What was your first graphic novel purchase?

[Hordakfan]

When i was 11 it would be the trade paperbacks of Batman vs. Predator and DC/Marvel crossovers after christmas when i got money from relatives. I started to collect GNs since junior high when i bought Killing Joke, Watchmen and Batman Year One.

 

[Mike_D202]

"The Dark Knight Returns." Then "Kingdom Come" shortly after.

 

[JJJ's Ulcer]

Forgettable 80's Spidey story, only really memorable for the awesome art and quotable tagline (something like) "The greatest mistake Spider-Man ever made was letting his Uncle Ben die. Playing hooky is a close second!"

I think I got it as a gift.

First graphic novel I bought on my own accord and with my own (albeit allowance) money was probably Kraven's Last Hunt or Dark Knight Returns when I really got into comics a few years later.

 

[Kable24]

The Punisher: Return to Big Nothing

 

[Piper Maru]

 

[marcvader]

Purchased in 84.

Spoiler

 

[matrix_ghost]

When i was 11 it would be the trade paperbacks of Batman vs. Predator and DC/Marvel crossovers after christmas when i got money from relatives. I started to collect GNs since junior high when i bought Killing Joke, Watchmen and Batman Year One.

Does manga count ?
The AKIRA manga.
All 6 books.

Otherwise my frist graphic novel purchase ( CB related) was Hellblazer.

 

[Kane52630]

What a great way to start, huh? Not only my first purchase, it's also the first comic book/graphic novel that I read.

 

[ThePhantasm]

Knightfall: Part 1.

 

[choskins]

Forgettable 80's Spidey story, only really memorable for the awesome art and quotable tagline (something like) "The greatest mistake Spider-Man ever made was letting his Uncle Ben die. Playing hooky is a close second!"

This is the first I bought on my own. I got the Spider-man vs. Superman one and the Muhammad Ali one as gifts. What's funny is that I only own about 6 graphic novels and they are all of that variety. I have none that simply reprint older comics.

 

[knowsbleed]

Forgettable 80's Spidey story, only really memorable for the awesome art and quotable tagline (something like) "The greatest mistake Spider-Man ever made was letting his Uncle Ben die. Playing hooky is a close second!"

I think I got it as a gift.

That was my 2nd graphic novel. I still have it. Reminded me of Carpenter's The Thing.

Here was my first set of graphic novels:

 

[marcvader]

This is the first I bought on my own. I got the Spider-man vs. Superman one and the Muhammad Ali one as gifts. What's funny is that I only own about 6 graphic novels and they are all of that variety. I have none that simply reprint older comics.

Same here. I only own original story GN's.

 

[DarkSovereignty]

at least I think it was essential iron man, I don't remember anything GN-like before it, just single issues.

 

[uniqueweasel]

The Crow - James O'Barr

 

[choskins]

Actually, I was wrong. Hooky came out in 1986, so the first one I bought was Superman and Spider-man (the sequel LOL!) in 1981. I was 8. It looked like this:

I still got the Spider-man vs. Superman and the Muhammad Ali first though (as gifts).

 

[Immortalfire]

 

[-Arya-]

 

[Sundancer]

Batman and Green Arrow : The Poison Tomorrow

 

[Havok83]

 

[tzarinna]

You know I'm old and I can't remember ****. I know it all started with Clive, so one if not all three of these was the begining.

Trying to find the Tapping the Vein series before the internet was quite the chore.

 

[Karem-Knight]

These were just gifts that I got that were pretty casual, this however was when I went out of my way to buy one:

 

[knowsbleed]

You know I'm old and I can't remember ****. I know it all started with Clive, so one if not all three of these was the begining.

Spoiler

Trying to find the Tapping the Vein series before the internet was quite the chore.

I never thought about trying to read his graphic novels... I'll have to hunt these down.

 

[marcvader]

I'm feeling a bit old. Most of you are posting tpb's. I remember gn's just being original stories published in that format.

 

[bullets]

Batman : A lonely place of dying

 

[cryptic name]

2001, I was 12 or 13. I had always been a big Batman fan because of my love for Burton's first flick. But the release of X-Men the year before and the impending release of Spider-Man (also what started me lurking here when u=it was still Spider-Man Hype) got me really excited about comics for the first time. I started getting wizard magazine and learning everything I could about what I should read. I got my mom to take me to Borders one summer day and I picked up these beauties:

That's how Cryptic began.