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At a comic book convention, Bart (in his "Bartman" persona for the first time on the show) sees Radioactive Man #1, being sold by the comic book guy (also making his first appearance) for $100, a rather low price for what seems like a mint condition #1. Must be one of those relaunch #1s or something, I dunno.
Anyway, not nearly having enough money to buy it, Bart scrounges for money, but its hard to come by. A dime from a bottle deposit, three cents from exchanging old coins, selling Homer's beer illegally for nickels at a time. Bart's efforts culminate when Marge sends him to Mrs. Glick for back-breaking chores. When a week's worth of chores only nets Bart 50 cents, giving him a grand total of $35, he gives up on work (which Homer praises him for). He goes back to the comic book shop to lament his situation, but finds that Martin Prince is trying to buy the comic for $40. When Milhouse comes in to buy a Carl Yastrzemski with sideburns card for $30, Bart gets the idea to have the three of them pool their money together to buy the $100 comic.
They buy the comic this way, but quickly find out that sharing one comic between the three of them is no simple task. At Bart's treehouse, paranoia begins to spread amongst the three of them, especially Bart who absolutely refuses anybody to leave under the possibility that they'll take the comic with them. Bart and Milhouse tie up Martin who they believe was trying to sneak out, but then the two of them start brawling as well. With the storm outside, strong winds begin to fly the comic out of the treehouse. The brawl sends Milhouse out, clinging onto Bart so that he doesn't fall to the distant, wet ground. Deciding between his friend and his $100 comic book, Bart finally decides to save the former, but by the time he does, the comic flies out, lands in some mud, gets torn up by the dog (didn't that get fixed?) and gets hit by lightning for good measure. The comic is not salvageable, and Bart notes that it was all because they couldn't share (though Bart admits he wasn't really making a point by saying that).
Quick Review
This was quite the informative episode, with a lot of lessons to be had. Those lessons being:
1) Working is for suckers
2) Sharing is, uh, something or other
These are the main themes which this episode covers. This episode wasn't quite as strong as some of the ones that directly preceded it, although there were some good laughs to be had (the scene in the image, where Homer feigns paying attention to the otherwise perilous situation, is the best part of the episode). Its still a good episode, but it is slightly lacking compared to other episodes from this season.
Final Score: 7.6
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