batman_fan Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 This would probably be the number 1 piece of art on my want list. I have no idea if it still exists, but would love to own it. Unca Ben and Greenlake 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batman_fan Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 I have to update my grail. I missed out on this cover quite a while back. Still regret it. Would love to see it come up again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 On 11/12/2017 at 4:28 PM, batman_fan said: This would probably be the number 1 piece of art on my want list. I have no idea if it still exists, but would love to own it. childhood faves? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batman_fan Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 59 minutes ago, Bronty said: childhood faves? Yep, 1st comic I ever owned was Daredevil 33 still have it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 Nice! (Thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westform Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 On 11/12/2017 at 1:58 PM, SquareChaos said: I'm constantly impressed by the number of people that can recall their first comic. +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chromium Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 This one. The OA page was on CAF for about 3 months, almost ten years ago but the original owner took it down soon afterwards and I've never seen it since. Twanj, Unca Ben, batman_fan and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delekkerste Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 On 11/12/2017 at 3:58 PM, SquareChaos said: I'm constantly impressed by the number of people that can recall their first comic. Really? I'm more shocked by people who don't remember their first comic! alxjhnsn and buyatari 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
▫️ Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 16 minutes ago, delekkerste said: Really? I'm more shocked by people who don't remember their first comic! I remember the first title I ever picked up but not the issue number. SquareChaos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SquareChaos Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 40 minutes ago, delekkerste said: Really? I'm more shocked by people who don't remember their first comic! I wish I could recall it, I've tried. I just know it was Spider-man - probably not a coincidence that he is still my favorite superhero, though I haven't been able to read the title for years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hekla Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 I remember my dad buying a variety of war comics as a kid (he was a Vietnam vet – if that’s any kind of excuse for buying a 6 YO war comics)… I don’t remember exact issues but I remember Unknown Soldier, GI Combat and Blackhawk (I did buy the Blackhawk 245 cover that I remember reading as a kid, so that's something of a grail for me). The first superhero title I purchased with my money was Fantastic Four, but I don’t remember the exact issue. I DO remember having a portfolio (Trapper?) that had the image of Fantastic Four 159 with a panel from the book on the back cover and that’s what made me interested in the FF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironmandrd Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 Ah, nostalgia. I can recall the oldest Iron Man comic (#41) and Avengers comic (#89) I ever looked at (bought by my dad). Comparing dates, Avengers #89 came out first. Iron Man #41 was a throw-away (not a great story and it had a scary monster at the end) but I "read" and "re-read" Avengers #89 and #90 until one cover was completely off and the other ripped to shreds. My parents picked out a new comic here or there after that but not frequently. I got Avengers #107 and promptly drew a mustache on the Grim Reaper on the cover. I didn't pick out my own comics until about two years after Avengers #89 and didn't start regularly picking up books every month until about a year after that. Iron Man #64 and #71 were the first Iron Man comics I read to shreds. So I guess I fall into the camp of remembering. Those original books I kept until unfortunately losing them in Hurricane Sandy. The Shoveler and SquareChaos 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocket1312 Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 8 hours ago, delekkerste said: Really? I'm more shocked by people who don't remember their first comic! That's kind of how I feel. I know I'm younger than most here, but I could probably name my first 20 or so comics more or less in the order I acquired them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batman_fan Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 (edited) 22 hours ago, westform said: +1 I got my grail from you a while back. Not my 1st comic but early purchase off the newsstand in Osgood, IN back in 1976. Daredevil 33 came from my brothers friend Terry Disbro. Edited November 16, 2017 by batman_fan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Browning Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 My grail is the cover to Ghost Rider 73, which the late Dave Simons, who inked the cover, believed to be one of the pieces he gave away to friends as gifts that were probably thrown away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rune Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 My one true grail to rule them all would probably be... I don't recall ever seeing the oa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malvin Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 On 2017-11-14 at 6:15 PM, westform said: +1 heh, that plus one. that was about recalling their first comic. I have a good memory, but I can't recall my first comic either. Even if I did, not sure if it would have more nostalgic pull (and pull of my hobby budget) compared to comics that I read when I was older that I had a more profound impact on me (e.g. Frank Miller's DD man without fear mini with JR JR) Malvin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricksneatstuff Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 I would sell half my comic collection for the OA for this cover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagnusX Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 If this cover show for sale one day I know I cannot afford it, but just to answer the op question... Batman 423 by McFarlane. Ricksneatstuff and Twanj 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtymartini1 Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Hands down HOS 92. Seeing it in person made it even more amazing. It resides in Metropolis collection. Modern day Mona Lisa of comic art. Ricksneatstuff, BCarter27 and Rune 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
