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Being hassled by the man!

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tomo

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I actually worked this journal entry up over the weekend, as right now i'm in court trying to fight a traffic ticket.  In all honesty it's more of a "can you take my good driving record into consideration, put me on probation for six months, and take the points off of my ticket please?" than a 12 Angry Men type situation.  We'll see how that turns out tomorrow.  In the meantime, enjoy these covers of Superman getting hassled by the man!

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Action Comics #359

I'm questioning the the capabilities of Superman's defense lawyer, allowing this little girl to tug at the juror's heartstrings like this.  This copy I picked up in an auction bulk lot at my LCS.  I'll spill the beans on that situation in the near future, as that's the site of my all time greatest pick-up...stay tuned...

 

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Action Comics #556

Hopefully I can put up a better defense than Superman here.  This issue I picked up early on in my decision to start collecting the entire run of Action and Superman.  I bought a large amount of my copper and bronze runs out of the back of The Comic Buyer's Guide magazine in the early 2000's.  It only cost me a buck, so I'm sure it came from one of those bulk buys.

 

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Action Comics #319

I can't see things turning out this bad in court, fingers crossed.  I picked up this issue at the Motor City Comic Con, probably 8 years ago or so.  I remember a dealer had a bunch of nice mid to high grade silver age books for cheap, $5-10 each.  I bought a nice stack, but it wasn't until I got home that I saw the extra embellishment on the face of one of the jailers.  D'oh...

 

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World's Finest Comics #145

...and if you do ever end up in jail, let's hope Batman is never your jailer.  That guy's a real piece of work.  This particular issue was another pick up from one of my LCS' auction nights.

Make sure you tune in tomorrow, and we'll see how my pleading with the court for mercy turns out.

 

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Tomo,

                I hope things turn out for you. I took on the man back in May of 1999 after a bogus ticket. I was going to a mall and there was a detour on the main road so it routed me down a wide street through a housing edition. I was the last car of a group of four traveling at 35 mph . I thought the speed limit was 35 as it was not posted and it was a very large road.  I had just come over the top of a hill and I saw a motorcycle cop get off his cycle walk in the street wave the three cars ahead of me to go on  and point at me to pull in the side street where he was parked.

I thought there must be a funeral procession coming.  He said "Do you know why I pulled you over? I honestly said no.  He said you were going 37 in a 25 mph zone.

I said it is not posted.  He said it is.  To make a long story short I got a camera and started to look around the area for a sign. I found one only and it was completely covered by a tree and not visible. Moving the branches it did say 25 mph. Also that week in the paper it said the Columbus police caught over 230  speeders on that road that weekend as they said people complained from the neighborhood.

So I went to court. They tried three times as I was waiting for me to just pay the fine and no points would go on my license. They offered it to everyone. Very high pressure.  Some took it some did not.  I didn't.  The cop was there and told his story . I told mine and thought I was losing until I handed the judge the pictures of the covered sign. He said in light of the photographic evidence he was reducing it to a minor equipment violation and suspending it's $20 fine. Cass dismissed. The cop was so mad and I had to ride the 14 floors down the elevator with him glaring at me while I smirked. He then went outside and burned rubber his motorcycle so much it left smoke.  I was the one that got away I guess in his mind but why did he only pull me over and also he could not even see me until I got over the hill. I never saw him shoot me with the radar gun nor did I even see a gun at all. I hope you have a positive outcome. At least you are fighting it most don't.

 

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