Today We Went To The San Diego Zoo!

Usually by the time we get to the Polar Bear Plunge, the bears are all tired out and resting...

Today we took the tram over first thing in the morning and arrived at the far end of the Zoo first thing!

There were two bears out, one playing with a rubber ball and another with a large white bone.

We enjoyed their antics, but also remembered hearing on the evening news this past week that polar bears out in the wild are losing their homes due to the Artic Ice Cap melting away...

I worked at the San Diego Zoo during my college days.

There wasn't a 'Plunge' for the Polar Bears at that time. The two bears they had then were in the old style enclosure. 

Hopefully something can be done for the ones still in the wild...

Actually when I worked at the Zoo years ago, my favorite animals/birds at the Zoo were the penguins!

I would go down on lunch break and see them.... from Rock Penguins to Emperor Penguins.

After I stopped working there, all the Penguins were take to the Penguin Encounter at Sea World in San Diego, so the Zoo no longer has any to see!

Maybe I liked penguins so much because when I was a really little kid, one my my favorite cartoons on TV was that of Chilly Willy! 

I have blogged previously about my fondness for Chilly Willy Comics like the one to middle left column.

Those are few in number and increasingly hard to find in decent shape!

So if you're ever in San Diego area, be sure to check out the Polar Bear Plunge early in the morning at the Zoo!

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Michael

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Be Aware of This! 

The 'archived' Blog Posts are still showing up differently in different countries!

We sell a lot of our English language comics to English speaking countries of course.

So, we check our blog posts, especially at the UK eBay site, and the Australia eBay Site and Canada's.

Well, those three sites are still serving up our previous blog posts in FULL SIZE blog posts!

However, the USA eBay.com blog posts are still squeezed into the teeny tiny allocated area with the change that occured earlier this week!

So for all of you that sell internationally you might want to look to see how your blog posts are appearing to YOUR potential buyers!

The distortion in how your blog post is served up to eBayers world wide is not all the same!

How about some standardization eBay??

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Michael

On The Occult Files of Dr. Spektor!

Who was Doctor Spektor you ask?

He was a fictional comic book character that appeared in Western Publishing's Gold Key Comics!

Dr Spektor was co-created by the writer Donald Glut and artist Dan Spiegle.

Dr. Spektor's first appearance was in Mystery Comics Digest #5 published in July 1972.

After that first sucessfull appearance, which was only a 10 page story, Dr. Spektor was spun off into his own title, 'The Occult Files of Doctor Spektor'.

His series ran for 25 issues  from May 1973 to May 1982.

Since comic book readership was thought to 'turn over' every 5-6 years the final issue was a reprint of #1.

Another good Gold Key artist, Jesse Santos, had earlier replaced Speigle as the artist on the series, and stayed there for the end of the print run.

Additionally Dr. Spektor appeared in four issues of Gold Key's 'Spine-Tingling Tales'.

In that series he provided  narration for the stories within the comic book.

Dr. Spektor also appeared in one issue of Gold Key Spotlight, issue #8 which we listed tonight for auction, see top left photo.

This was published in August 1977, which unfortunately was his last original appearance in the Gold Key Comics Universe!

Please note that we have a few issues left from a collection we picked up, including one that was high grade enough for CGC grading.

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Michael

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It's A Bird, It's A Plane... No, It's Supergirl!

Michael

Survivor In The 15th Season! 

(Due to the NEW 'squeezed' format eBay Blogs is now served in, our TV Show posts will be shorter in length so as to not scroll down forever!)

Before we watched the 15th Season Premiere Show we caught Jeff Probst on the Glen Beck Show!

Jeff agrees that his job is one of the best and most fun on TV! And he is pleased that Last Season it was still in the Top 12 Shows on TV!

I am going to skip all the scenes that happened this premiere episode, due to the cramped space allowed here now.

Instead I am going to write about the players.

For a change, Tina thought that the first episode portrayed the players in enough spots that she could take an instant dislike or like to them!

Usually the names and faces are a blur until a few episodes into the season!

Tina dislikes Courtney already. She also says the poker player is a an idiot because he told Todd that he though Todd was 'devious'.

Tina likes the religious broadcaster who stood up for her beliefs.

I like the 'Red' team more than the 'Yellow' team as a unit so far. However no standouts for me in the first episode.

It was actually nice to hear the first player who was voted out to voice his displeasure by saying 'DAMN!!!' when he heard the verdict. that was a nice change of pace! Showed that he had invested himself in the game!

Stay 'tooned' with us for more episode adventures as the season goes by...

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Michael