csaag Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, Poekaymon said: Are you sure you guys aren't just picking some favorite from back in the day? I don't see how you could possibly remember "your first." I can't even remember what cereal I had this morning. All I remember is the school friend who got me started had me meet him at a local pharmacy. He was a big DC guy so went to the spinner racks and I bought as many DC as I could with the money I had. And for the record the record, i had a bowl of Life cereal for breakfast today. Edited December 3, 2020 by csaag Add info Ken Aldred 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post WoWitHurts Posted December 3, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 3, 2020 My mom bought this for me while we were at Krogers. Prior to this I had the spidey colorforms and the Marvel sticker set. The ones with a giant colored circle behind the character. Ken Aldred, ChrispyC66, 1950's war comics and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catman76 Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 As a kid I had no interest in new comics I saw even though I somehow got some Transformers, GI Joe and heathcliff comics over the years somehow since they were around I remember. The only comics I liked were the tons of 60s and 70s westerns and horror stuff my cousin gave me as a kid. The first comics I bought with my own money I earned myself was when I was 12 and bought a bunch of 40s and 50s comics at a junk shop. I know lots of old four colors were in there like Gene Autry, Lone Ranger, some Walt Disney's Comics and Stories, Uncle Scrooges, Archies andI think Blackhawk #23 was in that stack. I forget what else. 1950's war comics, PopKulture, Ken Aldred and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kav Posted December 4, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 4, 2020 I also really enjoyed this book when I was 12. Picked it up at B Dalton bookstore. Weather fair and clear. Licorice pastels from candy store for lunch. Ken Aldred, MGsimba77, 1950's war comics and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PopKulture Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 (edited) 5 hours ago, WoWitHurts said: Prior to this I had the spidey colorforms and the Marvel sticker set. The ones with a giant colored circle behind the character. I remember those!! Didn't the Spidey have a yellow circle and wasn't the Hulk shown mid leap? I have a Thing sticker somewhere that was a full-size sticker on the back. The front ones I used. Edit: I found these from a completed auction on the 'Bay: Edited December 4, 2020 by PopKulture add picture MGsimba77, KirbyJack, Ken Aldred and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrispyC66 Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 FF 165. Bought it at a local grocery store spinner rack. Ken Aldred, KirbyJack, 1950's war comics and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 Perez/Sinnott ChrispyC66 and kav 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MGsimba77 Posted December 4, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 4, 2020 (edited) Late 1990 early 91. Complete Comics & Cards Miami, FL. These were back issues at the time except for the Surfer which I bought off the rack. I was assured Mcfarlane's Torment would blow up one day Edited December 4, 2020 by MGsimba77 ADAMANTIUM, Poekaymon, ChrispyC66 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Aldred Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 On 12/3/2020 at 4:04 PM, Mike Bray said: Detective 439 was my first -- still have the original now coverless copy -- Great place to start. Absolutely loved the 100 pagers as a kid. I'd started reading comics regularly only a short time before these appeared, but the excitement I felt going to the newsstand for them each month was incredible. Couldn't wait to see which titles went giant-size, and their selections of older reprints. For me, the Detectives had the best overall quality for both new material and reprints. kav, 1950's war comics and ChrispyC66 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WoWitHurts Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 18 hours ago, PopKulture said: I remember those!! Didn't the Spidey have a yellow circle and wasn't the Hulk shown mid leap? I have a Thing sticker somewhere that was a full-size sticker on the back. The front ones I used. Edit: I found these from a completed auction on the 'Bay: Those the ones. My wife was talking one time about a house she was looking at buying when she was younger and she mentioned seeing this stickers all over the kids room up in the renovated attic. I laughed and started to describe my old room. Hilarious coincidence and that those stickers were there 20 years later. This happened in a town of about 100k people. ChrispyC66 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telerites Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 10 hours ago, ChrispyC66 said: local grocery store spinner rack. ChrispyC66 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Aldred Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 On 12/3/2020 at 8:19 PM, Poekaymon said: Are you sure you guys aren't just picking some favorite from back in the day? I don't see how you could possibly remember "your first." I can't even remember what cereal I had this morning. First from a newsstand - I recall the cover of Defenders 5 vividly. First time I'd been given 50p by my gran to go away and buy some comics while she and my mother went for a coffee and some pie in the bus station cafe. Basically, a bribe to stop me pestering them for a while and have some peace and quiet. I was a disruptive, headache-inducing kid. First from a shop selling back issues - A bookshop in my small town started getting in ND Marvel comics, ones that hadn't been distributed to the UK. As a lifelong X-Men fan, I was immediately drawn to an issue 95, and the choice was either that or a Giant-Size issue for 50p. (GS X-Men 1 never turned up there.) When I read it at home the book had the shocking death of Thunderbird in it, which makes that purchase very memorable. First from a comic mart - I was and I still am a Conan fan, and I'd put together a run of 1 to 24 by mail order. I'd gone to my first comic mart with the focused intention of buying even more, and the first one I eagerly picked out of the box was a pence copy of issue 25, then continuing through to around issue 40, until I'd blown all of my meagre kid's allowance on as many of the The Cimmerian's early adventures as I could afford. So, couldn't have been anything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 As far as second comic I ever purchased here it is. Ken Aldred, 1950's war comics and ChrispyC66 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Aldred Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 On 12/3/2020 at 8:50 PM, mrc said: The only reason I picked up this book was because of a very short TV ad for it - with the promise of a 'free' Spider-man mask..... Little did I know that a week later I'd be struggling to try and put a square paper bag over my head................ I'd missed the MWOMs, and this was the first Marvel UK comic I bought myself. Vividly recall the JIM 83 reprint. mrc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 I guess this is first magazine. Bugged my dad about it until he broke down and bought it at Barley’s 7/11 in Childress Texas. This is that copy. Ken Aldred, tvindy, ChrispyC66 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1950's war comics Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 6 minutes ago, kav said: do you remember what happened when he met Al Capone ? FoggyNelson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Aldred Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 (edited) 10 hours ago, ChrispyC66 said: FF 165. Bought it at a local grocery store spinner rack. One of my favourite Bronze Age FF comics. A two-parter. Psychotic Marvel Boy. Edited December 4, 2020 by Ken Aldred ChrispyC66 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 13 minutes ago, 1950's war comics said: do you remember what happened when he met Al Capone ? I was fascinated by the story of the robot that melted his hands and had to think of clever ways to hide them. Little did i realize i would do likewise when i blew my hands up at age 16. tvindy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post nepatkm Posted December 4, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 4, 2020 The first book I ever purchased off the rack at the corner store with my own money was ASM #129. Still have it, in loved, read and traveled with my life many times. Ken Aldred, rfhbv100, Mercury Man and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrispyC66 Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 7 hours ago, KirbyJack said: Perez/Sinnott Yep. Love the Perez/Sinnott run on FF. Covers were fantastic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
