What was your first Comic Book?

[samurainoir]

I believe that mine was an issue of Spidey Super Stories featuring Spiderman battling The Jester (I was sad to see him eat Punisher bullets in Civil War).

[Comic Book Geek]

Hard to say. Probably someone picked up one of the Harvey Toons issues for me. I remember having a stack of Richie Rich, Little Lu Lu, Dot, Baby Huey and I think some Uncle Scrooge McDuck. The first ones I remember loving were Spider-man, Werewolf by Night and Batman. Specific issues my memory's too vague. It was years before I could read, but I can remember studying the pictures and thinking that Spider-man was the best thing ever invented.

[Marvelmania]

Either a Tom & Jerry or Frankenstein comic. Can't remember for certain.

[kingdom warrior]

It was a Bugs Bunny Comic in 1969 I remember it to this day a stewardess from Pan American airlines gave me a stack of comics before take off. I remember thanking her as we were leaving.

[thunderbolt]

Avengers King Size Special 1 and Metamorpho 9 are the first ones I read. They were hand me downs from a older cousin that I got in the early 70's. First one I bought was Marvel's Godzilla 1 and still have it.

[Merlyn1976]

Moon Knight #3 "Midnight means Murder"...I can remember my dad reading this too me as a bedtime story :smiley1:

[The Toyroom]

I'm assuming it was a Batman or a Detective because of my early kindergarten love of the '66 show in reruns. Casper and Archie were also in reading line-up at that time too, primarily because of cartoon association. Curiously, I remember a coverless Jimmy Olsen comic where he thought he was a Viking...anyone know which one this is?

[Megospidey]

Hard to say. Probably someone picked up one of the Harvey Toons issues for me. I remember having a stack of Richie Rich, Little Lu Lu, Dot, Baby Huey and I think some Uncle Scrooge McDuck. The first ones I remember loving were Spider-man, Werewolf by Night and Batman. Specific issues my memory's too vague. It was years before I could read, but I can remember studying the pictures and thinking that Spider-man was the best thing ever invented.


You and I are long-lost brothers.

My first comic purchase was Archie, but the comics I remember LOVING to read were Spiderman and Werewolf by Night. I just purchased WBN #1 the other day - love the Ploog art!!!

[HardyGirl]

I think it was Little Lulu. The first (and only) Super Hero comic I owned was a giant issue (and I don't mean thick, I mean tall) Action Comics " The Bat-Man" (w/ other stories). I think this was the origin of Batman. I remember not liking it much, since it didn't have Robin and was nothing like the 60's series, (which was my first exposure to Batman). I also remember there was another story in it called "Spy" where some bad guy was putting these poison pellets in high ranking officials foods and killing them. Interesting story; I liked it better than "The Bat-Man".

[Bionic Joe]

the first comics i every had was either a casper or hotstuff[the little devil kid] the first book i pick out myself was batman 251 i saw it at a 7-eleven and had to haveit since i loved the adam west batman series and also liked the joker i was five or six at the time

[Earth 2 Chris]

I may, and probably did, have Archies before this, but the first comic I actually recall looking at on the stands, and wanting was the 1978 Batman Spectacular (I believe it was DC Special Series #17). The Marshal Rogers cover called to me. I may have had Batman comics bought for me before this even, but this was the first comic I recall NEEDING. I still have my dog-earred copy, and I picked up a mint one years later.

Chris

[brineb]

The first comic I remember getting was a Batman, I was a huge fan of the TV show and although I can't say what issue it was, it would have been from that era.

[toys2cool]

mine was one of those king size ones from the 60's Spiderman with Green Goblin on the cover,got it for like $.10 at a flea market in really rough shape,I still have it

[grayhank]

My first 3 comics are proudly displayed on my wall. The only items from my childhood that survived and are still with me.

http://a796.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/17/l_e834fe5401541f24789a939e0bb55f53.jpg

[samurainoir]

My first 3 comics are proudly displayed on my wall. The only items from my childhood that survived and are still with me.

http://a796.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/17/l_e834fe5401541f24789a939e0bb55f53.jpg

How did you manage to keep them so prestine? Mine are all coverless, falling off the staples, folded and dog-eared.

[grayhank]

Well the pages have browned somewhat but I found them in an old notebook binder when I retreived what was left of my stuff at my parent's home. I think at the time I had them separate from my superhero comics because I was probably embarrassed by them or something. So when the other comics mysteriously got evaporated by world conquering aliens (or at least thrown out by my mom) they survived relatively undamaged. And they still have that old comic book scent too!!!

[spock5]

~~~~My very first book which I still have today was a Tales to Astonish 1960s The Submariner vs Spiderman.From a Farmer Jacks grocery store comic turnstyle.Now those were the days, 12 cent issues.
Ken

[Wolverine1969]

A copy of Superman Family which I have to this day. My mom got it for me. That hooked me and I asked for more right away.

[emeraldknight47]

Moon Knight #3 "Midnight means Murder"...I can remember my dad reading this too me as a bedtime story :smiley1:

An excellent (if violent) first book! Moon Knight rocked then, not so much now...

[bobws]

First one i remember reading was in the barber shop X-Men #25, decades later i read #26 to find out what happened.

First one i remember buying Justice League of America #100 & 101 they had the JLA/JSA teamup looking for the 7 Soldiers of Victory. Mom ripped them up and when i tried to buy them again she sent me back in the store to swap them for something else. i got a Partridge Family and a Bobby Sherman comics which dissappeared real soon afterward.

The next comic i bought started my long time collection Green Lantern/Green Arrow 121 with ringless GL falling out of a plane with Arrow looking out the open hatch. still love that cover.

[johnmiic]

I cannot honestly say what was first but these are my earliest recollections:

HULK fighting an alien mouth on an alien world that hovered in the air
THOR being tricked by Egyptian Gods into betraying the Norse Gods
Spider-Man Treasury Edition guest-starring Ghost Rider. The villain used hypnosis at a circus.
Spider-Man with the Spider-Buggy
Batman tracking down Cobra and his friend being entombed in ice.
DC Horror Treasury anthology.
Various Spidey Stories from the Electric Co., Superfriends, Archies, Casper

I have not been able to ID those. I can pinpoint the rest below.

Someone gave my Aunt a whole stack of Kamandi-Last Boy On Earth, various issues, when I was a kid. I loved those! I re-purchased them as I got serious into collecting comics.

Marvel 2 in 1- 30-31,The THING vs Alicia Masters as a giant spider, 35-36-team up's with Kull, The now legendary Marvel Two-in-One Annual #2, (I now know what it's worth and lose sleep every night over it).

Fantastic Four 189 - reprint; "The Torch That Was!", 190- "The Way It Was!", The Album Issue, 191 - FF No More!

Howard the Duck #23 - Star Waugh!

From this point I bought Detective, Brave & The Bold, Batman, Man From Atlantis, Shogun Warriors, Logan's Run, Godzilla, Star Wars, Battlestar Galactica, Micronauts, Moon Knight, ROM and it goes on...

[Drzsmith]

Im sure I had earlier books but the first one I remember buying was Doom Patrol #123 in about 1973.I walked to the corner store and got it off the spinner rack,I was 5. Alittle later I remember my Great Uncle who lived in Florida would come to visit and he would always bring me all the comics he had bought to that point lots of Harvey stuff and I remember some Marvel like the Hulk.
When I started really having an interest in comics for collecting purposes I remember being on a family vacation and buying one of the combo bags from the grocery store with JLA # 91 and 92 in it.

[torgospizza]

There's no way it was my first, but the first I remember having for certain is DC's Tarzan Digest from 1972. I was reading comics earlier than that, but I have no idea what.

[number 6]

Tough to say, though I'm pretty sure it was Micronauts #12. There may have been a Justice League of America issue before that, but I can find a cover that matches my memory of it. :ugh_y:

[johnnystorm]

WORLD'S FINEST #169

http://megomuseum.com/mmgallery/files/1/9/4/0/18217.jpg

[aquatroy]

http://images.wikia.com/marvel_dc/images/c/c8/Superman268.jpg

[Riffster]

easy answer for me it was Detective Comics
http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/detective-comics/491-1.jpg

I still have it too

[Hector]

When I was a little kid (under 10)...I wasn't into superhero comics.

I loved Little Lulu...it was my favorite early in my life.

Then a bit later...I moved to The Archies (strange that a kid would rather read about teens than superheroes, lol).

While living in Mexico...Kaliman was a big favorite.

Then once I got into superheroes (ages 11 and up)...I got into Superman (and some Batman)...he was my first in that genre...and I stuck mostly with him until I hit my mid to late teens...then...believe it or not...Superman started boring the hell outta me...lol.

That's when I discovered Spider-Man...it was so radically new to me...so different than DC Comics at the time...I was really hooked with Spidey.

Then in the 20s...I really got into the X-Men.

Now in my 40s...I'm back with the Man of Steel...that's my main man right there...

:smiley1: :biggrin:

[Brue]

can't remember for sure but i think it might have been huey dewey and louie.

one of the earliest ones i remember was a coverless daredevil i was left with a cliff hanger as bullseye had him down.

[Earth 2 Chris]

easy answer for me it was Detective Comics

Man oh man, I loved those Dollar Comics, esp. Detective. I was so bummed out when Detective went back to a normal page count and dropped Robin instead of Batgirl...

Chris

[david_b]

mine was one of those king size ones from the 60's Spiderman with Green Goblin on the cover,got it for like $.10 at a flea market in really rough shape,I still have it

If that was Spiderman Special# 2, (Lo, The Goblin), it was mine too.. It was outstanding. The '73 reprint was one of my first.

The first I recall having was Captain America# 113 (All Hail Steranko..!!) and Hulk #114, from 1969 which my Dad bought me when I was sick at home. :grin:

[boynightwing]

http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/detective-comics/532-16.jpg

This is the first comic I got that I picked out myself at a grocery store.

[aquatroy]

Man oh man, I loved those Dollar Comics, esp. Detective. I was so bummed out when Detective went back to a normal page count and dropped Robin instead of Batgirl...

Chris

I LOVE, Love, love those square bound comics from the 60's and 70's. That's my big collecting jones.

[Figuremod73]

i remember in the late seventies and early eighties (around seven to ten years of age) i use to get those blue ribbon digest books dc put out every month. it was everything from the teen titans, superman, to the years best. it was my earliest exposure to superheroes in general. I also read alot of archie digests because i remember having a large stack of them next to the bed...

[Thor]

It was a old Superman comic from 1980.

[Random Axe]

Fantastic Four 186 from 1977.

I am fairly certain this is the one as it's burned into my memory picking it from the spinner rack at the local drug store. I distinctly remember the Salem's Seven with the thorny yellow dude and the guy with snake arms. I just researched this issue and found out, strangely enough, it was drawn by George Perez, my all-time favorite artist. How weird is that? I think I'll have to go e-baying for this issue. I'm not really nostalgiac, but that's a cool connection to have to a back issue.

Scott

[Dark Shadow]

The first comic I asked for was ASM #64, The Vulture's Prey. It was on a shelf in a little market that was in the small town my Great Grandma lived in. We walked down there to buy some groceries, and she asked me if I wanted a coloring book. I said I'd rather have the comic, and that was that.

The first comic I paid for with my own money was ASM #97. Near the same town, but a different store (a brand new supermarket). I earned a quarter for helping out in the garden that day, and had to have this comic when we drove into town later that afternoon for some meat. I remember handing the lady my quarter, and getting a nickel & five pennies back.

I still have that copy and to this day, it is my all time favorite Romita cover. I actually have a framed 24x36 Giclee canvas of it in my hallway.

[bobws]

It was a old Superman comic from 1980.

What do you mean "OLD" from 1980? Dude, that just hurts!!!!!!!!!!:rotfl: