What is your first comic book in your collection 4 4

[Dave2739]

On 3/24/2022 at 10:51 PM, oakman29 said:

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. 

I bet you could get that Dell logo slabbed if you can find the missing piece! 

[lostboys]

First comic my older brother gave me to read.

I still have it.

Also the first comic I gave my kids to read.

 

[marvelmaniac]

I do not have any of the original books I had in the 60's (Sad ), however, the book that made me the "Marvelmaniac" I am today was F.F. 25, I saw that book/cover at a friends house in early 65 and I was hooked..., the very first book I purchased as a kid after that would probably be ASM 21 or X-Men 8, it could also be D.D. 7, F.F. 33, TOS 60/61,TTA 60, too long ago to remember.

I still have good memory recollection of the X-Men 8, food shopping with Mom, spinner rack by the entrance, saw the X-Men 8 and then...Pleeeeease Mom...

[Cat]

I read Transformers and some GIJOE as a little kid. I don't count them. X-Men The Animated Series had started here, and we could pick any book from this small bookshop/newsagent, in preparation for a trip to Movie World we were making. My sister chose a book, I went outside my habits and asked if I could buy a comic. My mother said yes, and I bought X-Men Adventures 1. I felt happy being there for a while, before I jumped to the 'adult' X-Men books, but in-between that I started on what had been my favourite of the Marvel Masterworks my library got in when I was younger: Fantastic Four. And I can remember my first issue of that, clear as day, it was Fantastic Four #387, with the chilling 'apparition' of Sue on the cover, and the promise of something called 'No One Gets Out Alive' being released soon, a 12 issue maxistory that eventually got culled to 6.

I thought things were real. I read that Reed had died just issues before, and totally changed the team dynamics, and I was really sad as I like Reed, and I had to wait until I was an adult to read that issue store (store only ever had his death issue once and it was $60,even then I knew I was being taken for a ride). It was also a few years till I learned about the idea of being 'comic book dead'. 

[B2D327]

My older brother used to give me comics all the time but this was the first one I actually asked my mom to buy me from the neighborhood coffee shop. 

[littledoom]

Probably Star Wars Episode II attack of the clones adaptation newsstand 

side note: I’m noticing everyone’s first comic they owned was a key

Edited March 25, 2022 by littledoom

[oakman29]

On 3/25/2022 at 10:57 AM, littledoom said:

Probably Star Wars Episode II attack of the clones adaptation newsstand 

side note: I’m noticing everyone’s first comic they owned was a key

I doubt mine was a key, if it was I dont even know it.😅

[rexinnih]

The first I can remember buying off the shelf was X-Men 100. For sentimental reasons, had to send in for Chris Claremont Sig Series. 

[KirbyJack]

My first comic

a reprint of Tales to Astonish 90. Both Subby and the Hulk get whooped, so my brothers told me I had to get the next issue. I later sold my childhood collection and left comics for years. My current collection was started with a reading copy of FF 77.

[Krydel4]

First 2 comics that I bought personally were Transformers 8 and G.I. Joe 39 from my LCS. I blew the $2 I got for chores that week pretty fast.

[Larryw7]

This is the first comic I remember buying at an Acme super market (yup, they actually sold comics in supermarkets) at the ripe old age of 3.

This was the first mail order back issue I ever purchased, which is when I started to become a more serious collector (I was around 10).

[yrag9591]

The Batman TV show did it for me!

[ThothAmon]

I have no idea what the first is. My earliest memories include Peanuts, Archie’s  (more Veronica truthfully), Richie Rich and the Beagle Boys. Every barbershop had an ample supply usually stored right next to the Playboys. The Brute (Atlas Comics) stands out in the memory bank as one of my early purchases. Probably explains why I’ve chased the fools gold that is Atlas comics for so long. 


 

[Dave2739]

On 3/25/2022 at 7:22 PM, KirbyJack said:

My first comic

a reprint of Tales to Astonish 90. Both Subby and the Hulk get whooped, so my brothers told me I had to get the next issue. I later sold my childhood collection and left comics for years. My current collection was started with a reading copy of FF 77.

The Abomination's abs are an abomination on that cover!

[Beastfeast]

First I remember buying with my own money was Marvel Comics Presents 118.  Long since lost that particular copy but have one at CGC right now.  

[KirbyJack]

On 3/26/2022 at 9:07 AM, Dave2739 said:

The Abomination's abs are an abomination on that cover!

Horizontal 10-pack. Even back then that caught my eye. 
But what sold me on it was how massive the Hulk’s arm looked in comparison to the woman.

I was a very skinny kid. Big meant cool.

[oatcrunch]

Great thread!

My first comic was Thor #347. Thor has been my favorite character, and Walt Simonson my favorite artist, ever since. When I started collecting again, I focused on getting the whole Simonson run before anything else and 347 was the first issue I purchased for that run (I lost all my old comics unfortunately).

 

[Ken Aldred]

First comic in my collection that I bought from a newsagent here in England...

First British reprint comic that I bought...

First US cent copy import comic I bought...

 

First back issue comic I bought from a comic mart...

 

First comic I bought from an actual comic shop, Forbidden Planet's original London store...

 

First comic I bought by mail order from the US...

 

All in the 70s.

 

 

[Shazbot]

Stopped by a friends house who was on his way to pick up his "weeklys", whatever that meant, but I was up for a ride. While he did his thing I looked around and grabbed a couple of impulse buys, a $1 box FF #254 and an off-the-rack WoS #76. Believe it or not, after reading that ridiculous WoS, I actually went back for more. I think it was the FF despite it being an uneventful filler issue, that kept me in the game.

They're the only two books I kept when I had to sell my first collection. I can still smell the large, light, extra sweet deli coffee I spilled all over the Spidey.

That's how my comic book days began, with 2 terrible books, one of which I destroyed within hours. I dare say I haven't really gotten all that much better at this.

[southern cross]

This was the first comic book I bought back in Australia at a newsagent. Still have the copy.