What was YOUR first comic book?

And, btw Scott, I had that issue of the Flash, too!

I wish I could say it was the New Teen Titans, or the JLA, or even the X-men... But this is the one that got the addiction started:

It was a back issue of:

Not sure what my first comic was. I was a huge fan of the 60s Batman TV show as it was in reruns every afternoon in the mid to late 70s. So I think I had a lot of Batman and Flash comics early on, but most of those I no longer have and am not sure which one would have been the first one anyway. I also had a lot of the oversized books DC was doing at the time which were usually various reprints. And I was a big Star Wars nut so I had all the early issues of that comic. But the one that sticks out to me is an issue of Justice League of America...


It was so crazy and had all the heroes. I had several of those issues from this time period and remember the weird, dark artwork Dick Dillin was doing at the time. But I thought it was great and had issues on and off through 200, some of which were by George Perez!

I even used an opaque projector to do a life size drawing of supes from this cover.

I feel so old.

My first comic was Brave & the Bold #54, Robin, Kid Flash and Aqualad (the Titans before they added Donna and were actually called the Teen Titans). I was 3 1/2. It was April, 1964.

My mom was a comic book fan when she was a little girl -- my paternal grandfather had died, and on the day of the funeral, she went to the local newsstand/tobacco shop to get the daily papers for Dad (since he stayed at Gram's house with her -- my sibs and I were there as well). When Mom got the papers, she saw the rounder with comics on it and picked up an issue of Superman (he had been her favorite) and then saw this book with kid characters on it and bought it, thinking I'd like something with kids in it (I should add that I'd been reading for about 6 months at this point).

Well, Superman was okay, but those kids! I adored that book and little preschooler me fell completely in love with the one who didn't wear a mask and who could do the thing I was longing to do at the time -- be able to stay under water and not have to come up (I was also just learning to swim at the time and gave Mom many grey hairs trying to test this thing out <g>)....and simply adored Aqualad. The others were okay, but he was just the best to me!

I've been a Titans fan ever since.

Thanks for the cover, LL! For some reason, I always seem to have trouble embedding images within replies.

Gotta love that Bruno Premiani artwork!

Would you believe... Richie Rich and Reggie #2?

My first comic was actually a TPB:



From here, I went on to collect the Knightfall series and then nabbed this:



...and then this:

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Batman #440, part of the crossover with Teen Titans that introduced Tim Drake and told his origin story.

I forget exactly which one was first, but the first two comics I read (they were about the same time) was Spider-Man #138, with the debut of the Mindworm, and Karate Kid #14, guest-starring Robin. That second one was the one that really threw me for a loop, because until then, I didn't think it was possible for Robin to be around without Batman. To see him on his own, competent and cool and his own super-hero...that was awesome.

Take care
Don

Okay I am about to seriously date myself here. Believe it or not, even though I collect mostly Marvel Comics now, the first comic title I ever got into and collected seriously was...



I even bought back issues!!! This was in the late 70's early 80's. I still have these comics, they are very old. I learned my foundation of drawing from Mike Grell. I remember drawing all his comic book covers when I was younger. Obviously not to the same quality he did heh heh. The picture you see above was the first issue I picked up and I collected for many years after that, before I got into Marvel.

I didn't get into Marvel comics until the late 80's... So what did I collect before that? You will notice they are all DC titles... I was a broke teenager, so I could only afford certain titles. I collected more than these, but these are the best ones I remember.

I still have the old original Green Arrow Longbow Hunter Series.


I have the original series bought in the mid to late 80's of Justice League all the way back to issue #1. The art was done I think by Kevin Mcguire, and was in my opinion at the time, the best comic not only written but drawn...


So I guess my attempt at getting into DC now, is almost like going back to my roots when you think about it. heh heh.

I was into DC hardcore before I got into Marvel. Then I made a deal with the devil in the pale moonlight... Seriously tho, I think the Marvel Mutant Massacre at the time got me hooked on Marvel. That and I was in love with Rogue... heh heh... Oh to be young again, and in love with a fictional character...

Ultimate X-men #54