What was your first exposure to superheroes?

[Figuremod73]

My earliest exposure was either storybook/records or coloring books of spiderman or superman because I always knew of those characters (from as far back as I can remember). I saw a picture once of a spiderman birthday cake of when I was 3 or something.

I remember looking at the pictures of the Sunday funnies to even though I couldnt read them. One of the strips was spiderman.

In '77-78 I got my exposure to Filmations The new adventures of Batman and Robin, Superfriends, and a few other superhero related cartoon characters. I was probably at least aware of The Adventures of Superman in syndication by that point although I think they showed them real early in the morning by that point. Tarzan movies came on every sunday on one channel. I think I finally saw Wonder Woman show in the early eighties.

By '79 I was reading (or doing my best to) DCs blue ribbon digest and a little while after that one of my aunts starting buying me those bags that had 5 or so comics in them.

I think I didnt see the Batman show till sometime in the mid eighties.

[emeraldknight47]

The book by Jules Feiffer, The Great Comic Book Heroes. it was given too me when I was about 6 or 7. Absolutely, loved the superhero genre after that, combine that with Batman and Adventures of Superman and yeah, I was hooked.

I received that very same book at about the same age!!! I spent hours reading through it and then reading and re-reading the box of comics my brother gave me. Still have both and I still peruse them from time to time when I really want to take a trip down memory lane...

[TomStrong]

For me it was the Superfriends cartoon, and also we got WGN from Chicago way down in Killen Alabama where I grew up and the Bozo show would play Adventures of Superman and Batman CPUs on his show and I though they were just marvelous. I didn't read comics till I was much older and my mom took me to a flea market and I bought a bunch of old ones.my folks bought me Megos at 2 and 3 years old. I still have pictures of me getting a mego batman at two years old with my dad. I never got over it.

[PNGwynne]

It must have been Batman'66 and Filmation re-runs, followed closely by Superfirends. I didn't get comics regularly until around 1977, when I earned an allowance.

[Figuremod73]

For me it was the Superfriends cartoon, and also we got WGN from Chicago way down in Killen Alabama where I grew up and the Bozo show would play Adventures of Superman and Batman CPUs on his show and I though they were just marvelous. I didn't read comics till I was much older and my mom took me to a flea market and I bought a bunch of old ones.my folks bought me Megos at 2 and 3 years old. I still have pictures of me getting a mego batman at two years old with my dad. I never got over it.

I loved the Bozo show. Cant remember what cartoons they showed on it in the early '80s but I always liked their toy prizes.

[B-Lister]

Where's the spit curl? He can't be Superman without the Spit curl! (Isn't that the lame excuse traditionalists are throwing at Henry Cavill before even seeing the movie?)

[thunderbolt]

^^ George will always be my mental image of Supes, Chris Reeve doesn't even come close to what he did with the dual role and with such a limited budget.

[B-Lister]

I think every actor brings something to the role, and we have to stop comparing new portrayals to past ones.

I very much dislike the fanatical Christopher Reeve fans who won't let us move past those very dated films.

For the record, my favorite Superman is Dean Cain.

[Riffster]

Had top have been Batman tv show re-runs and then Super Friends

[thunderbolt]

these West pics with Dark Knight Returns quotes kill me.

[PNGwynne]

^Too funny. Best use of Nolan thus far.

[bobws]

Probably Batman 1966 or maybe it was "The Adventures of Superman"...

Those and the early 60's Cartoons of Superman and Aquaman with Flash ,Green Lantern, Hawkman, Atom JLA and TEEN TITANS!!!

[Hector]

Probably Popeye cartoons first, then the Fleischer Superman toons, then the live action Adventures of Superman, then the 60s Batman TV series, as well as the 60s Spidey toons.

Also Japanese fair like Ultraman and Astro Boy.

Shout out to the Mexican Luchadores movies of the 70s too.

[thunderbolt]

^Too funny. Best use of Nolan thus far.

Ummm, its from Miller's Dark Knight Returns.

[thunderbolt]

Probably Popeye cartoons first, then the Fleischer Superman toons, then the live action Adventures of Superman, then the 60s Batman TV series, as well as the 60s Spidey toons.

Also Japanese fair like Ultraman and Astro Boy.

Shout out to the Mexican Luchadores movies of the 70s too.

Love the Santos movies, something about a guy in a wrestling mask riding around in a polo shirt and white pants hunting down vampire women.