Tafkap Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 Micronauts #1 was mine. Y'all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poekaymon Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 My first interaction with comic books was when I was about 6 years old. Didn't know they existed previously. Had a hernia operation and when I woke up in the hospital room some family members were there and several people brought small toys or gifts. One of them was a a sealed "grab bag" assortment of Marvel books. i think it had about 10 in there. Random issues. F4, Surfer, Hulk, ASM, Dr. Strange. I had to stay there a bit so I read them all. I especially liked how they smelled. When I got home I started demanding them and when I found a local comic store I used to go there every day after school. Can't remember the first one I bought with my own money, but it was a solid decade of comic-collecting degeneracy after that hospital grab bag. ender and aardvark88 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzzetta Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 (edited) First I bought? Pretty sure it was a couple of 3 Pack of GI Joe comics at Toys R Us... I had some assorted comics but these were the first I bought. I know the first Spider-man comic I bought was Web 26 I know the first ASM comic I bought was ASM Annual 21 and ASM 292. They were on the newsstand at the same time. Edited December 3, 2020 by Buzzetta greggy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 01TheDude Posted December 3, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 3, 2020 It was this three pack: These are the original books from that purchase, though only the ASM was not replaced with better copies. Sold the IH and FF in a reader group on ebay. Inhuman Fiend, Get Marwood & I, Ken Aldred and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Max Carnage Posted December 3, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 3, 2020 My first comics were a 6 issue Amazing Spider-Man subscription - still remember getting these in the mail and reading them to my friends. I was 8 years old. Ken Aldred, MGsimba77, Larryw7 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetuniaGrimm Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 I've thought about this many times and I don't have a clue what the first comic I bought was, or even what my initial introduction to comics was. From the time I was a baby my mother always read to me, and as soon as I could read on my own, she started taking me to the library every week to pick out new books, so I'm assuming somewhere along that journey comic books came into the mix. If I had to guess it would probably be a three pack from Kmart, as those are the earliest comic buying memories I can recall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theCapraAegagrus Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 With money my dad gave me? Magneto #0. With money my mom gave me? X-Men vs The Avengers (1987). With money that I earned? The Dark Knight Returns. Ken Aldred and ender 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 (edited) My very first book was Daredevil 187. Then after a while, I stopped collecting. 15 years later I got back into it when I popped into a store just for nostalgia and got my second first book, Ultimate Wolverine vs Hulk #1. Edited December 3, 2020 by justin MGsimba77 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADAMANTIUM Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 I'm almost totally positive it was this one because I remember the conversation and my mom saying "You don't really want that do you?" and the attendant not being able to answer me if they had #1, cause evidently that what interested me as a 7 year old The first I purchased for myself was Deadpool Circle Chase #1 Ken Aldred, Poekaymon and MGsimba77 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 I remember it pretty vividly. I had watched Batman (reruns of the 60's show) at my cousins house and this was for sale at the grocery store and I couldn't believe that they had killed Batman! I was a pretty gullible 8 year old. MGsimba77, MatterEaterLad, bababooey and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Aldred Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 5 hours ago, Max Carnage said: My first comics were a 6 issue Amazing Spider-Man subscription - still remember getting these in the mail and reading them to my friends. I was 8 years old. No wonder you ended up a lifelong comics fan, being brought up on quality like this; Big Wheel, Rocket Racer, White Chicken (sorry, Dragon.) A classic period. Recall it well myself. Issue 287 by Jim Starlin is also pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MatterEaterLad Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 First comic I bought with my own money. Ken Aldred and KirbyJack 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
podochigae Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 I don't remember the very first comic - it was probably Casper, Richie Rich or Archie. But, I do remember quite vividly the first Marvel book I bought. It was Fantastic Four #204 - its cover, art and colors really drew me in. I had never been attracted to Marvel previously, but it was a whole new world that opened up for me that day. ADAMANTIUM and MGsimba77 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SteveDuin Posted December 3, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 3, 2020 Off the rack at Dawson's Pharmacy in Severna Park, MD: MGsimba77, ender, Ken Aldred and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Bray Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 Detective 439 was my first -- still have the original now coverless copy -- BigLeagueCHEW, Ken Aldred and ender 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Loug2 Posted December 3, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 3, 2020 Amazing Spider-Man #62. First book I bought when me and my (still) best friends got into comics. The Nostalgia is real. MGsimba77, KirbyJack, 01TheDude and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felixthecat Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 I haven't been collecting very long. I wasn't into comics as a child. The first book I ever purchased was Amazing Spider-man #700 from Lee's Comics. Ken Aldred, BigLeagueCHEW, ExNihilo and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aardvark88 Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 1971, I bought Mr. Miracle #2 for 10c as a used back issue from a used book and porno shop in the low rent district. Their wall comic was a Silver Surfer #1 for a lofty 50c that was a lot of loot that I had to earn by collecting and returning Coke bottles (b4 tin cans). KirbyJack, Ken Aldred and KCOComics 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KCOComics Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 I can't remember specifically. My brother read allot of punisher and X-Men, so I got the hand me downs. As a collector, the very first book I bought was a silver surfer #1 I still have. I didn't really know the hobby and the book has amatuer resto that either wasn't disclosed or I didn't know enough to care back then. But I still have it and will likely keep it forever. KirbyJack and Ken Aldred 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artboy99 Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 Fantastic Four 112 Ken Aldred and aardvark88 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
