Post the questions below and three covers that answer to these questions; no need to comment unless you want to:
1) What was the first comic you remember reading?
2) What was the first comic that made you realize that you might be in this for the long haul?
3) If you had to make a snap decision to take one comic or one comic run to a desert island, what would it be? Don't think too hard!
My answers...
Post the questions below and three covers that answer to these questions; no need to comment unless you want to:
1) What was the first comic you remember reading? Uh, it was close to 48 years ago. I'm not sure. Probably a kid's comic, ie Nancy and Sluggo or Richie Rich or a Disney comic. Other early ones are Archies and Classics Illustrated, Katy Keene, and Millie the Model, but those, along with the romance comics and DC superheroes, came later, although there was a fairly early issue of Batman in my early reading days. The dentist had a batch of comics in his waiting room and I read them there. Sometimes, he let me keep the older ones.
2) What was the first comic that made you realize that you might be in this for the long haul? None in particular. I was a collector from the very beginning. Inherited that trait from my father. I started getting comics when I was 7. By the time I was 10 or so, I had stacks on shelves in the basement. A finished basement, nice and dry. Long boxes came later, when I was in college and discovered comic book shops and comicons where long boxes were sold.
3) If you had to make a snap decision to take one comic or one comic run to a desert island, what would it be? Don't think too hard! I'd grab my Roy Harper short box. (I have short boxes now. Easier to handle and stack.) These include the original Teen Titans, the runs of Titans that don't include him plus the issues he was in, Action Weekly, the Arsenal one-shot, and other comics that featured him. In the case of the new JLA, for example, I bought 2 of the first issue so I could store one in the Justice League box and one in the Roy Harper box.
What is it about dentist's offices? That's where I read my first comic book too, except mine was a copy of Asterix. I didn't know any French, but I didn't care.
ReplyDeleteYeah, Roy and a desert island just seem made for each other. Hee hee.
At least you didn't pick Ollie. I understand he doesn't LIKE desert islands very much.
Interesting coincidence, Sally. It's not just dentists, though. When I was in my teens, my eye doctor had comics in his waiting room, too. I was already a longtime collector by then.
ReplyDeleteThat's funny about Ollie. ;)
Ahh..I have a Roy Harper short box too. It's the only box that comes with me on holidays and I did the same, bought two of each issue of JLA, one for my Roy box and one for the JLA box. I'm doing the same with the new Titan's run.
ReplyDeleteCool, Anon. I wonder if anyone else has a Roy Harper comics collection. :)
ReplyDeleteYou have a Roy Harper short box? That's kind of impressive...(Actually, I'm very fond of the Devin Grayson mini a few years ago)
ReplyDeleteAny other 'character' boxes you have?
I liked the Devin Grayson Arsenal a lot, Rich. It's probably my favorite of her writing.
ReplyDeleteRoy's the only character who has his own short box here (shared with the Teen Titans and Titans), but I do have groupings by type. Female characters with shortish runs are together. Catwoman shares with Codename: Knockout now because she outgrew the box with Wonder Woman and Supergirl, and BoP graduated to its own box and will soon need a second.
I used to have a lot more Wonder Woman, Supergirl, and other titles in long boxes, but I sold 2/3 (10 of 15 long boxes) of my collection about 15 or 16 years ago), keeping just my favorite issues. I've been building things back up since then.