Polt's Palace: July 2023

Monday, July 31, 2023

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

Books 2023

Today, had a busy morning with mom: dropped the car off at the mechanic, got a shot in my eyeball, went to Sam's, Ollies, Hallmark at the Mall, and then ate lunch at Red Lobster. On the trip, I purchased some books (surprising, I know).

Star Trek Discovery: Die Standing, by John Jackson Miller

Fairy Tale, by Stephen King

Life With Kevin, by Dan Parent, J. Bone and Jack Morelli

The Residence by Andrew Pyper

Yearly Totals:

Jan 3: 2 books for $14.33, average of $7.17 per book

Jan 17: 7 books for $23.36, average of $3.34 per book

Totals: 9 books for $$37.69, average of $4.19 per book

Jan 27: 2 books for $24.81, average of $17.41 per books

Totals: 11 books for $62, average of $5.68 per book

Jan 29: 3 books for $44.99, average of $15.00 per book

Totals: 14 books for $106.99, average of $7.64 per book

Feb 5: 1 book for $6.68

Totals: 15 books for $113.67, average of $7.58 per book

May 18: 2 books for $24.58, average of $12.29 per book

Totals: 17 books for $138.25, average of $8.13 per book

Jun 8: 3 books for $12.69, average of $4.23 per book

Totals: 20 books for $150.94, average of $7.55 per book

Jul 12: 4 books for $52.53, average of $13.13 per book

Totals: 24 books for $203.47, average of $8.48 per book.

Jul 31: 4 books for $24.52, average of $6.13 per book

Totals: 28 books for $227.99, average of $8.14 per book

Of these 28 books, 22 are actual books and 6 are graphic novels.

POLT

If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 2575).....

Superhero Anydays

Today, by the great Art Adams, we have the lineup of the X-Men, during, frankly, one of their better times.

Phoenix (Rachel Summers from an alternative future), Cyclops, Storm, Colossus, Wolverine, Nightcrawler, Shadowcat, and Rogue (with that God awful hairstyle).

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And today we have some cosplayers from the Young Justice animated series.

Robin, Superboy, Kid Flash, and Arrowette.

POLT

I took the road less traveled by (Part 2034)....

MAPS!

POLT

Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 3850)....

Check This Out!

POLT

Put your love to the test (Part 855)...

Where To Put It?

And so, where should this hot, sexy skateboarder go? Fetching Faces? Luscious Licks? Shirtless Mondays?

POLT

The trush is I never left you (Part 1705)...

TRUTH After The Time Of tRump

(two times impeached,

two times indicted,

two time loser of the popular vote)

POLT

A people, a tongue and a nation (Part 839)....

Luscious Licks

POLT

Keeping it together, all in the familY (Part 509)...

Gemini Guys

This is one half of the set of the Brodes Twins.

No, I don't know which one it is, nor do I care. Nor should you. I mean just LOOK at him!

POLT

Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 3849)....

Check This Out!

This therapist knows nothing of where I work.....

POLT

You're wantin' my body, I don't mind (Part 906).....

MONDAY'S HOT SHIRTLESS GUY PHOTOS

This week, we have Hot Shirtless Guys Smiling!

POLT

Sunday, July 30, 2023

I would not sell my collection for if I did, I would cry (Part 91)....

Today In The History Of Polt's Comic Book Collection

Today we travel by 19 years to July of 2004, and Marvel's Exiles #46.

The beginning of the series was fantastic, as was the premise. As it went along, and changed writers and artist, it became shaky and never reached the heights it had at the start. But it was still a fun comic.

POLT

We could be heroes, forever and ever (Part 41).....

Anniversary Avengers

We now have the next Avenger to join the team, The Forgotten One aka Gilgamesh aka Hero. He was a member of the Eternals who had been around on Earth for millenia. Last post I mentioned the nadir of the Avengers when Cap assembled a motley group of heroes, including Mr. Fantastic and Invisible Woman (see last post). Cap also found Gilgamesh wandering around and brought him onto the team.

Thankfully, that lineup did not last very long, and Gilgamesh went back to his wanderings.

In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, he was seen in the movie Eternals, and was played by Don Lee.

POLT

Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody knows (Part 3848).....

Check This Out!

POLT

If I were a hero, I'd be Matin Luther (Part 2574).....

Superhero Anyday

Today we have the Avengers' Resident Archer: Hawkeye!

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And we also have Batman And Robin....in some unique costumes.

Wanna get me back to DC Movies? Make one with these guys!

POLT

I took the road less traveled by (Part 2033).....

MAPS!

Australia's population distribution.

POLT

Someone get me a bed at the Casa de Loco (Part 49)....

Reasons To Call In Sick And Just Stay In Bed!

Without being able to see his whole face, I can't be certain, but I think this is internet celeb GreenEyedWxlf, aka Ray. But whether it's him or not, if I'd wake up and see that hair and those eyes staring back at me, there is not freaking way I'm leaving that bed!

Especially not for work.

POLT

Put your love to the test (Part 854).....

Where To Put It?

And so where does this hunky guy belong? Fetching Faces? Shirtless Mondays? Real Men Wear Pink? Thursday Thighs?

POLT

I used to live in a tiny bubble (Part 416)...

SUDS

POLT

Out of control, cause this dog ain't new (Part 822)....

Heavenly Hounds

Some dogs are truly party animals.

Still the bestest boy ever, though

POLT

Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 3847)....

Check This Out!

POLT

I drive my mini-Cooper and I'm feeling super-dooper (Part 729)...

Superman Sundays

This week, we have Superman Stuff And Smiles!

POLT

Let's get unconscious honey (Part 735)...

UNCONSCIOUS MUTTERINGS

Here are 10 Random Words. I'm listing the first word or words that come to mind when I hear them.

1. Major :: General

2. Shop :: Store

3. Remind :: Forgetful

4. Extort :: Blackmail

5. Flour :: Baking

6. So :: What?

7. Ex :: Wife

8. Ideology :: Principles

9. Use :: Function

10. Welfare :: Medicaid

POLT

Saturday, July 29, 2023

I took the road less traveled by (Part 2032)....

MAPS!

This is the village of Maskaar, from some D&D game.

POLT

Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 3846)....

Check This Out!

POLT

If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (part 2573)....

Superhero Anydays

Johnny Thunder was a hero in the Golden Age of World War II. He has command of a magic thunderbolt. As he grew into his later years, demetia took hold. He actually passed the thunderbolt onto a young Black teen who had become his friend in the home Johnny was in. This was Jakeem Williams, who later took the name Jakeem Thunder and became a hero, in his own right. This pic is of an older Jakeem Thunder, about 20, with the Thunderbolt behind him.

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And today we also have sexy cosplayer Carlosgzzyart. He is doing Wiccan, some of Scarlet Witch. You can see the influences of her costume on his cape and headgear

POLT

Movies I Have Seen In 2024...

What If...?, Season 2: Jan 1 (B+)
Saltburn: Jan 3 (B-)
Fall of '55: Jan 3 (C)
Lost Cities Reveals, With Albert Lim: Jan 5 - 6 (C)
Incredible Dr. Pol, Season 21: Jan 6 - 9 (B)
Incredible Dr. Pol, Season 22: Jan 10-12 ) B
Incredible Dr. Pol, Season 23: Jan 12- 14 (B)
Echo, Season 1: Jan 16
Lost Treasures of Egypt, Season 1: Jan 22-26 (B-)
Percy Jackson & Olympians, Season 1: Jan 25 - 30 (B-)
Lost Treasures Of Egype, Season 2: Jan 26 - 29 (B-)
Murder On The Orient Express (1974): Jan 27 (A-)
A Real Bug's Life: Jan 30 - 31 (B-)
Alexander, The Making Of A God (N): Feb 3 - 4 (B+)
Adonis (tubi): Feb 4 (C+)
Marvels: Feb 9 (C-)
Dr. Who: Genesis Of The Daleks (tubi): Feb 12 (C+)
Life On Our Planet (N): Feb 13 - 14 (A)
My Feet Are Killing Me, Season 1 (max): Feb 14 - 18 (B+)
My Feet Are Killing Me, Season 2 (max): feb 18 - 19 (B+)
My Feet Are Killing Me, Season 3 (max): Feb 19 - 20 (B)
My Feet Are Killing Me, Season 4 (max): Feb 20 - 23 (B)
Last Airbender (2024) (N): Feb 23 - 25 (A+)
Einstein And The Bomb (N): Feb 25 (B-)
Doctor Who, City Of Death: Feb 26 (B+)
Doctor Who, Planet Of Fire (tubi): Feb 26 (C-)
Caligula, with Mary Beard (tubi): Feb 26 (A)
MASH, The Comedy That Changed TV (tubi): Feb 26 (A)
Doctor Who, The Ark In Space(tubi): Feb 27 (A-)
Doctor Who, Revenge Of The Cybermen (tubi): Feb 28 (B-)
Doctor Who, The Sontaran Experiment(tubi): Feb 28 (C)
Doctor Who, Terror Of The Zygons (tubi): Feb 29 (C)
Doctor Who, Planet Of Evil (tubi): Mar 1 (D+)
Doctor Who, Inferno (tubi): Mar 1 - 2 (B)
Doctor Who, Terror Of The Autons (tubi) : Mar 2 (C)
Doctor Who, Mark Of The Rani (tubi): Mar 3 (D)
Doctor Who, Time And The Rani (Tubi): Mar 3 (C-)
Dune, Part 1 (Hulu): Mar 4 (B+)
A Haunting In Venice (hulu): Mar 4 (B-)
Doctor Who, Delta And The Bannermen (tubi): Mar 4 (F)
Doctor Who, Dragonfire (tubi): Mar 4 (C)
Doctor Who, Tomb Of The Cybermen (tubi): Mar 5 (B)
Great Expectations (2024) (hulu): Mar 5 - 7 (B-)
Doctor Who, The Daleks (tubi): Mar 6 (B)
Doctor Who, The Brain Of Morbius (tubi): Mar 8 (C+)
Jerry Brown, The Disrupter (PBS): Mar 9 (B)
Serpent Queen (Starz): Mar 9 - 11 (A-)
Oppenheimer (peacock): Mar 12 (B-)
Doctor Who: The Dalek Invasion Of Earth (tubi): Mar 13 - 14 (B-)
Doctor Who: The Keeper Of Traken (tubi): Mar 16 (B+)
Turning Point, The Bomb & The Cold War (N): Mar 16 - 18 (A+)
Damsel (N): Mar 20 (D)
Quiet On The Set, The Dark Side of Kids TV (max): Mar 21 -
Rome: Empire Without Limit With Mary Beard (freevee): Mar 23 (B+)
The Great Fire Of London In Real Time (Prime): Mar 24 (C+)
Who Done It: The Clue Documentary (Prime): Mar 24 -25 (B-)
Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes (Max): Mar 25 (B+)
American Dynasties, The Kennedys (Max): Mar 25 - 26 (A-)
The Harvest, Integrating Mississippi's Schools (PBS): Mar 27 (B+)
Doctor Who 60th Anniversary Specials (Disney+): Mar 28 (A)
Madu (Disney+): Mar 29 (A)
Doctor Who, Greatest Show In The Galaxy (tubi): Mar 30 (C)
Escape From New York (WBoro Theater); Mar 30 (B)
Hercules (Disney+): Mar 31 (B+)
Testament The Story Of Moses (N): Mar 31-Apr1 (C)
Minions: The Rise Of Gru (Prime): Apr 1 (B-)
Homicide New York (N): Apr 2 - 3 (A)
Rustin (N): Apr 5 (B+)
Invincible, Season 2 (prime): Apr 6 -7 (A)
Brother Outsider: The Life Of Bayard Rustin (N): Apr 8 (B)
Amadeus (N): Apr 8 (A+)
Crime Scene Berlin, Nightlife KIller (N): Apr 8 (B)
Midnight Movies, From The Margin To The Mainstream (Starz): Apr 10 (B-)
Medici The Magnificent, Season 3 (N): Apr 11 - 13 (B-)
X-Men, Days Of Future Past (Disney+): Apr 13 (A-)
Am. Exp,, The Busing Battleground (PBS): Apr 14 (A)
Am. Exp. Citizen Hearst (PBS): Apr 14 (B-)
Am. Masters: Moynihan (PBS): Apr 15 (B)
Titanic's Final Mystery (Paramount+): Apr 15 (C)
Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1956) (Paramount+): Apr 15 (A-)
Feud, Season 2 (Truman v Swans)(Hulu): Apr 15-16 (B-)
Feud, Season 1 (Bette v Joan) (Hulu): Apr 16-18 (A)
California Suite (Tubi): Apr 20 (B-)
Greek Island Odyssey (Paramount+): Apr 21 - 22 (C)
Secrets Of The Octopus (Disney+): Apr 22 (C+)
House Of Cards Trilogy (Roku Channel): Apr 23 -
The Princess And The Frog (Disney+): Apr 27 (B+)
Doomed: The Untold Story Of Roger Corman's Fantastic Four (tubi): Apr 27 (C+)
Our Living World (N): Apr 29 (C+)
Dead Boy Detectives (N): Apr 29 - May 1 (A)
Doctor Who, Season 4 (max): May 2-4 (A+)
The Ballad of Greenwich Village (tubi): May 5 (C)
Geek And You Shall Find (tubi): May 6 (A-)
Missing, Dead Of Aive (N): May 7 (B)
The Texas Killing Fields (N): May 8 (B+)
Fallout (Amazon): May 9 - 11 (A)
Doctor Who, Season 14: May 10 - Jun 22 (B+)
Till Murder Do Us Part, Soering vs Haysom (N): May 12 (A)
Dr. Pol, Season 24 (Disney+): May 12 - 15 (B)
Spacey Unmasked (Max): May 14 (B)
30 For 30, Broke (N): May 15 (C)
X-Men 97 (Disney+): May 15 - 17 (C)
Shogun (Disney+): May 17 - 20 (B+)
Becket (Roku): May 20 (C+)
Bob's Burgers, Season 14 (Hulu) : May 20 - 24 (C+)
Dune, Part 2 (Max): May 21 (B-)
The Innocent Man (N): May 26 (A-)
England's Forgotten Queen: The Life And Death of Lady Jane Gray (Prime): May 26-27 (B-)
She-Wolves: England's Early Queens (Prime): May 27-28 (B-)
The Boys In The Board (Prime): May 29 (C)
The Riot Report (PBS): May 30 (A-)
Star Trek: Discovery, Season 5 (Paramount): May 31 - Jun 4 (B-)
ST Short Treks (paramount): Jun 4 - 5 (A-)
Apollo's Moon Shot (paramount): Jun 5 (A)
Hello Dolly! (disney+): Jun 6 (D+)
Saving Private Ryan (peacock): Jun 8 (A+)
30 for 30: OJ, Made In America (N): Jun 7-9 (A)
I Killed My Father (N): Jun 9-10 (B+)
Sins Of Our Mother (N): Jun 10 (B+)
Shirley (N): Jun 10 (B)
All Of Us Strangers (Hulu): Jun 13 (B-)
Walking Britain's Roman Roads (Prime): Jun 14 - 15 (B+)
House Of The Dragon, Season 2 (MAX): Jun 17 -
Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy At Love Canal (PBS): Jun 17 (B+)
The Insufferable Mr. Buckley (PBS): Jun 17 (C-)
Disco: Soundtrack Of A Revolution (PBS): Jun 18 (A)
Chinatown (Paramount+): Jun 20 (C)
Mary And George (Starz): Jun 21 - 23 (B)
Grantchester, Season 9 (PBS): Jun 25 - 27 (B)
The Walking Dead, Season 1 (Netflix): Jun 30 - Jul 1 (A)
Outstanding, A Comedy Revolution (Netflix): Jul 4 (A+)
Magna Carta: Unlocked (prime): Jul 4 - 5 (B-)
The West Wing, Season 1 (MAX): Jul 15 - 19 (A-)
The West Wing, Season 2 (MAX): Jul 19 - 22 (A+)
The West Wing, Season 3 (MAX): Jul 22 - 27 (A+)
The West Wing, Season 4 (MAX): Jul 27 - 29 (A+)
The West Wing, Season 5 (MAX): Jul 30 - Aug 4 (B-)
Deadpool Wolverine (Leitersburg): Aug 3 (C-)
The West Wing, Season 6 (MAX): Aug 4 - 8 (B)
The West Wing, Season 7 (MAX): Aug 8 - 10 (A)
Dirty Pop, A Boy Band Scandal (N): Aug 10 (B)
The Boys, Season 4 (Prime): Aug 11-12 (C-)
Umbrella Academy, Season 4 (N): Aug 13 (B+)
Acolyte (Disney+): Aug 16 - 17 (C)
Batman: Caped Crusader (Prime): Aug 18 - 19 (B+)
Evil, Season 1 (N): Aug 18 -
Seprent Queen, Season 2 (Starz): Aug 27 - 30 (B+)
Kaos (N): Sep 1 (A+)
Joanna Lumley's Britain (Prime): Sept 2 (B)
Remembering Gene Wilder (N): Sept 3 (B+)
Six Schizophrenic Brothers (Max): Sept 4 (B)
Upstairs Inferno (Roku): Sept 9 (B)
Interview With The Vampire, Minisereis (N): Spet 13 (A-)
Apollo 13 Survival (N): Sept 14 (B+)
Muscles & Mayham (N): Sept 17-18 (B)
Monsters, The Lyle And Erick Menendez Story (N): Sept 19 - 21 (B)
Agatha All Along (Disney+): Sept 24 - Oct 30 (B)
Inside Out 2 (Disney+): Sept 25 (B-)
5B (Peacock): Sept 27 (A+)
Commitment To Life (Peacock): Sept 27 (A-)
Invitation To A Murder (Roku): Sept 28 (B+)
LOTR, Rings Of Power, Season 2 (Prime): Oct 4 - 7 (C+)
Heartstopper, Season 3 (N):Oct 7 - 8 (A+)
Charles 1: The Kill A King (Prime): Oct 13 (A-)
Am. Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez (Disney+): Oct 17 - Nov 13 (B-)
The Girl In The Picture (N): Oct 21 (B-)
Mayfair Witches (N): Oct 21 - 22 (C)
Legends Of Vox Machina, Season 3 (Prime): Oct 24-25 (C+)
Legends Of the Superheroes (Tubi): Nov 11 (F)
Batman: The Brave And The Bold (Max): Nov 22 - 25 (B)
Nutcracker, NY Ballet (Disney+): Dec 7 (C)
Dream Productions (insideout) (Disney+): Dec 11 (B+)