{"id":209,"date":"2022-12-27T10:54:50","date_gmt":"2022-12-27T15:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/unbagged\/?p=209"},"modified":"2025-01-08T20:39:52","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T01:39:52","slug":"mail-call-for-12-27-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/unbagged\/2022\/12\/27\/mail-call-for-12-27-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Mail Call For 12.27.22"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Someday has arrived, and so what I said I would get around to doing someday in my <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/unbagged\/2022\/12\/16\/mail-call-for-12-16-22\/\" target=\"_blank\">last Mail Call post<\/a> has become something I <em>did<\/em> do, as can be seen in <em>this week&#8217;s<\/em> Mail Call.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Behold:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"345\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/unbagged\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2022\/12\/e-man.jpg?resize=640%2C345&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/unbagged\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2022\/12\/e-man.jpg?resize=1024%2C552&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/unbagged\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2022\/12\/e-man.jpg?resize=300%2C162&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/unbagged\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2022\/12\/e-man.jpg?resize=768%2C414&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/unbagged\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2022\/12\/e-man.jpg?w=1417&amp;ssl=1 1417w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/unbagged\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2022\/12\/e-man.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>E-Man<\/em> 1-10 from Charlton Comics<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I don&#8217;t remember how many of the 10 issues of <em>E-Man<\/em> I had back when I got that big pile of Charlton comics, but looking through them now, I&#8217;m fairly certain I at least had 1, 2, 8, and 9, and possibly 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In any case, I have them all now. Next step may or may not be picking up the remainder of E-Man&#8217;s appearances in comics from other publishers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Along with <em>E-Man<\/em>, I also got these in the mail:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"458\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/unbagged\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2022\/12\/bandv.jpg?resize=640%2C458&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/unbagged\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2022\/12\/bandv.jpg?resize=1024%2C732&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/unbagged\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2022\/12\/bandv.jpg?resize=300%2C214&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/unbagged\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2022\/12\/bandv.jpg?resize=768%2C549&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/unbagged\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2022\/12\/bandv.jpg?w=1236&amp;ssl=1 1236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Belit &amp; Valeria<\/em> 4 and 5 from Ablaze<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These I got mostly for a sense of completion, as I&#8217;d picked up the first three issues from my comic shop, but then neglected to pick up the remaining two issues which were no longer available when I got around to trying to do so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thus, Mail Call. I didn&#8217;t particularly enjoy what I&#8217;d read in the first three issues, but the sunk-cost fallacy dictated that I finish it off. These covers were the ones that stood out to me as the best options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-9581540985996689\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n<!-- Unbagged -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9581540985996689\" data-ad-slot=\"5626726652\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ablaze is a relatively new publisher that I first became aware of for their work in publishing translated Conan comics from Europe, where the sullen-eyed barbarian has fallen into the public domain, leaving publishers free to adapt the original Robert E. Howard stories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here in the USA, where the Howard estate still holds copyright, the translated stories can be published, but they can&#8217;t say &#8220;Conan&#8221; on the cover, and as a result, those books have been published under the title &#8220;The Cimmerian.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those adaptations have been pretty hit-or-miss for me &#8211; mostly miss &#8211; but this offering caught my attention as it featured Howard creations but wasn&#8217;t an adaptation, and it was written by singer\/songwriter\/musician Max Bemis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Like I said, I didn&#8217;t particularly enjoy what I read, but I still wanted to finish it off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That&#8217;s it for this Mail Call, but there will be a couple more coming soon..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:15% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"518\" height=\"516\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/unbagged\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2022\/11\/selfportrait.jpg?resize=518%2C516&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/unbagged\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2022\/11\/selfportrait.jpg?w=518&amp;ssl=1 518w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/unbagged\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2022\/11\/selfportrait.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/unbagged\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2022\/11\/selfportrait.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 518px) 100vw, 518px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Someday has arrived, and so what I said I would get around to doing someday&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[15],"tags":[32,31,26],"class_list":["post-209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mail-call","tag-ablaze","tag-charlton","tag-nostalgia"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peoZaI-3n","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/unbagged\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/unbagged\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/unbagged\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/unbagged\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/unbagged\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/unbagged\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":213,"href":"https:\/\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/unbagged\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209\/revisions\/213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/unbagged\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/unbagged\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/unbagged\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}