Poll: What generation are you

[Gopher John]

This question is aimed at posters who consider themselves primarily Silver Age Collectors.

 

I am just curious as to who collects Silver Age comics. I will have a follow-up thread based on the results of the poll. Thanks.

 

 

[Hepcat]

Baby boomer here. My prime superhero comic buying years as a kid were 1962-64. After that I moved on to Mad, Drag Cartoons, Creepy and Eerie for another couple of years.

 

[eriqui]

As a collector from "generation Y" I hope that there will be more people my age to sustain the hobby in the future. There has certainly been a larger interest in comics as of late but when it comes to serious collectors who go after silverage stuff I don't really see many people my age investing in the hobby.

[StarkEnterprises]

I'm also generation Y. It would be nice if more people my age got into SA collecting but I'm not holding my breath. I should point out that I'm also a Bronze collector as well.

[Bronty]

I'm pretty shocked at the results. I expected a little bit of an older skew. very interesting.

[Dick Pontoon]

Yeah, but the way the poll is set up with those breakdowns might not be the best indicator. I'd guess the majority of SA collectors would be born between 1955 -1970.

[Peter Loves Gwen]

Yeah, but the way the poll is set up with those breakdowns might not be the best indicator. I'd guess the majority of SA collectors would be born between 1955 -1970.

 

Ditto, make a poll with different ranges around the SA year, say with five years breaks.

[rodan57]

Yeah, but the way the poll is set up with those breakdowns might not be the best indicator. I'd guess the majority of SA collectors would be born between 1955 -1970.

 

Yes.

[Jeffro.]

Yeah, but the way the poll is set up with those breakdowns might not be the best indicator. I'd guess the majority of SA collectors would be born between 1955 -1970.

 

I was born in '67 and my cousin was born in '82. That makes us both Gen Xers?

Calling BS on that

[Speedy-D]

Yeah, but the way the poll is set up with those breakdowns might not be the best indicator. I'd guess the majority of SA collectors would be born between 1955 -1970.

 

I was born in '67 and my cousin was born in '82. That makes us both Gen Xers?

Calling BS on that

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_X

[jmg3637]

I almost did not answer in this poll.

 

While my initial collecting, and the bulk of my comics are SILVER AGE, I finished most of what I am looking for there, and moved on to GOLD perhaps a decade ago.

 

I suspect that I am similar to many. Started off collecting stuff from when I was a kid, and then moved backwards from there.

 

I must be on the cusp since I was born in 1955

[MagnetoWasRight]

'78 here...Gen X'er I guess...although I've been told I have an old soul.

[tortoise]

Class of 1983.

[Gopher John]

As the poll originator, I'm surprised at the details too. Once we've had a bit longer for everyone to answer, I may break down the age cohorts a little more finely.

 

I used the generations as defined by Wikipedia.

 

I have a reason for asking the question that I'll follow up with.

 

Thanks for the great responses.

[ChicksCosmiComics]

Gen X here...I have always loved old retro stuff and I am a purist so the fact that I collect mostly Silver Age stuff is no surprise to me

[ChasingKingKirby]

Gen X here as well. Of course I never had a chance, my entire family collects antiques, civil war relics and what have you, so I was "born into" collecting old stuff.

[Jeffro.]

Yeah, but the way the poll is set up with those breakdowns might not be the best indicator. I'd guess the majority of SA collectors would be born between 1955 -1970.

 

I was born in '67 and my cousin was born in '82. That makes us both Gen Xers?

Calling BS on that

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_X

 

yeah, I know but I'm still calling BS. The differences in life experience between someone born in ' 67 as opposed to someone born in ' 82 are pretty significant. The dates seem pretty arbitrary

[Speedy-D]

Yeah, but the way the poll is set up with those breakdowns might not be the best indicator. I'd guess the majority of SA collectors would be born between 1955 -1970.

 

I was born in '67 and my cousin was born in '82. That makes us both Gen Xers?

Calling BS on that

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_X

 

yeah, I know but I'm still calling BS. The differences in life experience between someone born in ' 67 as opposed to someone born in ' 82 are pretty significant. The dates seem pretty arbitrary

J'agree. In my world, gen x means born in the 70s.

[Hepcat]

Yeah, but the way the poll is set up with those breakdowns might not be the best indicator. I'd guess the majority of SA collectors would be born between 1955 -1970.

 

I disagree. I'd say the "ideal" for a Silver Age collector would have been to be born in 1950-51 so that he was there for Flash 105 hitting the newstands in 1959 and the intros of Green Lantern and the other new heroes in Showcase and Brave & the Bold.

 

[Spiderphill]

I r generation Y