{"id":1865,"date":"2024-11-08T18:15:47","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T23:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/unbagged\/?p=1865"},"modified":"2024-11-08T22:52:43","modified_gmt":"2024-11-09T03:52:43","slug":"mail-call-for-11-8-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/unbagged\/2024\/11\/08\/mail-call-for-11-8-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Mail Call For 11.8.24"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Normally, I make Mail Call posts as items arrive, but this time around when the first thing arrived I knew I had other things coming by the end of the week, so I decided to do some consolidation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Up first is the final ROMnibus volume.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ROM: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus<\/em> vol. 3
Front cover<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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ROM: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus<\/em> vol. 3
Back cover<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The front cover is the same without the dust jacket, but the back cover has a different image.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ROM: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus<\/em> vol. 3
Back cover without dust jacket<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Up next is…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, it was something I was reminded of by a discussion about Hellboy. It was something I originally had but has since been lost to the ages, and while it’s not what you’d call good, it was cheap enough to reacquire it, so I did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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John Byrne’s Babe<\/em> #1-4<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I never had the sequel mini-series, but I figured that while I was at it…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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John Byrne’s Babe 2<\/em> #1-2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

That this features a guest appearance by Abe Sapien is where the Hellboy connection comes into play, as well as the fact that Byrne scripted the first Hellboy mini-series, Hellboy made his first color appearance in a different creator-owned book Byrne was working on, and Byrne incorporated one of his original creations into Hellboy’s origin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I ordered the Babe<\/em> books, I was prompted to pick a free add-on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I went with this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Trick or Read 2024 (Spidey and His Amazing Friends)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I may add a scan of the back cover to the Activity Corner<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The passing of renowned artist Greg Hildebrandt made me aware of a Bettie Page variant cover that I didn’t own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thus:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bettie Page<\/em> #1P<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

And finally, I was reminded that I didn’t have this and happened to find it on sale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Question by Dennis O’Neil and Denys Cowan Omnibus<\/em> vol. 2
Front Cover<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Question by Dennis O’Neil and Denys Cowan Omnibus<\/em> vol. 2
Back Cover<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Question by Dennis O’Neil and Denys Cowan Omnibus<\/em> vol. 2
Front cover without dust jacket<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Question by Dennis O’Neil and Denys Cowan Omnibus<\/em> vol. 2
Back cover without dust jacket<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

That’s it for this Mail Call, but there are still plenty of things that will be arriving throughout the remainder of the year and into the next, so check back soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Born and raised in the sparsely populated Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Jon Maki developed an enduring love for comics at an early age.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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