What was your first Comic Book?

[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.

[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.

[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...

[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.

[emeraldknight47]

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

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

[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.

[spock5]

1st book

~~~~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

[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!!!

[samurainoir]

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

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

[grayhank]

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

[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

[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.

[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

[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

[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".