Ten Cent Takes

It's Spooky Season! That means it's time to dig up some spectral comics for today's Dollar Bin Discovery Theme: Ghosts.  Jessika summoned The Spectre #1 and to check out how DC rebooted the character in the 80s. Mike, meanwhile, read Ghost #5 from Dark Horse, which contains a surprising cameo. 

It's time for Round Two of Street Fighter! This week, we're checking out Street Fighter: The Battle for Shadaloo. Based on the infamous 1994 movie, is this comic any better than the miniseries from Malibu? Spoiler: It is. But that's a low bar to clear. 

This week’s Dollar Bin Discovery theme is “Fighting Forces,” so we’re squaring up with some rock ‘em sock ‘em comics. Mike investigated the mystery of Adrenalynn: Weapon of War #1, while Jessika learned ninja secrets with TMNT #132.

Just in time for Spooky Season, we're checking out The Legion of Night this week! A two-issue miniseries from Early 90s Marvel with incredible art, this comic teams up several deep-cut characters for a horror adventure story that doesn't always work.

Just in time for Back to School Season™, this week's theme is "Kids." Jessika read Thud #1, where an artist's life blurs together with a comic character he created as a kid. Mike, meanwhile, read Action Comics #466, in which Lex Luthor founds the Baby-Sitters Club. 

This week we're looking at Robotix, Marvel's adaptation of a 1980s Hasbro property that desperately wanted to be the next Transformers. The comic is better than the cartoon, but it is missing the rad theme song. 

This week’s Dollar Bin Discovery is Futuriffic, with two very different visions of what the future looked like from the 1980s. Mike checked out Captain Power & the Soldiers of the Future #1, while Jessika explored Alien Worlds #1. Put on your shades, the future looks bright. 

Put on your smartypants and warm up your pipes, we're going to the opera and checking out Ariane & Bluebeard! A comic adaptation by of a French opera, readers are in for a visual feast thanks to P. Craig Russell's incredible art. 

It's time to brush up on your foreign accents, because this week's DBD theme is "International Delights." Mike got into some very polite superhero action with Alpha Flight 130, while Jessika broke out her language mastery and read the French comic  Les Sauveurs d'Esprits.

It's time to go back to the 1980s, when giant robots ruled the pop culture landscape with rocket fists, and talking about Dynamo Joe! A love letter to Japanese media like Robotech and Gundam, we talk about how the comic is mostly a successful send-up to its source material

For this week's Dollar Bin Discovery, we're Just Visiting and checking out comics with prominent guest stars.  For Mike's pick, robot versions of the Justice League tussle with Hourman in Hourman #6. Meanwhile, over at Marvel, Jessika watched the X-Men crash the party in Death's Head II #1. 

This week, we're tapping into some 1980s gold with Ex-Mutants, one of the wildest post-apocalyptic stories we've ever read. This book's got it all: A nuclear apocalypse, mutants turned into humans, and a surprising creator who went on to do truly great things in comics.

For this week's Dollar Bin Discoveries, we're piling on the pouches in surprising ways. Jessika dug into untold historical riches with Duck Tales #4, while Mike explored a pouchful of espionage with Fury of S.H.I.E.L.D #1.  

Slip into your ballgown and slap on a tiara, because this week's Dollar Bin Discovery theme is "Pretty Pretty Princess!" Mike checked out some action-intense royalty with Xena: Warrior Princess #1, while Jessika opted for more precious content with Amethyst: Princess of Gemworld #1.

This week’s Dollar Bin Discovery theme is Brothers. Mike checked out a super-powered family feud with Brigade vol. 2 #2, while Jessika revisited The Beagle Boys #28, starring Duckburg’s criminal band of bumbling brothers. 

Today we're checking out American Honda Presents: Supergirl #1 & 2, a pair of promotional comics created in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Safety Belt Campaign.   Just how effective were these at convincing readers to buckle up? No idea. But they are two of the silliest comics we've read in the history of the show.

This week’s Dollar Bin Discovery is Neon! Everything is louder, brighter, and just a little more extreme. Mike got into some vibrant sci-fi with Radical Dreamer #1. Jessika, meanwhile, checked out Deadpool: Back in Black #1, proving that black costumes can still deliver colorful action. Grab your sunglasses! 

Our next deep dive tackles Howard the Duck... not the character so much as infamous 1986 movie and Marvel's adaptation. We're talking about what's arguably Hollywood’s strangest comic-book movie and whether its tie-in comic it improves on the source material. Spoiler: It doesn't. 

This week’s Dollar Bin Discovery theme is High Octane, where speed comes in more than one flavor. Mike took a lap with Legends of NASCAR #6, bringing plenty of racing action and ’90s promotional energy, while Jessika dove into action-packed seas with Captain Nauticus & The Ocean Force.

This week we're taking flight with our most niche comic yet, Engel: Pandoramicum. Originally designed to promote a German RPG, the comic expands one of the most fascinating tabletop settings of a fallen future with mixed results. 

This week, we're channeling Prismatic Power with two comics that couldn’t be more different. Mike suffered through Judgement Day #1 from Lightning Comics, while Jessika uncovered adventure and mysticism in Indiana Jones and the Spear of Destiny #4. One shines with pulpy treasure-hunting energy. The other mostly shines because of the foil cover. Guess which is which. 

This week’s Dollar Bin Discoveries get Ooey Gooey with two very different kinds of comic-book sludge. Jessika dove into Warriors of Plasm #1 for a heap of malleable alien weirdness, while Mike checked out Captain America #395 (featuring the unforgettable “The House That Dripped Dough!”) Sometimes the goo is cosmic. Sometimes it’s pastry-related.

This week, we’re jumping into light speed with Star Wars: Infinities, Dark Horse’s trilogy of “what if?” stories that remixed the original films. Join us as we explore how these comics spin the classic stories from a long time ago in a galaxy far away.

Comedy comes in very different flavors this week, as our latest Dollar Bin Discovery theme is "Haha." Mike dug up Dead Clown #1 for the finest in edgelord humor, while Jessika cracked up with Funnytime Features #3.

Our latest deep dive looks at Mr. Monster: Origins from Dark Horse. A satirical throwback to Golden Age horror comics with a modern twist, it's an origin story that (mostly) works as a sendup to the genre it love.