What was your first comic?

[xsquealx-migration]

First one I remember buying at a actual comic shop was jim lee x-men #1 fold out cover Was also the first comic I decided to buy cgc to see if I liked the looks of cgc At some point I should get my original one SS

 

What was the first comic you remember purchasing?

Mine was Amazing Spider-man #64

I bought it when I was 8 for 25 cents (Im 29 now). I had it slabbed for nostalgia.....it was a 4.0

 

I like the grading idea at some point I think I will do that with my xmen but have it a SS

I knew it wasn't going to be a great grade, but I just thought it would be a really nice way to display my introduction to paper crack.

[xsquealx-migration]

What was the first comic you remember purchasing?

Mine was Amazing Spider-man #64

I bought it when I was 8 for 25 cents (Im 29 now). I had it slabbed for nostalgia.....it was a 4.0

 

does. not. compute.

 

Amazing Spider-Man #64

 

maybe I'm misunderstanding?

 

I don't recall my first comic, but I recall the time. I remember 2 friends in Junior High talking about X-Factor and the return of Jean Grey. My first purchase must have right around the Mutant Massacre time frame.

 

I got it from a used bookstore. They had it mixed in with a bunch of X-men comics.

[Boozad]

I really wish I could remember what the first comic I read was, the first I ever bought myself was The Killing Joke.

[Tempus Fugit]

Received as a gift from a friend of my parents who collected:

 

Swamp thing #1 I subsequently got it signed at the Detroit Triple Fan Fair in the very early '70's.

 

First purchase I remember was either Weird Wonder Tales # 1 or ASM 124. Also, I remember buying Hulk 180 & 181 new, long gone unfortunately.

[dollarbil]

It was acutally a box. I had purchased almost half a spidey run. A quarter of the x-men, thor and fantastic four silver runs along with many random rare books. I sold about a quarter of them for $3000 and kept the rest. I only payed $300 Its nice to know that that stuff happens last good lot I bought was over a year ago

[VintageComics]

I've repeated this story a few times but it was a $0.30 Batman comic. I ran to the store with a $1 and bought 3 comics. I was so excited that I didn't realize until I got home that two of the Batman comics were identical.

 

 

[Larryw7]

My memory is not what it used to be, but I think my first comic was Batman 197(the one with Catwoman and Batgirl fighting over Batman). It was definitely a Batman comic when the show was still on the air.

The first one I remember buying-from a newstand on Frankford Avenue in Philly-was the Brave and Bold teamup of Batman and Flash("But Bork Can Hurt You").

 

I also remember my father buying me Batman comics that he would bring me when he got home from work. I especially remember the 80 page Giant's, which I loved. And I remember my grandmother buying me Batman 233(a 25 cent Giant) from Hollywood Pharmacy in Elkins Park.

[Artboy99]

I bought a Fantastic Four 112 when I was 6.

 

 

[HarrisonJohn]

Hulk 195 along with a few other issues between that and 203, given to be before I knew how to read.

 

 

[batman_fan]

Mine was this:

 

 

 

So when I had the chance to get this it was a no brainer:

 

 

Now that is just plan sweet!!!

[comicstock]

Superman #179 (1965) ...and that's the actual copy my Dad bought for me off the rack

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[Dick Pontoon]

Marvel Super-heroes 56, Fantastic Four 165, Amazing Spider-man 153, Hulk 196, Iron Man 82, Marvel Team-Up 41, Marvel Two In One 13 are among the first I bought off the rack. I still have them. No scans handy though except for the MS 56:

 

 

 

 

Here's one of my first back issues, found in the basement of a house my dad was working on.

 

 

 

Finally, here's one of the earliest back issues I bought. It was a beater even then, but I could afford it and those early Ditko ASMs really transported me; reading it was almost mystical, the art was gorgeous.

 

 

[nwpassage]

I remember when Spiderman 1 hit the stands, and had probably been collecting comics for a few years prior.Loved Thor, and probably one of the first was a Tales of Suspense with him in it. I also remember when Iron-Man got his yellow armor. It was a long time ago.

[Designer Toast]

I have no idea what the first comic I purchased was. My family was broke when I was in the fourth or fifth grade, and I remember my mom would bring me coverless comics from the local grocery store - the covers got sent back to the distributor so the store could get credited. I remember Legion of Superheroes, X-Men, Batman, Avengers and Rom were some of my favorites.

[AGGIEZ]

SPAWN #1

[jools&jim]

 

Avengers #104 (1972)...here's my OO copy, which was purchased coverless (from the local Handy Market chain which sold--illegally--repackaged return copies):

 

[godquest]

First comic I was given was a Richie Rich.( don't have it ). First Comic I bought Myself with change begged for from my Mom was Invaders #1. Still have whole run I bought off the drug store racks. Love them.

[pickycollector]

Off the stands was Marvel Team-Up #49

[oz]

ASM 154

 

(thumbs u

[Gary Strange]

Incredible Hulk #348