JC, Greggy, Doc Watson and drbanner BANNED!

[letsgrumble]

Amazing Spider-Man wasn't distributed to the UK throughout most of the 70s, I started reading Marvels in 1974, and the first pence copy I recall buying from a newsstand would be Spectacular Spider-Man 1.

 

I have some UK Spider-Man Comics Weekly comics from the mid-1970s.

 

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Yup. This was the reason that original American colour copies of ASM didn't make it to the British newsstand from the mid-70s onwards - so as not to clash with these black-and-white reprints, which were being published by Marvel UK.

 

Damn reprints! Marvel just loved publishing their backlist in the 1970s.

[Unca Ben]

Question:

 

Do you remember the first ASM you ever bought off the rack? mine was #101 the 25 center, I though the double sized comic was a great deal back then with my paper route money.

 

# 24 off the rack. I really liked it.

 

Missed # 25, but bought # 26 and I was hooked. Spidey quickly became my favorite hero.

...there were months where FF was my favorite book, though.

 

JIM / Thor had it's moments as well, like # 118-119 ( the Destroyer story), # 134-135 (the High Evolutionary).

 

And X-Men # 11 (the Stranger), # 12-13 (the Juggernaut), # 14-16 (the Sentinels).

 

The first Iron Man / Titanium Man saga in TOS and the Cap (the Sleepers then the Cosmic Cube) wasn't too shabby, either.

 

 

 

That period was a great time for a kid to discover Marvel Comics.

 

That must have been awesome! That was before 7-11 so where did you buy them? Do you still have a lot of those books? Would love to see a scan of any of those books you first bought if you still have one - just to see the well loved condition.

 

I know the ones from my earliest days did not get the kind of care necessary to maintain high grades (I mean - when you are 9 or 10-- how many of us think about that stuff?). I recently was able to let go of some of my first bought books though I held onto them even after I got nicer copies pre-1980 to replace them in my runs. Didn't let the ASM 147 go though-- only copy I had.

 

The first books I bought were from comic racks located in drug stores and the independent convince stores that were around before 7-11 hit our area. There was also a small chain of convenience stores in Florida named U-Tote-M that had comic racks.

 

My earliest comic buying was at the mercy of my parents.

I made a small weekly allowance, but I was too young to ride my bike to the closest stores. That meant I had to accompany my Mom or Dad if they made a quick trip to the store for milk or bread. Or stopped by the drugstore.

 

So my earliest buying was sporadic.

Sometime in third grade my bike-riding range was expanded but the stores were still limited. There was even a motel lobby within my range that had a few comics in their magazine rack .

 

It was like treasure hunting. I never knew where I might find books. I'd walk into a store and ask them if they sold comics.

 

Some scans of my early Marvel Comics purchases:

-here's FF31, my first FF off the stands:

my next FF purchase, FF41:

By now I was hooked. FF42:

I don't know what happened to my first Spidey off the rack, but here's my second, ASM 26:

I was hooked on Spidey as well. Here's ASM27:

and ASM28:

[01TheDude]

Thank you for sharing-- very interesting read and pictures.

[Unca Ben]

You're welcome, Mr. Dude

 

It was a pleasure to show them. Thanks for allowing me the opportunity.

[RockMyAmadeus]

Question:

 

Do you remember the first ASM you ever bought off the rack? mine was #101 the 25 center, I though the double sized comic was a great deal back then with my paper route money.

 

# 24 off the rack. I really liked it.

Missed # 25, but bought # 26 and I was hooked. Spidey quickly became my favorite hero.

...there were months where FF was my favorite book, though.

 

JIM / Thor had it's moments as well, like # 118-119 ( the Destroyer story), # 134-135 (the High Evolutionary).

 

And X-Men # 11 (the Stranger), # 12-13 (the Juggernaut), # 14-16 (the Sentinels).

 

The first Iron Man / Titanium Man saga in TOS and the Cap (the Sleepers then the Cosmic Cube) wasn't too shabby, either.

 

 

That period was a great time for a kid to discover Marvel Comics.

 

That must have been awesome! That was before 7-11 so where did you buy them? .

 

7-11's been around since 1946...

 

[Unca Ben]

Question:

 

Do you remember the first ASM you ever bought off the rack? mine was #101 the 25 center, I though the double sized comic was a great deal back then with my paper route money.

 

# 24 off the rack. I really liked it.

Missed # 25, but bought # 26 and I was hooked. Spidey quickly became my favorite hero.

...there were months where FF was my favorite book, though.

 

JIM / Thor had it's moments as well, like # 118-119 ( the Destroyer story), # 134-135 (the High Evolutionary).

 

And X-Men # 11 (the Stranger), # 12-13 (the Juggernaut), # 14-16 (the Sentinels).

 

The first Iron Man / Titanium Man saga in TOS and the Cap (the Sleepers then the Cosmic Cube) wasn't too shabby, either.

 

 

That period was a great time for a kid to discover Marvel Comics.

 

That must have been awesome! That was before 7-11 so where did you buy them? .

 

7-11's been around since 1946...

 

 

Not in Fla., at least not in my region.

[RockMyAmadeus]

Question:

 

Do you remember the first ASM you ever bought off the rack? mine was #101 the 25 center, I though the double sized comic was a great deal back then with my paper route money.

 

# 24 off the rack. I really liked it.

Missed # 25, but bought # 26 and I was hooked. Spidey quickly became my favorite hero.

...there were months where FF was my favorite book, though.

 

JIM / Thor had it's moments as well, like # 118-119 ( the Destroyer story), # 134-135 (the High Evolutionary).

 

And X-Men # 11 (the Stranger), # 12-13 (the Juggernaut), # 14-16 (the Sentinels).

 

The first Iron Man / Titanium Man saga in TOS and the Cap (the Sleepers then the Cosmic Cube) wasn't too shabby, either.

 

 

That period was a great time for a kid to discover Marvel Comics.

 

That must have been awesome! That was before 7-11 so where did you buy them? .

 

7-11's been around since 1946...

 

 

Not in Fla., at least not in my region.

 

True....but, you know...nits and all.

 

Speaking of which, did you know that 7-11 was called "Tote'm Stores" prior to then...?

[Unca Ben]

Question:

 

Do you remember the first ASM you ever bought off the rack? mine was #101 the 25 center, I though the double sized comic was a great deal back then with my paper route money.

 

# 24 off the rack. I really liked it.

Missed # 25, but bought # 26 and I was hooked. Spidey quickly became my favorite hero.

...there were months where FF was my favorite book, though.

 

JIM / Thor had it's moments as well, like # 118-119 ( the Destroyer story), # 134-135 (the High Evolutionary).

 

And X-Men # 11 (the Stranger), # 12-13 (the Juggernaut), # 14-16 (the Sentinels).

 

The first Iron Man / Titanium Man saga in TOS and the Cap (the Sleepers then the Cosmic Cube) wasn't too shabby, either.

 

 

That period was a great time for a kid to discover Marvel Comics.

 

That must have been awesome! That was before 7-11 so where did you buy them? .

 

7-11's been around since 1946...

 

 

Not in Fla., at least not in my region.

 

True....but, you know...nits and all.

 

Speaking of which, did you know that 7-11 was called "Tote'm Stores" prior to then...?

We had U-Tote-M in Fla.

Which I believe was different than the Southland Tote'm Stores.

We also had small independent convenience stores, and Zippy Mart may have been around back then.

 

I do remember, when 7-11 came in it was like gangbusters. Suddenly they were everywhere, capitalizing on the surge of strip malls being built. This was late 1960's, I believe.