How Long Have We Been Reading Comics?

[Darthphere]

Were talking about comics Morg.

 

[Xofenroht]

I don't really remember how long I've been reading. I think I've been reading comics ever since I could read and comprehending them since I was 3 or 4 after I got the "X-Men" action figures for the 1980's show that never got off the ground. My mom used to bring me some comics from work and have them waiting for me when she picked me up from school. Then by the time I was 7 or 8 my cousin gave me a book with the profiles of all of the X-Men.
Throught that, the trading cards, and the boxes the action figures came in, I learned all about X-Men and Marvel Comics. I started getting serious at around 10 though during the Onslaught/Clone Saga.

 

[WallCrawl]

I think the first comic I ever read was a Superboy comic when I was 10, where Lex Luthor was systematically attacking Superboy lookalikes at Metropolis University by sabotage. It was either that, or a black and white Robocop adaptation. I've always had comics around, like these pulpish collections of old Kirby Fantastic four issues or old JLA issues that were smaller and only in black and white.

 

[Whirlysplat]

My first comic was in 1974

My all time faves are 2000AD I have 1 - 100
Warrior I have every issue
Miracleman every issue and every trade including
Apocrypha and the Companion
Grendl
Watchmen every issue and trade
Sandman every issue and trades
Marvels
Kingdom Come
Schwartz/ Austin - Batman
Shooter / Perez - Avengers

In recent years I have enjoyed Concrete, I got on the bus late for that one, Supreme Power, The Ultimate Universe and the Authority.

At present I am enjoying All Star Supes and Justice most - I have between 15000 and 20000 comics as an estimate.

 

[KingOfDreams]

I believe the first comic I recieved was probably one of the kiddie Disney ones but that first comic I remember well and that I know I enjoyed a lot was an early issue of Spider-Man Classics. I think I got it when I was around 9 or so, which would have been around 1994. Since it was a direct reprint of an early ASM comic there wasn't much backstory needed. Things were explained well in those days. While I do enjoy today's comics there's something to be said for the simpler days of yore.

 

[WOLVERINE25TH]

Yeah, that's th' one, E. I dunno why I keep blankin' on that damn number.

 

[Anubis]

First comic I read I was about seven or eight. I think it was a She-Hulk. I have been seriously reading comics though for about eight or nine years now.

 

[DBM]

My Mother taught me (and my siblings) to read with comic books, most specifically Archie and Disney comics. So I started reading comics at around 5 years old. So I've got about 25 years of comics reading under my belt now.

 

[UK_Stu]

I started reading comics when I was 6 or 7, I would guess. My first comics were about 1979/1980, if my memory serves me it was a Batman comic, though I couldn't tell you the issue number.