What was your first comic???

inmyblood · Post by **inmyblood** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 2:43 pm

I asked this question in the "my valiant story" category pertaining only to Valiants.

Now I'm asking this again except this is about your first comic ever....regardless of the publisher.

It's fun to hear what you first snatched up!

inmyblood · Post by **inmyblood** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 2:45 pm

both at the same time....

Wolverine #37(proud)

Justice League Quarterly #2(embarrased? yes)

betterthanezra · Post by **betterthanezra** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 2:50 pm

Amazing Spider-man #139

-Brian

ibreakhorses · Post by **ibreakhorses** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 2:59 pm

Amazing Spiderman #22 or Daredevil #225, I can't remember.

IMJ · Post by **IMJ** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 3:16 pm

My first comic EVER was actually coincidentally one of the best Superman stories ever written, which was Superman Annual number 11. This was truly an awesome issue, and I have that very comic in my basement to this day (although it's a well read VG+ or so). It was something I got from a Jewel grocery store as a kid, read it and stashed it. I didn't buy many comics at all after that (probably actually only bought one or two more over several years after that one of which is Batman Annual #9....)

Then, years later, a friend got me into actually buying and collecting comics (as in on my own and not "mommy this looks cool can I have it?") and the first one I bought off a spinner rack @ a Convenient store was Iron Man Vol. 1, #247 (which obviously hooked me terribly on the character).

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 4:18 pm

Hard to say, probably one of my sister's old Archie comics, or a Scooby-Doo, when I was little - but the first comics I ever bought were Arion, Lord Of Atlantis #1 (DC) and Uncanny X-Men #171 (Marvel.)

Arion blew chunks, and I am still an (old-school) X-Fan to this very day, and have the tattoo to prove it!

-slym (GREAT Walt Simonson cover, dontchathink?)

Heath · Post by **Heath** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 4:54 pm

I'm not sure which of these events came first so I'm not sure exactly what my first comic book was (I'm excluding things like Archie digests and Richie Rich and such which most likely were really my first comics).

One evening when my dad got home from work, he had a surprise for me. He had picked up one of those comic book packs that grocery stores always had. The packs with 4 or 5 comics at a discount price. The one I remember most was Captain America #235. I think there was also an Avengers and/or West Coast Avengers in there (I remember Hawkeye). And probably a Ghost Rider. I remember sitting at the breakfast bar in our house reading them all cover to cover over and over again. It was the best gift my dad had ever given me! I liked the Captain America the best. I even made a Captain America costume out of construction paper shortly after that. If anybody has a copy of Captain America #235 cheap, I'd love to have it again!

It's also possible my first real comic was GI Joe #2. I remember mom bought it for me (when it was new) and it was my first introduction to GI Joe. I didn't really care for it so I gave it away to a friend of mine at school. I came to really regret that as I became completely hooked on GI Joe shortly afterward.

Although it wasn't my first comic book, I was really enthralled with Ghost Rider as a kid. My parents were deeply involved in the "outlaw biker" lifestyle of the time and Johnny Blaze/Ghost Rider, unlike any other comic book character, looked like the people that would party at my house every weekend. Although Spider-Man was always my #1 favorite character, Ghost Rider appealed to me in a way no other book did.

Of course I quit buying comics when I hit my early teens. I sold them all in a garage sale. My decision. I can't blame that one on my mom. I started again in my late high school years. I started with Star Trek (vol 2) because I was a total Star Trek geek. I've forgotten more about Star Trek than most people ever learn. And it grew from there. Grew a LOT! Then I sold my collection for a second time right after I got married and I was in graduate school with no real job and money was so tight we had to buy groceries with a credit card. But I don't think there's any way I could ever sell my entire collection again - I regret the first two times too much

But I digress.

Unblessed · Post by **Unblessed** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 5:15 pm

I had an Amazing Spider-Man comic from 1982/83 when I was 3 going on 4. My mom says I would take it everywhere and talk to myself while looking at the pictures. Definately not in mint condition by the time I was done with it.

davidb · Post by **davidb** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 7:56 pm

I remember that my first two books were from the same time I discovered the quarter bins - Super Powers (1st mini) #1 and Superman: Phantom Zone #1. I grabbed them because of how much I'd loved the old Superfriends cartoon.

My first new comic was the Giffen/DeMatteis JL annual #1. I've still got it, but it kissed mint condition goodbye a long long time ago.

tssgery · Post by **tssgery** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 8:05 pm

The first comic I remember buying with my own money was, Star Wars #1. Oddly enough, it's the only book to survive my childhood. I found it when I was moving out of my parents house in the mid 80's and is still in NM condition.

depluto · Post by **depluto** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 8:15 pm

The first comic I bought that I collected was X-Men 126 ... picked it up on a family trip. I still have it, of course.

tcolli · Post by **tcolli** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 9:31 pm

Marvel GI Joe #4.

Kino · Post by **Kino** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 11:39 am

Mine was Thing #3 and Secret Wars #2. Unfortunately both of them are only in good condition only but I still cherish my start in comic collecting.

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 12:10 pm

The only comic I ever remember reading, ever, before the age of 17 was Rom #47.

That cover stuck with me, mainly because of the Bradbury homage, but the cover art was pretty damn awesome and creepy as well.

Plus the fact that the story was totally awesome, AND STILL IS TO THIS DAY. I re-read Rom 1-75 last year, and aside from some terribly hokey dialogue, and a plot that took FOREVER to get going, Rom #47 (which, of course, introduced the female or "real" dire wraiths to the series, who had a very unique way of operating) is the start of something truly spectacular in the Marvel U.

In THIS series, characters that you knew and loved ACTUALLY, PHYSICALLY died, with no POSSIBLE chance at resurrection later on, and they died GRUESOMELY (which, I think, is why the story stuck with me all those years. It's a NEAT-O trick!)

Rom #1-46 and #47-75 can rightfully be called Vol 1 and Vol 2.

If you have never read Rom.....I encourage all of you to pick up a set cheap (they can be had, in "NM" condition, on eBay for between $30-$45 for a complete set) and READ it....yes, it'll take a while to slog through the prelude, but once things start going in #47, it gets REALLY good.

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 12:14 pm

And, of course, the first comic I collected (as in, bought new off the stand with the intention of keeping) was Batman #437. Couldn't find a damn 436 anywhere...argh!

And yes, I still have that copy.

Sadly, my Senior year in high school took over at that point, and I didn't rejoin Bats until #443....at which point, I'd missed out on #440-442, but oh, here, you can buy one at Fantasy Books & Crooks (back when it was still Fact, Fiction, and Grab Your Wallet) in Livermore for the mere sum of $5! (Two months after it was out, natch.)

And, of course, should one desire, you could ALSO purchase a copy of Batman #428 for the LOW, LOWWW price of only $75.

A STEAL!

I actually got kicked out of the store for putting a $1.75 price tag on a $4 Sandman #8.

Oh, and I "hid" three Wolverine #10's for $2.25 each (WAYYYY over priced!) to buy later...and they disappeared. Sigh.

Of course, I was just 18 at the time.

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 12:16 pm

The funny thing is that, other than Rom #47, I don't remember reading ANY other comics as a kid. I KNOW they were around...hell, there was a comic store 3 doors down from my mom's place on Regional Street in Dublin, CA (you can find this store listed in Marvels in 1982-83.

)

And I STILL don't remember much about it.

But man, can you imagine the prices on the books?

Captain America #100, $14.

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 1:00 pm

Since I started reading X-Men when I did, the question of "who is Jean Grey" came up quickly, and for Christmas of that same year, I had the whole "Dark Phoenix" saga given to me as a present by my parents. I was already hooked on the X-Men before that, but getting those earlier issues sealed my fate for life as an X-Fan. I still say no one writer has ever acheived what Chris Claremont did on his HUGE run writing (Uncanny) X-Men. Others have acheived great things that are unique inthier own right, I am not taking anything away from them, but CC has that one distinction all to himself. Now, if only his current stuff was anywhere near as good................

-slym (see why he can't stand the new X3 movie?)

Knightt · Post by **Knightt** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 2:52 pm

Earliest one I 'remember' is buying The Amazing Spider-Man #158. I am sure I had others before that but this issue I definately remember as I was going to my uncle's for the summer and he stops into a pharmacy and spent $3.00 which was quite a few comics back then and I was hooked up for the summer AND hooked on comics.

$3.00 might get you ONE comic these days.

Unblessed · Post by **Unblessed** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 2:58 pm

Hooked on comics worked for me.

Anyway, what got me into comics post 3 years-old was the 1990 Marvel card set. My class was just insane about that set.. Well, my mom ordered 2 boxes for $15 each, one for me and one for my little brother. That hooked me on comics again. And Marvel.

I remember the summer of '91 driving across the country with my folks and at one Stuckeys we stopped at had X-Force #1s. I picked up to (one to keep in the bag).

Comic interest waned until right after Unity and I got Magnus #22 Stuck around until the Malve emperor died then dropped 'em cold until 2000 when I got a Magnus #12 off eBay for $2.50 with a BIN.

And the rest we shall say, is history.

mrwoogieman · Post by **mrwoogieman** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 3:40 pm

They were always around, but the one I remember reading and marking as a title that I wanted to read more of, was when my big bro gave me X-Men #99!

leonmallett · Post by **leonmallett** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 4:55 am

My first comic was purchased from a newsagent near to where I lived at the age of about 6. I had been exposed to Batman through the telly series which was shown on saturday mornings over here at around that time. It was a monumental year - we had Britain's first woman prime minister and I believe that was the same year I got my first US comic - but recall can be flaky can't it? Anyway the issue was Brave and the Bold (#153 I think) featuring Batman and the Red Tornado. I was blown away by the sense of adventure. I still love RT to this day, goofy costume and all.

steverino · Post by **steverino** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 5:10 am

Punisher War Journal #8, by Carl Potts and Jim Lee. That, and a Terminator comic from NOW.

I read those things till they were in shreds. I thought the Punisher was the coolest. Still do, to a degree.

I also remember having Batman: Year 3, but I don't really remember if I got those first.

BTW: I also remember a Terminator comic with a cover of a terminator dog when I was very young. Man, that thing gave me nightmares. I dreamed of terminator dogs for a long time after that.

As for my dogs I had at the time... well, I was very cautious.

Elveen · Post by **Elveen** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 6:14 pm

My first comic book I ever had was actually not a comic book, but a record with some comic pannles included on the record jacket. It was a spiderman record... it had the orgin of Spidey.... the death of uncle ben... the whole deal... and it had a "comic book" you could follow along with... but it was not really a comic book...

so...

one summer when I was young, 2nd, 3rd grade we drove across county to visit my mom's family in the great state of Iowa! On the way back, my ear drum ruptured...

, so I spent some time in the back seat whimpering in pain... finally we got to a hospital, it is a vivid memory for me for three reasons:

#1) I got a shot in my bootie cheek (it was needle, so you silly guys... no gay jokes!) and it hurt.. (again.... watch yourselves with the funnies

)

#2) my grandmother was with us in the room, so she saw me with my pants down!!!!!

#3) but the reason I most remember is... my grandmother bought me (what I bleieve to be my first comic book) a Flash comic book. I have no idea what book it was, but I knew it was the flash... I might recoginize, maybe not. But it was a comic book.... I read that book over and over and over....

besides that unknown Flash book, my first comic book I had, the one I remember were "Giant" oversized issues.... I have posted them before but I will do it again... just for your entertainment

These are the first books I remember having... they were like my most favorite possesions. Even as a young child, I read them carefully, I put them out of the reach of my little brothers... they were special to me, and I treated them that way.

Someday I will get these books again.....

(Thanks Stu for the effort in this endavor... it is not often the outcome but the intent

thanks brother)

Some day I will have these books.....

I have a feeling that as soon as my VH1 run is done, I will put more effort ($$$$) into getting these books.

Thanks for this thread IMB, I love going down memory lane.

steverino · Post by **steverino** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 5:35 am

I finally found that comic that I first saw at my local Krogers that gave me fricking nightmares when I was young. I really didn't think that it would bother me now...

Damn, that's a scary image.

Um, my dog's looking at me now.

GET AWAY FROM ME, HELLHOUND!

[runs, with dog playfully prancing right behind.... with slobering tongue hanging out of his mouth]

cobra_commander · Post by **cobra_commander** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 8:22 am

Heath wrote:

Its weird that there's a few GI JOE mentions here...I never thought anyone picked it up? In any case #2 was also one of the first comics I picked up and to this day it remains one of my favourite covers