{"id":3042,"date":"2025-05-03T12:26:54","date_gmt":"2025-05-03T16:26:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/unbagged\/?p=3042"},"modified":"2026-05-01T14:36:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T18:36:43","slug":"the-haul-for-5-3-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/unbagged\/2025\/05\/03\/the-haul-for-5-3-25\/","title":{"rendered":"The Haul For 5.3.25"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Today is the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I went to my local comic shop, stood in line, won a prize, got some free comics, and picked up some back issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While I wasn’t there to see Diana Lee Inosanto<\/a>, I did <\/em>see her when she arrived and while she was in the store talking to fans and signing things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No shade against her, but meeting celebrities isn’t really my thing, so she’s not why I was there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While in line, for the third year in a row, I won a prize in the raffle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year, it was a Funko Pop, but this time, as I did two years ago, I won a comic sealed in a plastic tomb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Avengers<\/em> vol. 8 #40D
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Once inside, I grabbed some of the free comics on offer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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DC All in \/ Absolute Universe Special Edition<\/em>, Spider-Man \/ Ultimate Universe<\/em>, Conan the Barbarian<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Fantastic Four \/ X-Men<\/em>, Superman’s Good Guy Gang Special<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

And of course, while those comics are free to you and me, comic shops have to pay for them, so I made sure to spend a little money while I was there, opting to reacquire a mini-series I once had that was lost to the ages <\/a>long ago from the back issue bins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jack of Hearts<\/em> #1-4<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Granted, it’s not much, but I’m there every week – I was just <\/em>there on Wednesday<\/a> – and I didn’t want to spend too much time looking around given how crowded the place was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The crowd makes me happy for the shop, but anxious for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s not a major haul, but I’m always happy to go out and do my part to support comics in general and my local comic shop in particular.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As always, special thanks go out to my comic shop, Comic Logic Books & Artwork<\/a>. Please remember to support your local comic shop, and if you need to find one, click here<\/a>.<\/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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