This week the Dollar Bin presents to you the Upstate Comic Book Club. The club is an excuse for comic fans in Greenville, SC to get together and have topical comic discussions. It’s like a podcast, but without the microphones.
Runtime 36 minutes 59 seconds
The Story: Batman: Earth One, written by Geoff Johns, is exactly what you expect. It retells Batman’s origin story in a way to keep it familiar while changing up things just enough to seem a little different. It not in anyway a bad comic, but better stories have been told of this period of Batman’s career.
The Price: I used store credit (and my discount) at my local comic shop to purchase this book so the cover price of $22.99 was agreeable for me. In fact looking at my recent purchases on my Bat-related book shelf I notice that it is a few bucks less for a few pages less than all of them.
The Format: I like the hardcover trade format. I like it more when they are over-sized like DC Comics has done with some of Grant Morrison’s recent Bat-books, but even at standard size I enjoy them more than a normal trade paper back (TPB). My complaint about Batman: Earth One’s format is that it does not read like a “graphic novel” as I thought it should, but instead it reads like the first TPB of a new Batman series. This might just be my individual expectations not being met more than anything else.
Just before the dawn of Batman Odyssey the Dollar Bin gang (plus a silent mystery guest) sat down with the “Living Legend” Neal Adams to catch a glimpse into the life of the man himself as well as a sneak peak of his upcoming series. Now that the series is a few issues in we feel it may be safe to spill the beans. This episode takes place halfway through the interview. To know what you missed listen to the first half, duh.
Runtime: 53 minutes 13 seconds
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Have you not been offended by the Dollar Bin in the past? Now’s your chance. Just before the dawn of Batman Odyssey the Dollar Bin gang (plus a silent mystery guest) sat down with the “Living Legend” Neal Adams to catch a glimpse into the life of the man himself as well as a sneak peak of his upcoming series. Now that the series is a few issues in we feel it may be safe to spill the beans.
Runtime: 1 hour 06 minute 38 seconds
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We’re back and we are kicking things off with Shawn talking about her trip to the annual Borderlands Comics and Games sale. She talks hanging out with J Chris Campbell and picking up a few comics along the way.
Since the day we met Jim Rugg at Heroes Aren't Hard to Find as part of the Afrodesiac tour, he has been a favorite of the Dollar Bin. It is funny to realize that over the last 8 or so years, this is the first Dollar Bin vs Jim Rugg interview.
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