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Turned in my classroom keys for the final time. 32 year career of teaching elementary school has come to an end.
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CROM! It may hit -9°. Time to settle down to a tale of high adventure!
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My LCS that I’ve haunted since the 90’s is closing for good in about a week. Final big sale is ALL comics are $1. The irony that I paid cover price for this one was noted. Loved the long box I carried out yesterday, but would give up all the boxes I own for my LCS to stay open.
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Staying toasty inside with our daughter’s delicious homemade cinnamon rolls and our favorite Cimmerian.
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What is your favorite “start and stop” character? That is, a character that gets their own book, it gets cancelled, and then a few years later they have their own book again, but that gets cancelled…..and so on.
Conan? Doc Savage? Red Sonja? Hawkman? Godzilla?
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A little sci-fi and pie. 70 pages in and over 50 years late to this party. I’m very intrigued.
#chocolatecreampie
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Neat recent mail call. The first two comic adaptations of this Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color ‘64 miniseries will be tough to land, but will be worth the pursuit.
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Congrats to my wife Linda on just finishing up her 31st and final year of teaching (25 at kindergarten). She sunk her heart and soul into her kiddos each and every day and did it with a beautiful smile. All of my love.
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Out of the 1600+ films I’ve rated on IMDb, I’ve only given 25 a perfect score of 10. This is one of them. It was another first watch for Linda and she enjoyed it as well. Love all the scenes, but the ice wagon one might be my favorite.
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Root beer and war comic to start the weekend. This one has my all time favorite backup comic feature 🗡️O.S.S.🗡️ by my all time favorite comic artist, E. R. Cruz. And dig the lettering credit for one of the other backup stories.
#warcomics
#ercruz
#joekubert
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Took in my favorite Universal Monsters film. I get that some Monster Kids are disappointed by the fact that the mummified Karloff is all too brief, but his Ardeth Bay is absolutely fantastic throughout the film.
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A little vintage sci-fi haul from my favorite used bookshop, Twice Upon A Time, in Grand Junction, Colorado.
#supportusedbookstores
#vintagesciencefiction
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⚠️Mail call: Finally got a copy of my grail sci-fi pulp. The same issue that George Mcfly was reading in “Back to the Future” when he came face to face with Darth Vader from the planet Vulcan.🤣 Fun stuff. ⚠️
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My LCS manager handed me these today! They are an extra set (1 of 3) that his grandfather left him, who always kept extra copies of REH stories to hand out for free to new fans. His grandson continues his tradition. So kind of him and I am very thankful to add them to my shelf.
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Mail Call: SSW 159, the first cover where the Unknown Soldier appears with his signature bandaged face. I believe this bandaged face was first used at the end of issue 154, his origin story. The bandaged face on covers seems to become more prevalent starting with SSW 172.
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🔹What’s cooler than Mr. Spock taking on a murmuration of mummies with a type-2 phaser? 🔹
♦️Him doing it in a red shirt!♦️
#StarTrekDay
#StarTrekDay2023
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I keep a little treasure box at my Mile High Bunker. Whenever I find small trinkets, figures or gumball prizes that make me smile, I stow them away and peek at them from time to time.
#BillsTreasureBox
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🟠🔵Mail Call: Never saw this one on the spinner as a kid. It’d been an auto-buy. Also never hit my shop in the mid ‘80’s when I heavily collected as an adult. It’s alluded me for almost five decades until it dropped on my porch last night. Worth the wait!🔵🟠
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A generous mail drop from a buddy over on Instagram that let me plug many “unknown” holes in this run.
#warcomics
#joekubert
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My very first exposure to the Uni-Monsters on film. As a kid I remember sneaking out of bed one night and turned on the tv. As the tubes warmed I was greeted by Wolfie battling Frankie. Seconds later these two monsters were swept away by waves. Roll credits. Mind blown.
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Maybe my favorite sandwich. Roast beef, tomato, dill pickle and mayo. Onion optional.
#conanthebarbarian
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Tomorrow my LCS closes its doors for the last time. Instead of doing an “estate” type sale, Bruce & Tammy were so kind and let their longtime costumers fill a long box for free. Decided to pack mine with mostly stuff I wanted to give a go. Will miss them much more than the books.
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RIP Neal. Your art was iconic even when you were drawing backup stories and made all of us reread stories immediately just for the art alone.
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Mail Call: True first Ballantine Blade Runner! Been looking for a nice copy for some time and will pair nicely with my first pb edition of “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?”.
#philipkdick
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Comic and a Hershey’s Bar. You talk about my brain being kicked back to my childhood. Perfect pairing.
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Mail Call!: Never thought I’d flip through my own issue of this OAAW sporting one of Joe Kuberts all time iconic covers, but thanks to an amazing marathon claim sale on Insta it happened. I know this one is
@big5army
approved!😉
#warcomics
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Mail Call!
Eerie No. 2. Very excited to add this one to my collection!
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Sci-fi Sunday listening. I was lucky enough that the poster was still in sleeve as advertised and owner kept cello on.
@khoskin
@BWashington6575
@ReelTalkASU
@GirlDrinkDrank
@terance2440
@stonezone66
@buse_chris
@Walker_KM
@kidkosmic
@ItCameFromBlog
@GregRozeboom
@blaksheepno1
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In ‘54 the term “space ranger” was used for the first time (?) for the Rocky Jones tv show. DC in ‘58 used it for their sci-fi hero Space Ranger (Rick Starr). Buzz (others?) followed. Just read the reprint of Showcase 15 with Starr’s first appearance. Dig his secret hideout.
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Just never know who might be unearthed in these sci-fi anthologies. ‘73?
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With retirement Linda and I are trying to make some room. I started with my comics. Parted with 99% of my westerns and traded them to my LCS. Got a very fair deal from the manager I’ve known for 30+ years. Two he gave me in trade are pretty damn decent. 🙏
@big5army
for the help.
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Little western pb muster. Not sure if I’ll read all of these in the future, but I’m sure to pull them out from time to time just to admire the covers.
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Comic question. What is a comic that eluded you, or still does, that was not a “super high” key, but just a pain to track down at a fair price and or finding it in the wild. Here are a few I ran into over the years:
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My weekly (sometimes more) visit to my favorite independent book and record shop on the Independent Bookstore Day. If you are in Colorado, this is a must!
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“Wrapping up” my viewing of Universal’s early mummy run with two of our favorite knuckleheads. Used to watch them every Sunday morning when I lived back in New York in the late 70’s. It was rare to catch one of their “monster” films. Shame Jack Pierce was long gone for this one.
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One thing I learned from my mom and dad that has always stuck with me is that during the most difficult of times, even in the thick of it, and when you can, is to fall back into the simple things you love for a few moments.
#scifianddonut
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🪐Another beautiful SF anthology lot from a great dealer over on Instagram.
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Back and forth a bit with
@IowasJoe
which sparked a novel return to one of my all time favorite pulp heroes. It’s been a minute since I’ve read one of these Doc novels and as I recall they were VERY pulpy. Just hope I do as much reading as I will staring at this James Bama cover.
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2nd bowl of Cheerios and 2nd comic of the morning. Love this GK Star Trek as it has my all time favorite spaceship, the Galileo NCC-1701⁄7. However, in classic GK fashion, they have the last number as a 1 until the end when it becomes a 7😂 (& dig the red paint job on the cover)
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❄️Snow Day! Went to bed and not a flake on the ground. Dumped last night. Time for comics and coffee.
#snowday
#carlbarks
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Annual viewing of my all time favorite sci-fi film (only tied with THEM). I can watch this over and over for so many different reasons. Really been 40+ years?! (Blade Runner 1982)
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Went a bit “ape” and picked up this trifecta. Had this “Battle For” novelization as a kid and remember it being the first chapter book I ever read. Drove me crazy as it confused the hell out of me with a “Conquest” looking cover.
#planetoftheapes
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My buddy tossed this in with the comics he sent for X-mas. Really should pursue more from this title as I love these classic Atlas era monster tales. Would love to own some of the originals, but these fantastic bronze age covers are the ones I remember as a kid!
#CoffeeAndComics
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Sorting comics with this on. It really is an amazing series that they pulled off for our Saturday mornings when we were kids. Loved the “life support belts” here. Keeping things simple while being brilliant.
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One of my favorite booksellers over on Instagram (
@collectiblesciencefiction
) pulled these anthologies together for me. About two months away from retirement and these are some of my first reads!
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Mail call: Eerie Number 3 crushing it! Frazetta, Ditko, Williamson, Torres, Colan, Grandenetti, Toth, and a bit of Jack Davis. (And others.)
#eeriemagazine
#frankfrazetta
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Our 30th Anniversary today. We made plans on celebrating it a bit more properly later this year, but on the official day my beautiful wife suggested it would be a good day to replace our 20+ year grill. How I love her!
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When asked what I was looking forward to the most during retirement my answer was, “Coffee and reading on the front porch with Linda.” (Well, and moving to the back porch later in the day and maintaining this, but with our four dogs.😂)
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This Gil Kane cover is beyond coolness, but don’t sleep on the backup stories. My first original Space Cabby story in the collection!
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Eat your heart out RoboCop! Even have some Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots going down.
#scifianddonut
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Mail call: Been looking to land this book for many moons. Raws were too rough and overpriced and graded were out of my range. Shot this dealer an offer and it worked out. Will have to crack this one open to release its full atomic power! ⚛️
#firstappearancefriday
#topshelffriday
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Visiting a tomb of a forgotten astronaut on an uncharted planet and having heartstrings pulled this morning. This sci-fi Creepy is worth digging in bins for. Don’t worry about condition. Just get it. Even some Walt Simonson art (next post).
#scifianddonut
#creepymagazine
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Any image of Spock when I was a kid was coveted. The ones on the side of the model kits (put those in my wallet), Mego cards, or a random tv insert. Just wasn’t a lot out there for me, at least where I lived. So GK issues were just that. GOLD!
#CoffeeAndComics
#goldkeysunday
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Mail call: Love getting GI Combats from the bronze era. I’m mainly fishing for the back stories like OSS, Kana, and The Mercenaries. After I complete the run of 192-288, I’ll either store them for a while and do another reading, or trade them with another collector.
#warcomics
🪖
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Road trip means soundtracks. Leaning into some tv faves from my childhood.
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Some silver age Hawkman classics reprinted from the Brave and the Bold series. I may have read some of these many moons ago, but it’s been so long that they will seem new again.
#RootBeerAndComics
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Reading the first of six installments of Beastworld. Think “big bugs” meet “The Most Dangerous Game”. Sort of. (Kirk Reinert cover)
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First Zud Kamish….as far as I know. Love this very short lived character. Cover art Bob Larkin.
#eeriemagazine
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In the last film the Kahris the mummy carried “Princess Ananka” into a Massachusetts swamp. In this film they are uncovered in a Louisiana swamp. How did they get there?
Monster Kid answer: Doesn’t matter. 😉
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Our daughter loves to draw, especially with color pencils. Her latest. Happy 2021!
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Reading in the shadows and enjoying a late night Americano (decaf for those keeping score).
#darkshadows
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Annual Christmas Eve dinner: Reubens with Linda’s secret sauce and red potato salad.
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Hit the Grand Valley book shop while visiting the kids in Grand Junction. The manager said I really needed to hit their other store Twice Upon A Time Book Shop down the road if I was into sci-fi. Could have bought 5 times as much. Incredible selection, especially for anthologies.
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Mail call: Always wanted to land this ‘51 Bradbury short that had a neat “connect” later with his pal Harryhausen and eventually the producers of the film.
#raybradbury
#rayharryhausen
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Had a “bounty” on this book for over two years. Arrived on John Butterfield’s line via the “oxbow route” here in Colorado last night.
#westerncomics
(two splashes in next post⬇️)
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Whelp, went with my wife to a little antique mall to help her find a table for our front porch. Not sure how this happened.😂 Most from the 70’s and some creeping into the 80’s.
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Mail Call!: So, a surprise package arrived at the Mile High Outpost. Didn’t order anything. Didn’t make a trade. Not my birthday. Didn’t even sneeze. Just another example of kindness and generosity we have all experienced in our comic community.
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LCS pickup: Loving the clean lines from Infantino on Strange and Fox making this story sing. Nice “Star Rovers” backup from Schoff and Mortimer which cinched the purchase. Thanks
@timewarpboulder
for stocking sweet silvers like this one!
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🚀A little reprint read of “The Secret of the Moon Sphinx!”. Terrific take of Gil Kane’s ‘57 original cover from Murphy Anderson. And who knew that the secret to the lost city of Atlantis was within this story all the time. 😉
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Hyborian mail drop which includes my all time favorite book, Conan 84 and another upgrade. These are drop dead gorgeous copies that seem untouched, but I’ll definitely be giving them a read.
#conanthebarbarian
#johnbuscema
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Sunday kicking off perfectly. Some highlights from this ‘75 gem: Mike Kaluta cover, George Pérez art and a Twilight Zone/Outer Limits worthy tale from Bruce Jones!
#scifianddonut
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Grail Call: I have shadowed memories of owning the Creature one as a kid and always wanted to get it or at least one of the six monster rings before I leave this planet. I’ll chase the other three (Frankie, Wolfie and the Mummy), but more than pleased just to have these.
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Asked a buddy on Instagram for his favorite Star Wars read and this trilogy was his rec. Perfect start to some Sunday porch time!
#IReadStarWars
#SciFiAndDonut
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Mail call! Nice handful of Lone Ranger Dells. No. 32 (1951) in the upper left corner has the distinction of being the first of the painted covers.
#westerncomics
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PRIORITY Mail Call: SA 117, the first appearance of the Atomic Knights. Fellow collector on Insta had an extra and was willing to part with it for a very fair price. Love the “regular” backups in these DC sci-fi books and the Knights are one of my favorites.
#atomicknights
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Bravo combo of George Wilson (c) and Russ Manning (s/a).
#CoffeeDonutAndComic
#magnusrobotfighter
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Saw this GI Combat in an antique mall this weekend. I already had it, but it had one of my all time favorite backup features, OSS, with my all time favorite comic artist, E R Cruz, so of course I bought it….again. No regrets. Here’s to a great week of reading!
#warcomics
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