I was 7 years old, and my grandfather had passed earlier in the year. I was in the grocery store with a friend of the family, and I saw this book with a bunch of kids in a classroom. I had $2, and decided to get this book instead of candy or whatever. This happened to be Archie's LAUGH digest. After a few of these, my uncle started giving me some Marvel Comics, such as X-Men and Spider-Man, since he knew I loved watching Batman and Spider-Man on TV. It just built from there.