{"id":448,"date":"2023-03-24T16:19:38","date_gmt":"2023-03-24T20:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/unbagged\/?p=448"},"modified":"2023-03-24T16:21:31","modified_gmt":"2023-03-24T20:21:31","slug":"mail-call-for-3-24-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/unbagged\/2023\/03\/24\/mail-call-for-3-24-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Mail Call For 3.24.23"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On Comics Twitter over the past couple of months a lot of people have had success finding some great deals on comic omnibuses at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ollies.us\/home.html\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.ollies.us\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\">Ollie&#8217;s<\/a>, with three books in particular being notable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There&#8217;s an Ollie&#8217;s located not far from me, so last weekend I finally decided to make a trip there with hope in my heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Inspired by various other people on Twitter, I finally decided to venture out into the world and go to Ollie&#39;s. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vWdkAFZ0DU\">pic.twitter.com\/vWdkAFZ0DU<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Jon Maki (@jonpaulmaki) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jonpaulmaki\/status\/1637175554913730560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 18, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately, things didn&#8217;t really pan out. None of the three big deals others had gotten were there, and in the slim pickings available there wasn&#8217;t much of anything I was interested in picking up, though I did end up grabbing this:<\/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=\"919\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/unbagged\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2023\/03\/image-1.png?resize=640%2C919&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/unbagged\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2023\/03\/image-1.png?resize=713%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 713w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/unbagged\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2023\/03\/image-1.png?resize=209%2C300&amp;ssl=1 209w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/unbagged\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2023\/03\/image-1.png?resize=768%2C1104&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/unbagged\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2023\/03\/image-1.png?w=931&amp;ssl=1 931w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Harley Quinn: A Rogue&#8217;s Gallery<\/em><br>It&#8217;s the 25th anniversary of Harley Quinn, and in celebration of this momentous occasion, DC is collecting the best of Harley&#8217;s covers from her own solo series, SUICIDE SQUAD and more! Don&#8217;t miss this gallery hardcover featuring the work of the best comics artists in the biz!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Which is cool but not really what I was hoping for when I went through the trouble of actually leaving my house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Still, I did want those books that others have gotten, so I went online and placed some orders, getting deals that weren&#8217;t quite as good as the deals people got at Ollie&#8217;s, but were still pretty decent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first of them arrived today:<\/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=\"947\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/unbagged\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2023\/03\/IMG_20230324_132857.jpg?resize=640%2C947&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/unbagged\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2023\/03\/IMG_20230324_132857.jpg?resize=692%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 692w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/unbagged\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2023\/03\/IMG_20230324_132857.jpg?resize=203%2C300&amp;ssl=1 203w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/unbagged\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2023\/03\/IMG_20230324_132857.jpg?resize=768%2C1136&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/unbagged\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2023\/03\/IMG_20230324_132857.jpg?w=795&amp;ssl=1 795w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Wonder Woman Diana Prince 50th Anniversary Omnibus <\/em>HC<br>In these stories from the late 1960s, Wonder Woman leaves her superpowers behind to become an ultra-mod, globe-trotting secret agent. With a new costume and a new attitude, Wonder Woman fights crime like never before! As secret agent Diana Prince, she takes on international crime with the help of her new mentor, the mysterious I Ching.\u00a0\u00a0Collects WONDER WOMAN #178-204, THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #87 and 105, SUPERMAN&#8217;S GIRL FRIEND LOIS LANE #93 and WORLD&#8217;S FINEST COMICS #204.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The other two books I&#8217;ve ordered are still on their way and will show up in a Mail Call post once they arrive. Of course, they will also bring with them a certain amount of annoyance &#8211; beyond the fact that I didn&#8217;t get the better deal on the price &#8211; which I will explain in that post, so stay tuned!<\/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>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>On Comics Twitter over the past couple of months a lot of people have had&#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":[3,40],"class_list":["post-448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mail-call","tag-dc","tag-omnibus"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peoZaI-7e","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/unbagged\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448","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=448"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/unbagged\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":455,"href":"https:\/\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/unbagged\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448\/revisions\/455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/unbagged\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/unbagged\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/unbagged\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}