Ten Cent Takes
Mike Thompson & Jessika Frazer
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Dollar Bin Discoveries: Snacktastic Edition
This week’s Dollar Bin Discovery theme is Snacktastic, where comics and junk food collide in the most 90s way possible. Mike dug into Drake Snack Cakes Mini-Comics #1, while Jessika checked out the…
Issue 129: Cyborg
This week we're plugging into Cyborg! Based on the Jean-Claude Van Damme movie, Cannon video made this freebie to hype the movie's VHS release. The comic tries to make the movie seem cool, but…
Dollar Bin Discoveries: Wonderful Women Edition
This week, we’re celebrating Women’s History Month with some “Wonderful Women” comics! Jessika checked out the indie sci-fi adventure The Adventures of Theown, while Mike read Xena: Warrior Princess:…
Issue 128: Trekker
This week we’re headed to the future with Trekker (1987), Ron Randall’s gritty sci-fi series. Spoiler: We loved this dystopian space opera series and its star, Mercy St. Clair.
Dollar Bin Discoveries: "Heroception" Edition
This week’s Dollar Bin Discovery is "Heroception." Mike chose Fantastic Four vol. 3 #60 for one of the best stories he ever read about Marvel’s First Family. Meanwhile, Jessika read Radioactive Man…
Issue 127: G.I. Joe - Sigma 6
Remember G.I. Joe: Sigma 6? You’re not alone if you don’t! Today we’re looking at the tie-in miniseries for the toys that attempted to reboot the G.I. Joe franchise for a new generation. Even though…
Dollar Bin Discoveries: Lovesick Edition
This week’s Dollar Bin Discovery theme is Lovesick, and we’re looking at some VERY different comics. Mike checked out JLA #90 for superhero heartbreak, while Jessika explored Beta Sexus #2 for a…
Issue 126: Earthworm Jim
Today we're checking out Marvel’s Earthworm Jim, which has no right being as good as it is. Considering how wild the source material is, it's a miracle that Marvel in 1995 managed to capture the…
Dollar Bin Discoveries: Feeling Green Edition
This week’s Dollar Bin Discovery theme is “feeling green,” so we dredged up cash and cackling villains. Jessika read 1st Issue Special #2 to meet the Green Team (a squad of kid millionaires), while…
Issue 125: M. Rex
Today we’re checking out M. Rex, the two-issue oddity that inspired Generator Rex and somehow predicted Pride & Prejudice & Zombies. We break down how this tiny, strange series had both a…
Dollar Bin Discoveries: Double Trouble Edition
This week’s Dollar Bin Discovery is all about Double Trouble: That means it's twice the fun and twice the chaos. Mike spun into Web of Spider-Man #117 while Jessika tackled the wonderfully weird…
Issue 124: The Girl in the Bay
This week we're reading The Girl in the Bay, a supernatural drama about lost time, second chances, and the unsettling idea of someone else living your life. After vanishing in 1969, Kathy Sartori…
Dollar Bin Discoveries: Things With Wings Edition
This week’s Dollar Bin Discovery takes flight with "Things With Wings." Mike cracked open SilverHawks #1 and got in touch with his inner space cop, while Jessika checked out a winged menace in Rune…
Issue 123: Within Our Reach
This week we're unwrapping Within Our Reach, the early ’90s holiday benefit anthology. Created to raise funds for Sempervirens and amfAR, the book features a mix of superheroes and social causes into…
Dollar Bin Discoveries: Long Underwear Edition
’Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the bins, Not a hero was stirring without long undies underneath. This week’s Dollar Bin Discovery celebrates Long Underwear, so Jessika is checking…
Issue 122: Hercules- Prince of Power
Today we’re going (back) to the future with Hercules: Prince of Power vol. 2. Will we get lost without the context of the prequel? Will Marvel’s biggest himbo in space win us over? Is Skyppi the…
Dollar Bin Discoveries: Sci-Fi Crime Edition
This week, we're blasting off into Sci-Fi Crime, where the future is shady and everyone's moral compass is a bit off. Mike checked out the preview issue of Crimson Skies, a pulpy mix of air pirates…
Issue 121: Comics and the AIDS Crisis
Our latest deep dive tackles how comics confronted (and often struggled to confront) the AIDS epidemic throughout the 1980s and 90s. There's everything from groundbreaking moments of compassion to…
Dollar Bin Discoveries: Native American Edition
This week’s Dollar Bin Discovery theme honors Native American Heritage Month with a look at comics with Native characters across the decades. Mike read Avengers #682, where a legacy hero gets swept…
Issue 120: Dan Dare (2007)
This week we're diving into Garth Ennis’s 2007 Dan Dare series. It's a grim, yet surprisingly heartfelt reboot of a character better known for stiff-upper-lip sci-fi adventures.
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