{"id":4746,"date":"2026-04-30T10:22:03","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T14:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/unbagged\/?p=4746"},"modified":"2026-04-30T10:24:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T14:24:28","slug":"mail-call-for-4-30-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/unbagged\/2026\/04\/30\/mail-call-for-4-30-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Mail Call For 4.30.26"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Last week, I looked over the variant covers for the Spider-Man\/Superman crossover<\/a>, made my selections, finished my comic-buying, came home, and published my Pull List<\/a> post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then I browsed Bluesky and saw that someone had posted a variant cover that I had not seen and would have purchased if I had. I just assumed the shop hadn’t had it, as they don’t always go all in on variants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I immediately went online to order it and saw another variant that I would have bought if I’d seen it, so I ordered that, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Later, I was visiting the shop’s Facebook page and learned that, to no one’s surprise, I simply hadn’t looked closely enough, as both variants were on the bottom shelf of the shop’s display.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I thought about canceling my order and just picking up copies on my next trip, but decided I shouldn’t chance them being sold out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On yesterday’s trip, I found that I would<\/em> have been able to pick up this one…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Marvel \/ DC: Spider-Man \/ Superman <\/em>#1P
Walt Simonson Variant<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

…but not<\/em> this one:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Marvel \/ DC: Spider-Man \/ Superman <\/em>#1C
Adam Hughes Variant<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The lesson, as always, is that I need to be in less of a rush and to more patiently and carefully scan the shelves, or maybe even be prepared in advance and know what I’m looking for before I enter the shop<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The truth, also as always, though, is that I absolutely will <\/em>not learn this lesson<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And as long as that remains true, you can be sure that there will always be a new Mail Call post in the future.<\/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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