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Thank you! Once I have a chance to dig into that list, I'm sure I'll have some gaps to fill!

I understand why you made an exception for the 80-Pagers. They're cool enough in mid-grade, but in high grade? Wow. Apparently there is some consensus on the numbering after the fifteen issues in the dedicated run. Do you know where I can view a copy of the list?

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Unfortunately, I only swim in the shallow end of the pool.

Tough book!!

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All the stuff you've been posting are just wonderful to behold! The banner above with the Modest Stein illo is truly outstanding. I hope you'll keep digging up treasures to share.

Like my own, beloved Illinois.

Persistence and an open mind paid off.

Great haul. I’m curious: what were they being harassed about?

Outside being the key word. Those self-congratulatory exercises happen from within. True change can be organic and well-intended, yet often times it can be wrought with a careless and clumsy zeal that is so utterly obvious to everyone who lives outside the circle-jerk. My two cents, anyway. Justly valid opinions will vary.

But the woke are in charge of every column, so they are the ones perpetrating injustice by your own admission. And hip-hop culture, yeah, like that’s not the most fertile ground for half a dozen -isms. For every scattered enlightened kernel, there are bushels of misogynistic and homophobic drivel. In truth, most of us dwell somewhere between the poles you outlined in the above statement. I don’t think because somebody finds the kool-aid a tad bitter or distasteful that they necessarily pitch their tents in the anti-SJW camp.

Definitely a solid option, but the successor trustee can often become the "bad guy" if the rest of the trustees can't agree on something not fully spelled out, such as the disposition of commonly-held assets - often a house or other property. Bottom line: if it's in one's nature to be contentious, then no amount of mindful planning will prevent them from being someone else's headache. It's unfortunate that the hobbies that bring us the most joy can have negative consequences when we're gone.

A few off the top of my head: Decker and Roy Batty in BladeRunner: "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe..." The sister (Jodhi May) stepping off the cliff in The Last of the Mohicans. "I drink your milkshake" from There Will Be Blood. Will Graham in Manhunter figuring out the Tooth Fairy has "You've seen these films, haven't you, my man?" If I wasn't such a luddite, I'd post clips.

More than once, I've spoken with my wife about MyComicShop as an option. In time, I'll put a few more options to paper. This topic usually comes up when she expresses a concern that I'll precede her. Trouble is, I have so much other stuff beyond comics that are a lot less liquid or widely-collected. If my boys have no interest in investing the minimum effort to realize a fairly sizable return selling these other collectables on the Bay or some other venue, then at least they can scroll through my phone and call any one of my numerous collectables contacts and at least give them to someone that gives a damn. A neat old cigar box, a rare pop bottle, an old B-movie poster, a fairly ornate old tobacco tin, my leather-bound two volume edition of John Marshall's biography of Washington, an early Hal Foster Tarzan Sunday page - even a comic - these are things with little to no intrinsic value; instead, it provides an eventual opportunity for the owner to become a prospective seller and maximize its potential. Invest little or no time, and you're likely to realize little potential. With a fairly minimal time investment, your ability increases dramatically to turn some of these relics into that month's utility bill, or a seemingly unremarkable clump of similar artifacts into a weekend getaway. We're continually trading time for wealth in some capacity, and knowledge optimizes your return. I tell them this all the time: hopefully, they're listening.

I've seen this more than a few times too in my experience.

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I picked up a big stack from Catrick's last sale of war books, so it's a multi-book tie. I'll just go with this fantastic cover treatment by the amazing Russ Heath:

I'm pretty happy with some of the chit I picked up at the cho.

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