Polt's Palace: March 2020

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

I would not sell my collection, for if I did, I would cry (Part 51)...

Today In The History Of Polt's Comic Book Collection

Today we go back to March 2005, fifteen years ago, and Marvel comics The Ultimates volume 2, #2.

The Ultimates were a new, modern take on the Avengers, kinda like laying the groundwork for the movies and not like the comics. I really enjoyed the first Ultimates series. Didn't really enjoy the second one that this issue is from. But I still have the issues from the second series anyway.

POLT

The truth is I never left you (Part 1095)....

TRUTH In The Time Of tRump (impeached)

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If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 1179)...

Superhero Anydays

Today we have, by the always amazing Alex Ross, the founding members of the Justice League, in purple.

Batman, Superman, The Flash, Aquaman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, The Martian Manhunter
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And today we have a cosplayer of the Earth-2 Flash.

POLT

I took the road less traveled by (Part 1199)...

MAPS!

Today's map shows the largest non-Christian denomination in each state.

Purple is Judism
Yellow is Baha'i
Orange is Hindism
Red is Islam
Blue is Buddism

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Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 2193)....

Check This Out!

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Rita Hayworth, gave good face (Part 375)....

Fetching Faces

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Keeping it together, all in the family (Part 425)....

Gemini Guys

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I need to be dazzling, I need to be rainbow high (Part 312)...

Pride Prisms

Today we have some Crayola markers in a rainbow pattern.

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It's so cool to be uncool (Part 272)...

What's Cool?

You think you're cool? Well you'll never be as cool as this Southwest flight attendant's outfit, from 1972.

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Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 2192)...

Check This Out!

Story of my life.....

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The back of your hand, somewhere on my behind (Part 517)....

Tooshie Tuesdays

Today we have Tooshies And Sweatpants!

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Monday, March 30, 2020

I've got books lining my shelves, day and night.....

Books 2020

So.....since I can't seem to find a Books 2020 post, this is possibly the first time this year I've purchased any books....although I find it hard to believe I've gone three entire months without buying a book.

I saw yesterday online that Barnes & Noble is closing like 400 stores. I have two gift cards from them, and I didn't want to lose the money on them if the entire chain goes tits up. So today, I got online and ordered five books from them.

The Great Believers, by Rebecca Makkai
Station Eleven, by Emily St. John Mandel
The Plot To Seize The White House, by Jules Archer
Gettysburg, by Stephen Sears
Classical Mythology, by several different authors

With the two gift cards, I only had to pay $3.75. I wasn't sure if I should list that one amount, or the actual total amount. But since I'm listing only what I spent on books, I'm just gonna list the $3.75. It'll skew my year end totals, but it is what it is.

So, the stats so far this year:

March 30: 5 books for $3.75, average of $.75 each

POLT

The truth is I never left you (Part 1094)....

TRUTH In The Time Of tRump (impeached)

We are truly in a post-irony world.....

POLT

Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 2191)....

Check This Out!

Seems to be a better thing to do than waste all that time and money....and all that breath whining about a non-existent war on men....

POLT

If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 1178)...

Superhero Anydays

Today we have, by someone named Sean Chen, Earth-2's JSA founding member: Hourman.

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And today we also have some cosplay by my online friend HITCosplay, he's doing Aqualad....and looking damn hot while doing so.....

POLT

I took the road less traveled by (Part 1198)...

MAPS!

Today's map shows the official types of the 'states'.

Blue is a state.
Red is a commonwealth
Green is a district (you can't really see it, but honestly, DC is there and colored green)

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I used to live in a tiny bubble (Part 298)....

SUDS

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A people, a tongue, and a nation (Part 603).....

Luscious Licks

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You abandoned me, love don't live here anymore (Part 212)...

Abandoned Places

Such a shame this place was allowed to fall into disrepair and just....fall down.

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It;s so cool to be uncool (Part 271)...

What's Cool?

You think you're cool? Well you'll NEVER be as cool as Charlie's Angels in 1976!

Kate "Sabrina Ducan" Jackson, Farrah "Jill Monroe" Fawcett, Jacqueling "Kelly Garrett" Smith.

...and how sad is it that more than 40 years later, I not only remember the actresses names, but their character's names as well....without looking any of them up?

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Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 2190)...

Check This Out!

Today we have, as a matter of perspective, North America compares to Jupiter.

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You're wantin' my body, I don't mind (Part 735)...

MONDAY'S HOT SHIRTLESS GUY PHOTOS

This week we have Hot Shirtless Guys In Sweatpants!

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Sunday, March 29, 2020

The truth is I never left you (Part 1093)....

TRUTH In The Time Of tRump (impeached)

Funny how that was the case, eh?

POLT

I took the road less traveled by (Part 1197)....

MAPS!

So, how big is the Amazon, you ask? Where here's a map, showing it in red, with the USA in black over it.

POLT

Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 2189)....

Check This Out!

Yep. Absolutely. There's something on the floor in the kitchen right now because I decided to "just get it later".......

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If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 1177)....

Superhero Anydays

I don't know the artist, but I very much like his work here! Anyway, this is three Legionnaires (counter-clockwise from upper right): Princess Projectra, Ultra Boy and Chemical King fighting the villain Starfinger.

This is interesting because these three never were really shown working together much at all, and Starfinger is not a major villian. I just wonder why the artist chose these particular characters. Still, very nice work.
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And today we also have a very, VERY cute Spider-Man cosplayer, mask-less and squatting.