Thursday, August 13, 2026

I would not sell my collection for if I did, I would cry (Part 129)....

 Today In The History Of Polt's Comic Book Collection

So, today we travel by 51 years to August 1975 and Marvel's Giant-Sized Man-Thing #5.


Okay, I'm lying.  I don't own any Man-Thing issues (or DC's version Swamp Thing), but I'd like to own this one just so I could say...

"I happen to have the fifth ever giant sized man thing!" 

Whilst grabbing my crotch. 



Plus....68 pages for just 50 cents?????  Damn, those were the good old days!

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You'll have to pay, which leg do you want (Part 619)....

 Thursday Thighs

Dear LORD, his thighs look as wide as his waist is!!!  Again, I have to wonder, how does he find pants to fit.  Not that he should be wearing pants...or anything else.  This photo, I think, shows what should be his usual attire. 


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Wednesday, August 12, 2026

 So, I took the last two days off, giving myself a four day minivaca.  I took them off cause last week, a coworker in my department (CIMD) was off Thursday and Friday.  This week the same CIMD is off Thursday and Friday.  And next week, the other CIMD is off Thursday and Friday.   And I have a shit-ton of leave and I don't really GO anywhere.  So I just decided to take off the beginning of a week.  And I did. 

And so what did I do with my two days off?  I got bloodwork taken for my annual HIV test, negative again this year.  Yay.  Yesterday early afternoon, I took a half hour walk.  Today, first thing I went out front and trimmed the big bush out there.  Not as much as I wanted, cause if I did that there would be these big huge ugly holes with nothing but branches showing, so I trimmed it back.  Hopefully next week, I'll go out and trim it back a lil more, we'll see. 

I had breakfast one day from McDonalds, I a lunch of broiled haddock from the Parlor House.   I had Fruity Pebbles one night for supper. I had a boring ham sandwish one day, and a fluffy muffin for breakfast the other day.   

I did a lot of tv watching, laptop putzing, and phone game playing.  I read over a hundred pages in my book.  I showered both days (which doesn't always happen on my days off if I'm not going anywhere).  I did some Front Porch Readin' both days.  I changed the bedsheets and rotated the mattress.  I did a load of laundry. I took naps.  I drank a LOT of Crystal Light (wild strawberry and grape).

And I thoroughly enjoyed myself. 

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Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 5596).....

 Check This Out!


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If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 4643)....

 Superhero Anydays

Today we have some pinups of the lineups of Earth-2's Justice Society Of America in different periods, done by iconic artists of that time.  (I know I've posted some of these before, but who cares?)

First, we have by Jerry Oreway (a JSA artist for EVERY era) a copy of the cover of All-Star #3 in the 40s, the first apperance of the JSA together, drawn originall by Everett Hibbart. 


Clockwise from lower left: The Atom, Sandman, Spectre, The Flash, Hawkman, Dr. Fate, Green Lantern, and Hawkman. 
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This is, by Murphy Anderson, the team in the 1960s. 


- Batman, Superman
- Spectre, Hawkman, Hourman, The Flash, Wildcat, Mr. Terrific, Johnny Thunder, Starman
Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Sandman, Dr. Mid-Nite, Dr. Fate, Red Tornado I, Red Tornado II, Black Canary
- The Atom, Robin
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In the 70s, during the JSA revival, Joe Staton, drew the most issues of the team. 


-Mr. Terrific, Dr. Mid-Nite, Johnny Thunder, Superman, Johnny's Magic Thunderbolt, Batman, Red -Tornado I, Wonder Woman, Red Tornado II, Spectre
-Sandman, The Atom, Black Canary, Wonder Woman, Starman
-Dr. Fate, The Flash, Hawkman, Power Girl, Hourman, Star-Spangled Kid, Wildcat, Green Lantern, Robin
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And from the 80s, we have the team, as drawn by The Maestro George Perez.


-Johnny's Magic Thunderbotl, Robin, Hourman, Wonder Woman, Superman, 
-Star-Spangled Kid, The Atom, Hawkman, Huntress, The Flash, Dr. Fate
-Johnny Thunder, Green Lantern, Power Girl, Dr. Mid-Nite, Wildcat

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I took the road less traveled by (Part 4148)....

 MAPS!

Today we have the floorplan of the small, 2 bedroom bungalow-ish plan titled The Marina!


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Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 5595)...

 Check This Out!


Whatever it is, I've got three of them!  And they're all broken too!  And don' forget the one in my bedroom!

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Put your love to the test (Part 1838)....

 Where To Put It? 

And so, this slutty freespirited and relaxing fella, where des he belong?  Fetching Faces?  Wifebeater Wednesdays?  Luscious Licks?  Thursday Thighs?  Check This Out!? 


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Just repeat history, just repeat history (Part 144)....

 Vintage Visions

We have always been here, and we're not going anywhere. 


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In your smile, forbidden love (Part 31)....

 Does THIS make me look GAY

Yeah, I know, I'm grasping my junk and showing my bulge to my soccer teammate, so what?  I just gotta wonder though, does this make me look gay? 


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Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 5594)...

 Check This Out!


And no one should be the least bit surprised. 

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Out of control, cause this dog ain't new (Part 691)...

 Heavenly Hounds


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Say your lines, but do you feel them (Part 62)....

 Quintessential Quotes


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Dress you up in my love (Part 337)......

 Dudes In Dresses



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Check this out real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 5593)...

 Check This Out!


Books.  What?  Did someone say books?  

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My birthday song, my happy world (Part 344)....

 Badass Birthday

On this date, in 1887, in Vienna Austria, Erwin Schrodinger was born. 


Erwin Schrodinger was a theoretical phyisicist.  He made advancements in the fields of statistical mechanics, thermodynamics, dielectris, color theory, electrodynamics, general realitivity and cosmology.  

I have no idea what most of those are, nor even sure i know how to pronounce some of them correctly.  But I DO know he is responsible for the 'thought experiment' called Schrodinger's Cat.

And frankly anyone who could come up with something like that needs no other reason to be a badass. 

He passed in 1961 at the age of 74.

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Cut their hair short, wear shirts and boots (Part 945).....

 Wifebeater Wednesdays

This week, we have Wifebeaters In Autos!











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Tuesday, August 11, 2026

Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 5592)....

 Check This Out!


It's like all those Bibles they carry around and love to quote so much from is something they've never read at all.  They certainly don't understand or comprehend what's written inside. 

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I took the road less traveled by (Part 4147).....

 MAPS!

Today's map shows, in purple, the countries mentioned in the Bible. 


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If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 4642)....

 Superhero Anydays

Today we have a bunch of DC Heroes charging into battle.  I think this is drawn by Jose Luis Garcia Lopez, probably in the early 80s. 


Green Lantern, Hawkman, Starfire, Plastic Man, Spectre, Firestorm, Dr. Fate, Saturn Girl, Cosmic Boy, Lightning Lad, Hawkwoman
 Supergirl, The Flash, Batgirl, Cyborg, (I don't know what the 'baby' Robin and Batman are all about, but, well, there they are), Aquaman, Green Arrow, Kid Flash, and Changling. 

So we have members of the Justice League, Teen Titans, Justice Society, Legion of Super-Heroes, some individual solo heroes and, of couse, the 'baby' Batman and Robin.
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And speaking of the Dynamic Duo, today we also have a pair of overly armored Batman And Robin cosplayer. 


Not babies at all.

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Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 5591)....

 Check This Out!


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Put your love to the test (Part 1837)...

 Where To Put It? 

So this Asian cosplayer with a flashing cellphone, where does he belong?  Fetching Faces?  Luscious Licks?  Superhero Anydays?  Check This Out!? 


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Get up and move it, to the music (Part 605)....

 MOTIVATION


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About to hurt 'em, like a tag team (Part 19)....

 Sport or Sex? 

So, these two fellas with their crotches right up against one another, are they playing basketball or are they in some sort of other....game? 


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Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 5590)....

 Check This Out!



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It's so cool, to be uncool (Part 802)....

 What's Cool? 

You think you're cool?  Well you'll never be as cool as Gary Coleman and David Hasselhoff giving the thumbs up in front of KITT.


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Keeping it together, all in the family (Part 909)...

 Gemini Guys


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I'm crazy for you, touch me once, and you'll know it's true (Part 206)....

 Comic Book Craziness

Ummmm, but useful for what I have to wonder. 


You think the artist drew it like that on purpose?

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Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 5589).....

 Check  This Out!

I have no room in my house anywhere for the 1930's day bed...but if I was able to get one of them, I ASSURE you I'd find the room somewhere!  Damn, that is an amazingly beautiful piece of furniture!  


And the upholstery is not even purple!!!!

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The object of my desire, I'm walking on a wire (Part 266).......

 Walks 2026

Today I walked 1.38 miles in 28 minutes. 


Seen on today's walk: This oddly diagonal sidewalk.


This is an oddly shaped diagonal sidewalk.  It looks possibly decorative, eh?  But it's not.  I remember, in my youth and early teens, there were railroad tracks through town.  There was, in photos I've seen, even a tiny train station in the west end of town.  The station became a hair salon, a sub shop and then a salon again, in my memory.  And then tracks were removed.  When they were, the town added this sidewalk over where they went.  And since the tracks ran diaginally in relation to the old sidewalk, so does the new sidewalk. 

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My birthday song, my happy world (Part 343)....

 Badass Birthday

On this date 105 years ago in 1921, in Ithaca New York, Alex Haley was born. 


Alex Haley had a 33 year writing career,   He wrote a few novels, a tv series, and even a movie script.  But what makes him a badass is one particular novel he wrote: Roots.   Which was made into a tv miniseries in the 70s which reached a record breaking audience.  He also won a Pulitzer Prize for the novel.  

Badass author for sure. 

He passed in 1992 at the age of 70.

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The back of your hand, somewhere on my behind (Part 866)....

 Tooshie Tuesdays

This week, we have Covered Tooshies!











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