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This week we're getting Friday, October 13th! Which is also Mike's wedding day! So we're talking about the comic adaptation of Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday and even got writer Andy Mangels to…

We're getting in touch with our inner teenagers this week for a very DRAMATIC edition of Dollar Bin Discoveries. Mike brought Avengers Arena #1 into the mix, while Jessika is coming to the table with…

Who else is ready to MIND PRIME? That’s right, we’re looking at Six From Sirius, the 1980s mystical sci-fi miniseries (originally) from Marvel. This comic has everything: Robot men disguised as peopl…

We're getting strange and silly for this week's Dollar Bin Discoveries episode and looking at parody comics! Jessika read Marvel's self-satire Power Pachyderms, while Mike checked out The Adventures …

In honor of National Video Games Day and the recent PS5 release of Baldur's Gate 3, we're looking at Baldur's Gate in comics! We're primarily focusing on the original comic (which wasn't ever sold in…

It's been a while since we focused on queer comics, so we're taking a look at LGBTQIA+ comics in this week's episode of Dollar Bin Discoveries! Jessika came across an issue of Strangers in Paradise #…

Weirdness. The category is “Black and White Weirdness.” Indy comics from bygone publishers, these are some of the most unique comics we’ve picked up from the dollar bins: Meet Comix 1 and ThunderMace…

Today, we're traveling back to the 1980s to look at Fright Night. But because we're talking about 80s horror, we brought in an expert: Acclaimed comic writer David M. Booher!

We're talking about the …

We're digging into some detective comics from the 80s! Mike and Jessika both came to the table with comics from 1986, but the stories are as different as can be. Mike found the second issue of Whodun…

Jessika takes us on a deep dive down the Marvel Comics rabbit hole to explore the early history of Allison Blair (AKA Dazzler). Not only do we check out the early history of her comic series, we expl…

The 90s were the Wild West for gimmick comic books, and we found some doozies to talk about today. Jessika picked up Stormwatch 0, while Mike snagged Hellstorm: Prince of Lies 1... just truly bonkers…

We're talking about Beauty and the Beast again! But this time, we're looking at the comics from the 1987 TV series. There are more of them than you'd think, and more fun than you'd expect!

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Did you know that Smokey Bear had a comic book? Have you ever heard of Cat-Man and his sidekick, Kitten? These are two of the most wholesome comics we've ever come across in the dollar bins... It's a…

Remember this romantic superhero miniseries from the early 1980s? Us, neither. The important takeaways are that Dazzler rules, Beast drools, and Doctor Doom's presence makes no sense.

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We're feeling patriotic this week, so let's talk about a Native American mythology/Mad Max mash-up and a time-traveling government agent (oh, and Santa Claus!)

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Who's ready for a sensitive, nuanced discussion about healthy body imagery? Too bad. We're talking about Kid Cannibal this week.

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Have you ever read a comic and thought "This would work really well as a tabletop RPG?" Well, then, this episode is for you. In honor of Free RPG Day, we invited Kelly Galten from Goblin Bros back on…

Grab your rainbow gear and get in the queer spirit, because we're taking a look at the storied history of Gay Comix in honor of Pride Month!

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How many times have you come across a weird promotional/giveaway comic when pawing through the dollar bins? This week, we're shining a spotlight on these oft-overlooked books: Mike is talking about t…

It's summer 1999. You're 10 years old, just got home, and are looking to beat the heat. You grab a bottle of Kidz Water, crack open the latest Marvel comic, and discover some bonus content: A mini-co…