What is your first comic book in your collection 4 4

[chuckfregeau]

 

[media_junkie]

G.I. Joe #1 (1982) at the young age of 11.  From there I branched out into a bunch of other Marvel comics and around the time John Byrne left Fantastic Four to go work on Legends/Superman reboot is when I started purchasing DC comics also.   Of course as I got older and had money from jobs and what not is when I really started hunting back issues.  

[ADAMANTIUM]

I think mine was something like TMNT adventures #2 or #3 the 80's version. Cause of the cartoon.

 I remember not being impressed and wanting a " grown up comic", I was probably 8 in 1989

 

Edited March 24, 2022 by ADAMANTIUM

[mysterymachine]

[Mike Bray]

still have it too , although its coverless now --

[shadroch]

I've no idea as they were all coverless and I couldn't read yet anyway.

[grendelbo]

In fifth grade I grew tired of Garbage Pail Kids. Lot of stealing amongst friends. I was a comic book reader and I had some books lying around, but with this particular book I became a collector. Cost me a few Adam Bombs or what not.

[MattTheDuck]

Here it is.  Still have it.  Bought "off the rack" at Joe's Market.

 

Edited March 25, 2022 by MattTheDuck

[THE_BEYONDER]

Not sure which book was my first, but I am sure it will be in a long box  in my comic closet. Probably a Bats or Supes.

 

I have all my childhood books.   

Edited March 25, 2022 by THE_BEYONDER

[Ken Aldred]

On 3/25/2022 at 2:10 AM, Mike Bray said:

still have it too , although its coverless now --

Absolutely loved 100 pagers as a kid, but I was a pre-teen, voracious reader at this stage rather than a focused, committed collector.

The first comic I bought at more than cover price, from a mail order back issue dealer, the point of transition at which I got obsessively serious, was a ragged, ‘VG’ condition copy of Fantastic Four 20, in summer 1977.

Discovering that ‘good’ and ‘very good’ descriptors could be misleading and a surprise to the uninitiated, pretty much immediately.

Edited March 25, 2022 by Ken Aldred

[LudaToke]

On 3/24/2022 at 7:19 PM, ADAMANTIUM said:

I think mine was something like TMNT adventures #2 or #3 the 80's version. Cause of the cartoon.

 I remember not being impressed and wanting a " grown up comic", I was probably 8 in 1989

 

So cool.  I have this comic as in NM condition as well.  It is sitting in my TBG (To Be Graded) pile.

I actually don't remember what my first comic was.  I would have to go back and see which of my childhood collection was released first.

[Browns81]

I’m pretty sure it was this. I still have my copy, but Spidey’s eyes were colored in green marker.

[oakman29]

My mommy didnt throw away all my books like most. I have every comic book from my youth, but this one started it all. I was given this book from a store somewhere on the way from California to Wisconsin on a family trip. 

Edited March 25, 2022 by oakman29
As you can see it was well loved.

[Semicentennial]

One of the earliest comic book I remember having is Batman 291.  I don't remember how I got it, but I remember how disturbed I was when it was revealed that Batman got killed by one of his villains.  I remember not liking Catwoman because she let Batman drown.  It took me quite a few years afterwards to track down the follow up books to see what happened.

Not my copy, but this is the cover.

[KCOComics]

I couldn't begin to tell you what my first comic book was. My brother and I had allot of McFarlane Spideys and early 90s X-Men. 

I can tell you the first Wizard magazine we ever bought with the price guide was what made me want to "collect" comics.

And the first comic I ever sought after to collect and preserve instead of read was a Fantastic Four 48, because SS was my favorite character.  And I still have that copy today, 20 years or so later. 

[Ken Aldred]

Alternatively, this was my actual first exposure to the comics medium, given to me by my parents when I was 3 years old…

Online image. British reprint.

Edited March 25, 2022 by Ken Aldred

[Kerdese]

I bought this at 7-Eleven.

[CrocHntr]

While I vaguely recall some Whitman/Gold Key funny animal books as a small child, the first one I purchased myself was Last Starfighter 1 (and I think Temple of Doom at same time).  I can still picture the store and even the rack, oddly enough.

 

 

Edited March 25, 2022 by CrocHntr

[zuckuss2003]

This is the first comic I owned. The second, X-Men 209 is the one that hooked me.

Edited March 25, 2022 by zuckuss2003

[Dick Pontoon]

Ahhh! Another "look at my youtube video" thread.