Category Archives: It Came From the Bargain Bin!

Reviews and overviews of stuff bought super-cheap.

It Came From the Bargain Bin!: Hardware #1-4

By Jason | Published: July 3, 2009
Hardware #1-4 Milestone/DC Comics Avg. Cost: 25¢ The first issue, written by Dwayne McDuffie (recently fired from Justice League of America) with art by Denys Cowan, gets the Hardware’s origin out of the way so we can focus on all the cool action. Hardware is basically an analogue of Iron Man, except he wasn’t born into a rich [...]
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It Came From the Bargain Bin!: Heroes For Hire #4-8

By Jason | Published: June 10, 2009
Heroes for Hire #4-8 Marvel Comics Avg. Cost: $1 I’m often drawn to the lesser used characters and am always willing to give a chance to a book that attempts to revitalize those characters. Heroes for Hire was no exception. The book featured a line-up of C and D-list characters in the Marvel universe: Misty Knight, Colleen Wing, [...]
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It Came from the Bargain Bin!: Batman: The Ultimate Evil

By Jason | Published: June 10, 2009
Batman: The Ultimate Evil #1-2 (2 issue mini series, prestige format) DC Comics Avg. Cost: $1 Based on the novel by Andrew Vachss, this two issue mini series focuses on a heavy topic: child molestation. With a topic like that, it’s tough to maintain an even keel, and the series sways between drama and action, occasionally getting heavy-handed [...]
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