{"id":630,"date":"2023-06-08T15:25:52","date_gmt":"2023-06-08T19:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/unbagged\/?p=630"},"modified":"2023-06-09T13:59:20","modified_gmt":"2023-06-09T17:59:20","slug":"mail-call-for-6-8-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/unbagged\/2023\/06\/08\/mail-call-for-6-8-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Mail Call For 6.8.23"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Someone on Twitter reminded me of something, so I went off to order it, but while I was at it, I decided to fill some more <em>Superman<\/em> gaps.<\/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=\"249\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/unbagged\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2023\/06\/IMG_20230608_085950-edit-20230608090015.jpg?resize=640%2C249&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-631\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/unbagged\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2023\/06\/IMG_20230608_085950-edit-20230608090015.jpg?resize=1024%2C398&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/unbagged\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2023\/06\/IMG_20230608_085950-edit-20230608090015.jpg?resize=300%2C116&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/unbagged\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2023\/06\/IMG_20230608_085950-edit-20230608090015.jpg?resize=768%2C298&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/unbagged\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2023\/06\/IMG_20230608_085950-edit-20230608090015.jpg?resize=1536%2C596&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/unbagged\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2023\/06\/IMG_20230608_085950-edit-20230608090015.jpg?w=1710&amp;ssl=1 1710w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/unbagged\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2023\/06\/IMG_20230608_085950-edit-20230608090015.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Superman<\/em> vol. 1, #343-346<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I don&#8217;t know how many more <em>Superman<\/em> gaps I&#8217;m going to fill but seeing that I only needed these four to have all of the 340s made me decide to do at least this much. As it stands, I now have a complete run from #330-375. I have other gaps before &#8211; obviously &#8211; and after, and it&#8217;s unlikely I would ever be able to put together a <em>complete<\/em> run, but I&#8217;m thinking I <em>might<\/em> shoot for having every issue published in my lifetime. I don&#8217;t know. At a minimum, I might try to get a full run from #300 to the end of the volume.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In any case, this was the thing I was reminded of that led to the gap-filling.<\/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=\"843\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/unbagged\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2023\/06\/IMG_20230608_085802-edit-20230608085823.jpg?resize=640%2C843&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/unbagged\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2023\/06\/IMG_20230608_085802-edit-20230608085823.jpg?resize=777%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 777w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/unbagged\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2023\/06\/IMG_20230608_085802-edit-20230608085823.jpg?resize=228%2C300&amp;ssl=1 228w, 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