html)', after="sidenav-prev"))
     help = 'Index format: yymmdd'
@@ -151,6 +160,7 @@ class Shivae(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://shivae.net/'
     rurl = escape(url)
     stripUrl = url + 'blog/%s/'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '2007/09/21/09212007'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(%sfiles/comics/[^"]+)' % rurl))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(%sblog/[^"]+)' % rurl, after="Previous"))
     help = 'Index format: yyyy/mm/dd/stripname'
@@ -200,6 +210,7 @@ class SlightlyDamned(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.sdamned.com/'
     rurl = escape(url)
     stripUrl = url + '%s/'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '2004/03/03142004'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(%scomics/[^"]+)' % rurl))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(%s[^"]+)' % rurl, after="prev"))
     help = 'Index format: yyyy/mm/number'
@@ -216,6 +227,7 @@ class SluggyFreelance(_BasicScraper):
 class SMBC(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.smbc-comics.com/'
     stripUrl = url + 'index.php?db=comics&id=%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '1'
     imageSearch = compile(r'<img src=\'(.+?\d{8}.\w{1,4})\'>')
     prevSearch = compile(r'131,13,216,84"\n\s+href="(.+?)#comic"\n>', MULTILINE)
     help = 'Index format: nnnn'
@@ -289,6 +301,7 @@ class SodiumEyes(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://sodiumeyes.com/'
     rurl = escape(url)
     stripUrl = url + '%s/'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '2007/11/08/damning-evidence'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(%scomic/[^ ]+)' % rurl, quote=""))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(%s[^"]+)' % rurl, after="prev"))
     help = 'Index format: yyyy/mm/dd/stripname'
@@ -308,6 +321,7 @@ class SpaceTrawler(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://spacetrawler.com/'
     rurl = escape(url)
     stripUrl = url + '%s/'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '2010/01/01/spacetrawler-4'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(%scomics/[^"]+)' % rurl))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(%s\d+/\d+/\d+/[^"]+)' % rurl, after="navi-prev"))
     help = 'Index format: yyyy/mm/dd/stripname'
@@ -327,6 +341,7 @@ class SpareParts(_BasicScraper):
     baseUrl = 'http://www.sparepartscomics.com/'
     url = baseUrl + 'comics/?date=20080328'
     stripUrl = baseUrl + 'comics/index.php?date=%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '20031022'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(http://www\.sparepartscomics\.com/comics/[^"]+)'))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(index\.php\?date=\d+)', quote="'") + "Previous Comic")
     help = 'Index format: yyyymmdd'
@@ -336,6 +351,7 @@ class Spinnerette(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.spinnyverse.com/'
     rurl = escape(url)
     stripUrl = url + '%s/'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '2010/02/09/02092010'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(%scomics/[^"]+)' % rurl))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(%s[^"]+)' % rurl, before="Previous Comic"))
     help = 'Index format: number'
@@ -345,6 +361,7 @@ class SPQRBlues(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://spqrblues.com/IV/'
     rurl = escape(url)
     stripUrl = url + '?p=%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '1467'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(%scomics/\d+\.png)' % rurl))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(%s\?p=\d+)' % rurl, after="prev"))
     help = 'Index format: number'
@@ -364,6 +381,7 @@ class _StationV3(_BasicScraper):
 class StickyDillyBuns(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.stickydillybuns.com/'
     stripUrl = url + 'strips-sdb/%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % 'awesome_leading_man'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'([^"]*/comics/[^"]+)'))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'([^"]*/strips-sdb/[^"]+)', before="cn[id]prev"))
     help = 'Index format: name'
@@ -373,6 +391,7 @@ class Stubble(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://stubblecomics.com/'
     rurl = escape(url)
     stripUrl = url + '?p=%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '4'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(%scomics/[^"]+)' % rurl))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(%s\?p=\d+)' % rurl, after="navi-prev"))
     help = 'Index format: number'
@@ -441,10 +460,13 @@ class SomethingPositive(_BasicScraper):
 
 
 class StarCrossdDestiny(_BasicScraper):
-    url = 'http://www.starcrossd.net/comic.html'
-    stripUrl = 'http://www.starcrossd.net/archives/%s.html'
-    imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(http://www\.starcrossd\.net/(?:ch1|strips|book2)/[^"]+)'))
-    prevSearch = compile(r'<a href="(http://www\.starcrossd\.net/(?:ch1/)?archives/\d+\.html)"[^>]*"[^"]*"[^>]*>prev', IGNORECASE)
+    baseurl = 'http://www.starcrossd.net/'
+    rurl = escape(baseurl)
+    url = baseurl + 'comic.html'
+    stripUrl = baseurl + 'archives/%s.html'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '00000001'
+    imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(%s(?:ch1|strips|book2)/[^"]+)' % rurl))
+    prevSearch = compile(r'<a href="(%s(?:ch1/)?archives/\d+\.html)"[^>]*"[^"]*"[^>]*>prev' % rurl, IGNORECASE)
     help = 'Index format: nnnnnnnn'
 
     @classmethod
@@ -472,6 +494,7 @@ class SupernormalStep(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://supernormalstep.com/'
     rurl = escape(url)
     stripUrl = url + '?p=%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '8'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(%scomics/[^"]+)' % rurl))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(%s\?p=\d+)' % rurl, after="prev"))
     help = 'Index format: number'
diff --git a/dosagelib/plugins/t.py b/dosagelib/plugins/t.py
index 977b3490a..32a8bbfe6 100644
--- a/dosagelib/plugins/t.py
+++ b/dosagelib/plugins/t.py
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ from ..util import tagre
 
 class TheBrads(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://bradcolbow.com/archive/C4/'
-    stripUrl = url + '%s'
+    stripUrl = url + '%s/'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % 'P125'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(http://s3\.amazonaws\.com/the_brads/the-?brads[-_][^"]+)'))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(http://bradcolbow\.com/archive/C4/[^"]+)', before="prev"))
     multipleImagesPerStrip = True
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ class TheBrads(_BasicScraper):
 class TheDevilsPanties(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://thedevilspanties.com/'
     stripUrl = url + 'archives/%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '300'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(http://cdn\.thedevilspanties\.com/comics/[^"]+)'))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(/archives/\d+)', after="Previous"))
     help = 'Index format: number'
@@ -28,6 +30,7 @@ class TheDevilsPanties(_BasicScraper):
 class TheNoob(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.thenoobcomic.com/index.php'
     stripUrl = url + '?pos=%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '1'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(/headquarters/comics/[^"]+)'))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(\?pos=\d+)', before="comic_nav_previous_button"))
     help = 'Index format: nnnn'
@@ -37,6 +40,7 @@ class TheOrderOfTheStick(_BasicScraper):
     baseurl = 'http://www.giantitp.com/'
     url = baseurl + 'comics/oots0863.html'
     stripUrl = baseurl + 'comics/oots%s.html'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '0001'
     imageSearch = compile(r'<IMG src="(/comics/images/[^"]+)">')
     prevSearch = compile(r'<A href="(/comics/oots\d{4}\.html)"><IMG src="/Images/redesign/ComicNav_Back.gif"')
     help = 'Index format: n (unpadded)'
@@ -51,6 +55,7 @@ class TheParkingLotIsFull(_BasicScraper):
     baseurl = 'http://plif.courageunfettered.com/'
     url = baseurl + 'archive/arch2002.htm'
     stripUrl = baseurl + 'archive/arch%s.htm'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '1998'
     imageSearch = compile(r'<td align="center"><A TARGET=_parent HREF="(wc\d+\..+?)">')
     multipleImagesPerStrip = True
     prevSearch = compile(r'\d{4} -\s+<A HREF="(arch\d{4}\.htm)">\d{4}')
@@ -60,6 +65,7 @@ class TheParkingLotIsFull(_BasicScraper):
 class TheWotch(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.thewotch.com/'
     stripUrl = url + '?date=%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '2002-11-21'
     imageSearch = compile(r"<img.+?src='(comics/.+?)'")
     prevSearch = compile(r"<link rel='Previous' href='(/\?date=\d+-\d+-\d+)'")
     help = 'Index format: yyyy-mm-dd'
@@ -93,6 +99,7 @@ class TinyKittenTeeth(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.tinykittenteeth.com/'
     rurl = escape(url)
     stripUrl = url + '%s/'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '2009/01/26/gene-kelly'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(%scomics/[^"]+)' % rurl))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'([^"]+)', after="Previous"))
     help = 'Index format: yyyy/mm/dd/stripname (unpadded)'
@@ -102,6 +109,7 @@ class ToonHole(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.toonhole.com/'
     rurl = escape(url)
     stripUrl = url + '%s/'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '2009/12/toon-hole-coming-soon-2010'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(%scomics/\d+-\d+-\d+[^"]+)' % rurl))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(%s\d+/\d+/[^"]+)' % rurl, after="prev"))
     help = 'Index format: yyyy/mm/stripname'
@@ -123,6 +131,7 @@ class TwoTwoOneFour(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.nitrocosm.com/go/2214_classic/'
     rurl = escape(url)
     stripUrl = url + '%s/'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '1'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(http://content\.nitrocosm\.com/[^"]+)', before="gallery_display"))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(%s\d+/)' % rurl, after="Previous"))
     help = 'Index format: n (unpadded)'
@@ -151,6 +160,7 @@ class TheOuterQuarter(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://theouterquarter.com/'
     rurl = escape(url)
     stripUrl = url + 'comic/%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % 'oq-the-first-take/4'
     imageSearch = compile(r'<img src="(%scomics/.+?)"' % rurl)
     prevSearch = compile(r'<div class="nav-previous"><a href="([^"]+)" rel="prev">')
     help = 'Index format: nnn'
@@ -160,6 +170,7 @@ class ThreePanelSoul(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://threepanelsoul.com/'
     rurl = escape(url)
     stripUrl = url + '%s/'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '2006/05/11/a-test-comic'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(%scomics/[^"]+)' % rurl))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(%s\d+/\d+/\d+/[^"]+)' % rurl, after="prev"))
     help = 'Index format: yyyy/mm/dd/stripname'
diff --git a/dosagelib/plugins/u.py b/dosagelib/plugins/u.py
index c251c7a56..dc3271a0b 100644
--- a/dosagelib/plugins/u.py
+++ b/dosagelib/plugins/u.py
@@ -20,8 +20,10 @@ class Undertow(_BasicScraper):
 
 
 class UnicornJelly(_BasicScraper):
-    url = 'http://unicornjelly.com/uni666.html'
-    stripUrl = 'http://unicornjelly.com/uni%s.html'
+    baseurl = 'http://unicornjelly.com/'
+    url = baseurl + 'uni666.html'
+    stripUrl = baseurl + 'uni%s.html'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '001'
     imageSearch = compile(r'</TABLE>(?:<FONT COLOR="BLACK">)?<IMG SRC="(images/[^"]+)" WIDTH=')
     prevSearch = compile(r'<A HREF="(uni\d{3}[bcs]?\.html)">(<FONT COLOR="BLACK">)?<IMG SRC="images/back00\.gif"')
     help = 'Index format: nnn'
diff --git a/dosagelib/plugins/v.py b/dosagelib/plugins/v.py
index aad1b2ae6..a0a525baa 100644
--- a/dosagelib/plugins/v.py
+++ b/dosagelib/plugins/v.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ from ..util import tagre
 class VampireCheerleaders(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.vampirecheerleaders.net/'
     stripUrl = url + 'strips-vc/%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % 'fang_service'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(/comics/[^"]+)'))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(http://www\.vampirecheerleaders\.net/strips-vc/[^"]+)', before="cndprev"))
     help = 'Index format: name'
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ class Vendetta(_BasicScraper):
 class VGCats(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.vgcats.com/comics/'
     stripUrl = url + '?strip_id=%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '0'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(images/\d{6}\.[^"]+)'))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(\?strip_id=\d+)') +
       tagre("img", "src", r"back\.gif"))
@@ -49,6 +51,7 @@ class VGCatsAdventure(VGCats):
 class VictimsOfTheSystem(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.votscomic.com/'
     stripUrl = url + '?id=%s.jpg'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '070103-002452'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(comicpro/strips/[^"]+)'))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(\?id=\d+-\d+\.jpg)') + "Previous")
     help = 'Index format: nnn-nnn'
diff --git a/dosagelib/plugins/w.py b/dosagelib/plugins/w.py
index 8282bc70f..2e0f25148 100644
--- a/dosagelib/plugins/w.py
+++ b/dosagelib/plugins/w.py
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ from ..helpers import indirectStarter
 class WapsiSquare(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://wapsisquare.com/'
     rurl = escape(url)
-    stripUrl = url + 'comic/%s'
+    stripUrl = url + 'comic/%s/'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '09092001'
     imageSearch = compile(r'<img src="(%scomics/.+?)"' % rurl)
     prevSearch = compile(r'<a href="(.+?)"[^>]+?>Previous</a>')
     help = 'Index format: stripname'
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ class WapsiSquare(_BasicScraper):
 class WastedTalent(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.wastedtalent.ca/'
     stripUrl = url + 'comic/%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % 'anime-crack'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(http://www\.wastedtalent\.ca/sites/default/files/imagecache/comic_full/comics/\d+/[^"]+)'))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(/comic/[^"]+)', after="comic_prev"))
     help = 'Index format: stripname'
@@ -29,6 +31,7 @@ class WastedTalent(_BasicScraper):
 class WayfarersMoon(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.wayfarersmoon.com/'
     stripUrl = url + 'index.php?page=%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '0'
     imageSearch = compile(r'<img src="(/admin.+?)"')
     prevSearch = compile(r'<a href="(.+?)".+?btn_back.gif')
     help = 'Index format: nn'
@@ -84,6 +87,7 @@ class WhiteNoise(_BasicScraper):
     baseurl = 'http://www.wncomic.com/'
     url = baseurl + 'archive.php'
     stripUrl = baseurl + 'archive_comments.php?strip_id=%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '1'
     imageSearch = compile(r'(istrip_files/strips/.+?)"')
     prevSearch = compile(r'</a><a href="(.+?)"><img src="images/top_back.jpg" ')
     help = 'Index format: n'
@@ -94,6 +98,7 @@ class WhyTheLongFace(_BasicScraper):
     rurl = escape(baseurl)
     url = baseurl + 'wtlf200709.html'
     stripUrl = baseurl + 'wtlf%s.html'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '200306'
     imageSearch = compile(r'<img src="(%swtlf.+?|lf\d+.\w{1,4})"' % rurl, IGNORECASE)
     multipleImagesPerStrip = True
     prevSearch = compile(r'HREF="(.+?)"><IMG SRC="nprev.gif" ')
@@ -103,6 +108,7 @@ class WhyTheLongFace(_BasicScraper):
 class Wigu(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://wigucomics.com/'
     stripUrl = url + 'adventures/index.php?comic=%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '1'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(/adventures/comics/[^"]+)'))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(/adventures/index\.php\?comic=\d+)', after="go back"))
     help = 'Index format: n'
@@ -112,6 +118,7 @@ class Wonderella(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://nonadventures.com/'
     rurl = escape(url)
     stripUrl = url + '%s/'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '2006/09/09/the-torment-of-a-thousand-yesterdays'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(%scomics/[^"]+)' % rurl))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(%s\d+/\d+/\d+/[^"]+)' % rurl, after="prev"))
     help = 'Index format: yyyy/mm/dd/name'
@@ -120,6 +127,7 @@ class Wonderella(_BasicScraper):
 class Wondermark(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://wondermark.com/'
     stripUrl = url + '%s/'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '001'
     imageSearch = compile(r'<img src="(http://wondermark.com/c/.+?)"')
     prevSearch = compile(r'<a href="(.+?)" rel="prev">')
     help = 'Index format: nnn'
@@ -199,6 +207,7 @@ class WormWorldSagaFrench(WormWorldSaga):
 class WotNow(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://shadowburn.binmode.com/wotnow/'
     stripUrl = url + 'comic.php?comic_id=%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '1'
     imageSearch = compile(r'<IMG SRC="(comics/.+?)"')
     prevSearch = compile(r'<A HREF="(.+?)"><IMG SRC="images/b_prev.gif" ')
     help = 'Index format: n (unpadded)'
diff --git a/dosagelib/plugins/x.py b/dosagelib/plugins/x.py
index 82ec0d176..9c3233074 100644
--- a/dosagelib/plugins/x.py
+++ b/dosagelib/plugins/x.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ class xkcd(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://xkcd.com/'
     starter = bounceStarter(url, compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(/\d+/)', before="next")))
     stripUrl = url + '%s/'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '1'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(http://imgs\.xkcd\.com/comics/[^"]+)'))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(/\d+/)', before="prev"))
     help = 'Index format: n (unpadded)'
diff --git a/dosagelib/plugins/y.py b/dosagelib/plugins/y.py
index 475cdaa73..e0de7ee22 100644
--- a/dosagelib/plugins/y.py
+++ b/dosagelib/plugins/y.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ from ..util import tagre
 class YAFGC(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://yafgc.net/'
     stripUrl = url + '?id=%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '1'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(http://(?:www\.)?yafgc\.net/img/comic/\d+\.jpg)'))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(http://(?:www\.)?yafgc\.net/\?id=\d+)') +
       tagre("img", "src", r'/img/navbar/go_to_previous\.gif'))
diff --git a/dosagelib/plugins/z.py b/dosagelib/plugins/z.py
index c9c06ea41..ac3c68d4d 100644
--- a/dosagelib/plugins/z.py
+++ b/dosagelib/plugins/z.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ class Zapiro(_BasicScraper):
     starter = bounceStarter(url,
       compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(http://mg\.co\.za/cartoon/[^"]+)')+"Newer"))
     stripUrl = 'http://mg.co.za/cartoon/%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % 'zapiro_681'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(http://cdn\.mg\.co\.za/crop/content/cartoons/[^"]+)'))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(http://mg\.co\.za/cartoon/[^"]+)')+"Older")
     help = 'Index format: yyyy-mm-dd-stripname'
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ class Zapiro(_BasicScraper):
 class ZebraGirl(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.zebragirl.net/'
     stripUrl = url + '?date=%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '2000-05-06'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r"(comics/[^']+)", quote="'"))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("link", "href", r"(/\?date=[^']+)", quote="'", before='Previous'))
     help = 'Index format: yyyy-mm-dd'
@@ -54,6 +56,7 @@ class ZenPencils(_BasicScraper):
 class ZombieHunters(_BasicScraper):
     url = 'http://www.thezombiehunters.com/'
     stripUrl = url + '?strip_id=%s'
+    firstStripUrl = stripUrl % '1'
     imageSearch = compile(tagre("img", "src", r'(/istrip_files/strips/[^"]+)'))
     prevSearch = compile(tagre("a", "href", r'(\?strip_id=\d+)') + tagre("img", "id", "prevcomic"))
     help = 'Index format: n(unpadded)'