|
|
Post by JKCarrier on Aug 2, 2015 17:01:01 GMT -5
Surprised to see Spin & Marty. It had been 20 years since they stopped making those serials on the Mickey Mouse Club. Not sure of the thinking there. The old Mickey Mouse Club shows were being re-run in syndication -- I remember seeing them as a kid in the '70s, including the Spin & Marty serials. I guess they figured it was worth publishing a one-shot to see if there was any demand. |
|
|
|
Post by Prince Hal on Aug 2, 2015 22:07:50 GMT -5
One more month until I started buying my own comics. I'm amazed at how some of you can remember details like this. I can remember vaguely that titles like Plop and House of Mystery were my first purchases, and when seeing certain covers can say with some certainty that I bought them off the newstands. But specifics like you all sometimes have? Not even close. And it's quite possible that I was being given comics for a couple years prior to the Plop era but I just don't have any memory of them. I think I remember covers because I tend to be a visual learner, but also because reading in general, and comics, many library books, and sports magazines were such highlights in my young reading life. The made vivid impact on my imagination, I guess. Sometimes I don't have a clear memory of purchasing or owning a particular issue back in the Pleistocene Era, but that's often because I wound up buying many old comics over the years. I can remember the act of buying certain comics: the newsstand or candy store, even the clerk I bought them from. (For example, Tomahawk 115; SHIELD 3; GL/GA 76; Detective 320; Star Spangled War Stories 146, among many others.) Weird, even twisted, I know, but if it's any consolation, I don't have a concealed carry permit. |
|
|
|
Post by Slam_Bradley on Aug 2, 2015 22:31:08 GMT -5
One more month until I started buying my own comics. I'm amazed at how some of you can remember details like this. I can remember vaguely that titles like Plop and House of Mystery were my first purchases, and when seeing certain covers can say with some certainty that I bought them off the newstands. But specifics like you all sometimes have? Not even close. And it's quite possible that I was being given comics for a couple years prior to the Plop era but I just don't have any memory of them. I remember the first comic I bought. Where I bought it. And the general circumstances surrounding it. Also have the book still. |
|
zilch
Full Member
Posts: 244 
|
Post by zilch on Aug 3, 2015 0:09:55 GMT -5
For August '75...
Amazing Adventure #33
Amazing Spider-Man #150 (Conway and Andru!!!)
*Avengers #141 !!!!!!!!!!! Englehart!!!! Pérez!!!!!!
Captain America #191
*Captain Marvel #41 (still on a Starlin high...)
Daredevil #127 (Brown and Jansen! Great team! Love the Torpedo!!)
*Defenders #29 (Guardians of the Galaxy and War with the Badoon! Great Sal Buscema artwork!!)
Doomsday +1 (picked this up at a goofy drugstore that stocked mainly Charltons)
Fantastic Four #164 (good story and artwork and a Atlas era character!!!)
Giant-Sized X-Men #2 (reprinting the Sentinels story... one of my favorite X-Men arcs of all time)
*Invaders #3 (diggin' the Thomas/Robbins/Colletta stuff!)
Iron Fist #1 (this is by the same guy who did Doomsday?)
Iron Man #80
Jungle Action #18 (great story and artwork... can tell the creators were really reaching for something different here... not always hitting all my buttons, but i really appreciate the effort!)
*Justice League of America #124 (JLA/JSA team up... and a new JSA comic? WhoooHooo!!!)
*Kamandi #35 (Kirby running out the clock... but still fun)
Marvel Team-Up #39
Marvel Triple Action #26 (filling in my Avengers run!!)
Marvel Two-In-One #12 (Prester John!!)
*Our Fighting Forces #161? (was i still getting this???)
*Plop #18 (see above)
*Shazam #21 (WHY was i still getting this??)
*Subscription copy
|
|
The Captain
CCF Mod Squad
Posts: 4,916
Member is Online
|
Post by The Captain on Aug 3, 2015 11:32:51 GMT -5
Comics currently in my collection from August 1975:
Amazing Spider-Man #150 (I bought this at a church flea market about a decade ago for $.50, when it had a book value of $20 at the time. The woman selling it was widowed and was cleaning out some of her husband's things, and she had a pile of comics. Most of them were Batman, but I found this. I offered her more for it, but she said she just wanted it to go to someone who would appreciate it, so she was fine with just getting her asking price)
Avengers #141
Captain America #191
Conan the Barbarian #56
Daredevil #127 (more Torpedo, sadly...damn me and my compulsive need to collect full runs, or else this would never have been purchased)
Defenders #29
Fantastic Four #164
Incredible Hulk #193 (Doc Samson appearance- I always liked him)
Invaders #3
Iron Fist #1 (own it in Marvel Masterworks - it's the only issue of this series I don't own in floppy format)
Iron Man #80
Jungle Action #18
Ka-Zar #12
Marvel Two-In-One #12
Master of Kung Fu #34
Thor #241
Tomb of Dracula #38
Werewolf by Night #35
|
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2015 0:05:49 GMT -5
It's that time again, first of the month and the monthly walk down nostalgia lane with Mike's Newsstand for comics on sale in Sept 1975What I got off the stands...JLof A #125 Marvel Double Feature #13 Marvel Team-Up #40 Superboy (& the Legion of Super-Heroes) #213 What I own now...in one form or another1st Issue Special #9-Simonson on Doc Fate, one of my favorite single comics Action Comics #454 Beowulf #5 Conan the Barbarian #57 Creepy Things #3 Dr. Strange #11 Iron Fist #2 Ka-Zar #13 Marvel Chillers #2 (Mordred) Marvel Premiere #27 (Satana) Marvel Presents #2 (Bloodstone) Marvel Team -Up #40 (Sons of the Tiger) Master of Kung Fu #35 Phantom Stranger #40 Power Man #28 Richard Dragon, Kung Fu Fighter #5 Son of Satan #1 Stalker #4 Warlock #10 Wonder Woman #221 X-Men #96 -M |
|
|
|
Post by Trevor on Sept 1, 2015 6:07:50 GMT -5
I own more now, but at the time I probably only bought a few of the DC horror and superhero books. Most likely JLA and Swamp Thing for sure.
|
|
|
|
Post by Slam_Bradley on Sept 1, 2015 11:32:57 GMT -5
Forty years ago this month I started buying comics. Well...probably. It's within the realm of possibility that I started in October. But the first comic I ever purchased was Detective Comics #454 which went on sale some time in September of 1975. I also bought Amazing Spider-Man #151 off the spinner rack. But it was some time after I bought the issue of Detective. Probably the next week.
Both were purchased from Harry's Heyburn Food Center, a small grocery store that no longer exists, though the building is still there. I walked to the store while my Mom was working part-time as a switch-board operator. I suspect the money came from me doing odd jobs for the old lady who owned the switch-board. The issue of Detective was purchased because Batman was on the cover. The Spidey...I'm not so sure why...but it's a good cover.
|
|
The Captain
CCF Mod Squad
Posts: 4,916
Member is Online
|
Post by The Captain on Sept 1, 2015 11:46:45 GMT -5
Comics currently in my collection from September 1975
Amazing Spider-Man #151
Avengers #142
Captain America #192 (featuring one of my favorite mid-level villains ever: Dr. Faustus)
Champions #2
Conan the Barbarian #57
Daredevil #128 (after the Torpedo issues, the appearance of Death-Stalker is a welcome improvement)
Defenders #30
Doctor Strange #11
Fantastic Four #165
Fear #31 (recently read this, and it was bad)
Ghost Rider #15 (another of my favorite mid-level villains is in this one: The Orb)
Incredible Hulk #194 (the second appearance of The Locust, who first showed up in X-Men in the '60s)
Inhumans #2
Iron Fist #2
Iron Man #81
Ka-Zar #13
Marvel Chillers #2 (second appearance of Modred the Mystic; I always wished he'd been built as a bigger threat to Doctor Strange, because his ties to Chthon and the Darkhold fascinated me)
Marvel Premiere #27
Marvel Presents #2
Master of Kung Fu #35
Power Man #28
Son of Satan #1
Super-Villain Team-Up #3
Thor #242
Tomb of Dracula #39
X-Men #96
|
|
|
|
Post by Trevor on Sept 1, 2015 12:02:50 GMT -5
Forty years ago this month I started buying comics. Well...probably. It's within the realm of possibility that I started in October. But the first comic I ever purchased was Detective Comics #454 which went on sale some time in September of 1975. I also bought Amazing Spider-Man #151 off the spinner rack. But it was some time after I bought the issue of Detective. Probably the next week. Both were purchased from Harry's Heyburn Food Center, a small grocery store that no longer exists, though the building is still there. I walked to the store while my Mom was working part-time as a switch-board operator. I suspect the money came from me doing odd jobs for the old lady who owned the switch-board. The issue of Detective was purchased because Batman was on the cover. The Spidey...I'm not so sure why...but it's a good cover. Happy Comicsversary! |
|
|
|
Post by dbutler69 on Sept 1, 2015 12:48:44 GMT -5
I was only 6 years old at this point. As far as I can tell, the only comic I actually bought at the newsstand this month was Road Runner #55 (Whitman) which doesn't show up in Mike's Amazing World. As far as comics from that date which I currently have:
1st Issue Special (Dr. Fate) #9
Avengers #142
Captain America #192
Fantastic Four #165
Giant-Size Avengers #5 (I think this might have been the firs back issue I ever bought at my LCS!)
Iron Man #81
Justice League of America #125
Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes #213
X-Men #96
|
|
|
|
Post by JKCarrier on Sept 1, 2015 22:07:19 GMT -5
Bought new:
DC Special #19
Fantastic Four #165
Flash #238
Giant-Size Captain Marvel #1
Incredible Hulk #194
Inhumans #2
Justice League of America #125
Limited Collectors' Edition C-41
Spidey Super Stories #14
Super-Team Family #2
Superman Family #174
Wonder Woman #221
World's Finest Comics #234
Bought as back issues:
1st Issue Special #9
Action Comics #454
Avengers #142
Beowulf #5
Brave and the Bold #123
Captain America #192
Defenders #30
Doctor Strange #11
Man-Bat #1
Marvel Chillers #2
Marvel Premiere #27
Marvel Presents #2
Master of Kung Fu #35
Richard Dragon, Kung-Fu Fighter #5
Stalker #4
Super-Villain Team-Up #3
Superboy #213
Tomb of Dracula #39
|
|
zilch
Full Member
Posts: 244
|
Post by zilch on Sept 1, 2015 22:14:52 GMT -5
Avengers #142*
Champions #2*
Daredevil #128
Defenders #30
Doctor Strange #11
Fantastic Four #165
Giant-Sized Captain America #1 (GREAT reprints!!)
Giant-Sized Captain Marvel #1 (More Great reprints!!)
Incredible Hulk #194 (love me some Grade-C villains!)
Inhumans #2*
Iron Fist #2*
Justice League of America #125*
Kamandi #36*
Marvel Premiere #27 (always loved the tryout books)
MTU #40
Son of Satan #1
Super-Team Family #2
Warlock #10
X-Men #96
*Subscription copies
I remember looking at the coupon for ordering and seeing a couple of series that i probably hadn't ever seen before, so ended up getting in on the ground floor on the big Marvel boom from the summer. Almost always got team books for subs, more heroes for the bucks. (Iron Fist being an exception)
|
|
|
|
Post by dcindexer on Sept 2, 2015 1:28:09 GMT -5
|
|
|
|
Post by dbutler69 on Sept 2, 2015 11:19:41 GMT -5
|
|
