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Post by DE Sinclair on Sept 29, 2014 13:28:48 GMT -5
Like some of the others I have multiple answers to this: The oldest that I know of purchased off the rack was Adventure Comics #403. That copy was long since lost to time, but has since been replaced.  The oldest copy from the rack that still survives in my collection is Batman #237. It lost its cover at some point, and it's been without it for so long that I associate the splash page with it more than the cover.  But the one I count as my official start to my collection is World's Finest #221:  |
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Post by Hoosier X on Sept 29, 2014 14:25:15 GMT -5
Almost certainly this one...  I love the one-shot stories they were doing in Detective at this time. David V. Reed does not get nearly enough credit for the work he did in the 1970s!
Also, the Hawkman story is ridiculous. I mean that in the good way. It's also continued! I pulled out Detective #454 today to read the Batman story and then I went ahead and read the Hawkman story as well. And I have the next issue, but I have no interest at all in finding out what happened. (I sure don't remember from the first time I read it two years ago.)
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Post by Rob Allen on Sept 29, 2014 15:33:36 GMT -5
I don't think I had ever noticed comic books before, but one day in September 1963, one or both of my parents, who had both been comic book fans as kids, encouraged me to pick one from the rack at the little newsstand/candy store on Belleville Avenue in Belleville NJ, between our apartment and School #8, where I had just started second grade. I chose this one:  It's been coverless since about 1965, but I still have it and always will. |
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Post by Hoosier X on Sept 29, 2014 15:47:24 GMT -5
I don't think I had ever noticed comic books before, but one day in September 1963, one or both of my parents, who had both been comic book fans as kids, encouraged me to pick one from the rack at the little newsstand/candy store on Belleville Avenue in Belleville NJ, between our apartment and School #8, where I had just started second grade. I chose this one: It's been coverless since about 1965, but I still have it and always will. Is this the one where the Vulture attacks the Daily Bugle - I think he's trying to rob Jameson - and there's a big fight in the pressroom where the Vulture is trying to jam Spidey into the machinery of the printing press??!?!
I can hardly stand it! I used to work at a newspaper and I would got to the pressroom every once in a while and I would always think of that fight with the Vulture!
Great issue! I bet you were hooked for life!
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Post by Rob Allen on Sept 29, 2014 16:32:00 GMT -5
Yes, that's the one with Spidey and the Vulture fighting amid the Bugle's presses.
Hooked for life? So far, yes!
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Sept 29, 2014 17:29:59 GMT -5
I don't think I had ever noticed comic books before, but one day in September 1963, one or both of my parents, who had both been comic book fans as kids, encouraged me to pick one from the rack at the little newsstand/candy store on Belleville Avenue in Belleville NJ, between our apartment and School #8, where I had just started second grade. I chose this one: It's been coverless since about 1965, but I still have it and always will. You beat me by 3 issues Rob. I didn't notice Spider-Man on the newstand until #10. It's even possible way back then some newstands didn't bother putting Marvels on display |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2014 18:19:14 GMT -5
Some other firsts, IIRC...
First mail-order comic - Archies. I put a buck in an envelope and wrote a nice letter to Archie asking for 4 books they had on offer...not realising the comic was from 1971, or some 20+ years prior. Yeah, I was around 8 so cut me some slack. They were nice about it and sent me a bunch of Archies...3 in one delivery, then 3 more staggered 3-4 weeks apart. I wisened up and got over 50 Digests in the mail after that over the next couple years.
First back-issue Order - East Coast Comics. Around 1995. I got X-Men #25 with a B&W cover and also ordered Superman #82 with the chrome cover cuz I thought cyborg Supes looked great. I wasn't a teenager yet so cut me some slack.
First book I ever spent $$$ on - Ultimate Spider-Man #1. I ignored it initially thinking it's another Spider-Man: Chapter One and I hated most of the 90s Spidey so I wasn't on a Spidey binge...suddenly it's over $50 and something went off inside my brain (birth of a speculator). Cost me $56. My dealer liked me and gave me at cost price.
First book I ever replaced - X-Men #375 Jusko variant - I spilt Ribena on it and then the tape from the bag got caught on it. Got pissed and ripped that SOB in two. Replacement cost $30.
First foreign comic - Ultimate Spider-Man 1-7...Tel Aviv version...
First illegal comic I got - Ramba #1...I was 14 and it was meant for adults...didn't stop me from getting Selen either, who cares if it was in Italian? Eros comix were fun.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2014 18:30:36 GMT -5
Almost certainly this one... Seeing this cover makes me miss back up stories. They gave the less famous heroes some exposure & a chance to develop new fans... |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2014 18:35:12 GMT -5
I got this about two years ago. It's one of the best comic books ever!
It's one of the earliest Batgirl appearances! (Second or third.)
Also, a rare appearance of Bat-Mite after the start of the New Look.
I fell in love with Barbara Gordon as Batgirl from both the comics & Yvonne Craig in the TV show. |
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Post by hondobrode on Sept 29, 2014 18:37:29 GMT -5
 Interesting how there's more DC here than Marvel and loads of JLA and Batman. Super Friends would be what drew me to the JLA comic. You must be psychic. That's exactly the biggest factor and then all the other craziness I didn't know about, like the fire monster and the Mercury looking guy and all the masked heroes and villain at the bottom. |
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Post by Action Ace on Sept 29, 2014 18:40:08 GMT -5
Super Friends would be what drew me to the JLA comic. You must be psychic. That's exactly the biggest factor and then all the other craziness I didn't know about, like the fire monster and the Mercury looking guy and all the masked heroes and villain at the bottom. I wish that had been my first JLA comic. It reprints Justice League of America #40 and that is among the best JLA stories I've ever read. And I would have met the JSA much sooner as well. |
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Post by Action Ace on Sept 29, 2014 18:42:17 GMT -5
David V. Reed does not get nearly enough credit for the work he did in the 1970s!
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Post by shaxper on Sept 29, 2014 18:53:07 GMT -5
David V. Reed does not get nearly enough credit for the work he did in the 1970s!
co-signed What's the opposite of co-signed? Anti-signed?? |
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Post by Hoosier X on Sept 29, 2014 19:01:51 GMT -5
What's the opposite of co-signed? Anti-signed?? But ... but ...
He brought back Dr. Tzin-Tzin!!!
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Post by Pharozonk on Sept 29, 2014 19:27:19 GMT -5
What's the opposite of co-signed? Anti-signed?? It's secanted.  |
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