or, Yes, I Bought DC Comics too.

A comic I had and read over and over was none other than World's Finest #271. This comic boasts of the retelling of the Superman-Batman Team. Did you notice it wasn't a number one issue either? This issue is dated September, 1981. This is a full two years and seven months before I picked up that fateful book that had me never look back. What makes a reader of comics choose between one and the other? Why is the line drawn so distinctively between Marvel and DC? What made me choose to buy this book for a dollar instead of going to my usual 3 for $1 Richie Rich books?

Superman is iconic anywhere you go. The Batman one day will rival Sherlock Holmes as the ultimate Detective. The two of them along with Robin were indeed the World's Finest. I enjoyed this book and can think of no reason why I didn'didn't pick up the next issue, oh wait I was nine and going to the comic shop was an after school trip to far and few between for me to collect, not to mention many times I went was more like sneaking a treat than anything else. And I wasn't privy to the magazine stands at the local 7-11. They were always located in the back of the store and I never went past the candy aisle.

So what started me to think of this great issue? I have seen one available for a beautiful price, or should I just buy it raw to read again and again. A digital copy perchance? Could I give up collecting the modern age retellings and relive the Bronze Age, an age I grew up during, which was then solidified throughout the copper age. How many Comic Books are out there that I never followed through to the next issue? Batman #314, Detective Comics #503, or even World's Finest #272.

Thanks for Reading

Tnerb

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