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Kossage Mr. Smiles from Finland Since: Jul, 2009
Mr. Smiles
#26: Aug 21st 2011 at 3:03:45 PM

I was introduced to comics by reading Finland's weekly Donald Duck comics. I fell in love with Carl Barks's great Duck stories quite quickly. smile

Sijo from Puerto Rico Since: Jan, 2001
#27: Aug 22nd 2011 at 11:13:29 AM

Cannot remember my first comic *exactly* but I know it wasn't a superhero comic; my first comics were all cartoon-based eg: Casper, Donald Duck, Archie, etc. In fact, my first superhero may have been Super Goof!

Later on I would get into Mexican reprints of DC Comics, mostly Superman and Batman (usually Silver Age stuff, very wacky.)

Now, my first comic book *in English* was an issue of Spider-Man I saw in a store. It had Spidey fighting Doctor Octopus, who was... romancing Aunt May?? 0_o (I think it was a reprint of an older story, too.) I didn't buy it, however, as I was only a kid who couldn't read English at the time; I just browsed it.

And then I found there was a drugstore in my hometown where they sold dozens of those *every week!* Including heroes I'd never seen before!! (Mostly Marvel characters, for some reason their translations were not available here.) THAT was when I realized the full breadth of their superhero universes and started buying them *even thought I needed a dictionary to read them* [lol]

My first DC was Super Friends #10 (where they save a beautiful girl from a team of hollywood monsters! Except what's this, they're actually alien superheroes and the girl was a space criminal?! You didn't see things like that on the show! evil grin)

My first Marvel was an issue of the The Hulk that strangely enough, starred someone else (Doctor Samson, his psychiatric) fighting Spider-Man's foe the Rhino. Just a big fight scene, but still miles over the action in DC Comics (way back then.)

JTheGreat Disciple of Sarcasm from Everywhere and Nowhere Since: Sep, 2010
Disciple of Sarcasm
#28: Aug 22nd 2011 at 5:31:44 PM

I was first introduced to comics on Free Comics Day. Hoo boy. A Young Justice / Batman The Brave And The Bold super-sampler smile.

If that doesn't count, I purchased Gates of Gotham and Batman: Incorporated soon after.

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Merlo *hrrrrrk* from the masochist chamber Since: Oct, 2009
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#29: Aug 22nd 2011 at 5:34:39 PM

Either The Killing Joke or Watchmen.

Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, here I am...
KillerBunny666 Since: Jun, 2010
#30: Aug 23rd 2011 at 8:26:01 PM

I read a few when I was young, probably a Tex Willer comic was my real first but the first one I read after I got a little older was Sin City.

:)
juancarlos Faith in the self. Since: Mar, 2012
Faith in the self.
#31: Aug 24th 2011 at 10:08:21 AM

Batman Year One, I think.

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LadyMomus Since: Apr, 2009
#32: Aug 24th 2011 at 10:18:05 AM

First American Comic: JSA: Stealing Thunder. I saw it at the library, and picked it up out of curiosity. I've been a comics fan every since.

(I'd flipped through a couple old Legion of Super-Heroes comics my aunt had before that, but I'd never actually read a whole comic until the Stealing Thunder TPB.)

First Manga: Either Dragonball or Inu-Yasha. Not sure which I read first, but both came from libraries.

Pelli Since: Dec, 1969
#33: Sep 9th 2011 at 11:45:41 AM

The first comics I bought were all collections: Spider-man: Civil War, Ultimate X-Men Ultimate Collection and Teen Titans: A Kid's Game. I enjoyed them all at first, but Ultimate X-Men became my favorite, with Spider-man in second. I don't even remember why I used to like A Kid's Game.

TheoneandonlyJoseph Since: Jul, 2011
#34: Sep 10th 2011 at 1:44:58 PM

The beano. Also had a stash of old transformers comics which made up my childhood. Then I took a dry spell of about 10 years and restarted with justice league #1.

heh, fun times.

Heatth (X-Troper) Relationship Status: In Spades with myself
#35: Sep 10th 2011 at 2:20:29 PM

My first american comicbook was an issue of Age Of Apocalypse which, in my country, collected X-Men Chronicles 01 (first AoA X-Men mission) and Factor X 02. Mercifully I was aware of the characters already, thanks to the 90s animated series and this book explaned what the Age Of Apocalypse was. I never read the whole story for years, however.

For comic books over all, my first was Monicas Gang, as most Brazilians. My first manga was Dragon Ball.

edited 10th Sep '11 2:20:53 PM by Heatth

Catel Since: Apr, 2010
#36: Sep 17th 2011 at 3:55:44 AM

I probably started with children's magazines that had what counts as sequential art; then Italien Disney comics, and Tintin, Léonard and the Smurfs as "full" comic books.

angrytim Since: Sep, 2011
#37: Sep 18th 2011 at 9:31:02 AM

As a Brit i'm pretty sure it would have been the Beano, which I used to love as a kid, my first american superhero comic was the ultimate Marvel team up issue with Wolverine and Spiderman which I think I got as part of the British Reprint line, but I'm not sure as my Mother got me it and I was 10 or somethingtongue, my first real introduction to american comics and my gateway drug was a copy of ultimate spiderman volume 9 (ultimate 6)after that I just started reading everything the libary hadgrin (sorry about writing more than I think you wanted)

PayNoHeed Callous Bastard from America Since: Sep, 2011
Callous Bastard
#38: Sep 18th 2011 at 12:52:58 PM

The first time I picked up a comic was about a year ago. I was waiting for court, and the local library was next door, so I went in and picked up a TPB of Ultimate Spider-Man.

The first collections I bought were the Ultimate Collections of Ultimate Spider-Man, Top Ten books 1 and 2, Batman: Year One, and The Man Who Laughs.

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BetaRay Web Slinger/Hope Bringer Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
Web Slinger/Hope Bringer
#39: Nov 1st 2011 at 7:42:38 AM

My first comic was some issue of the Justice League where Wonder Woman and Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner) fought some villain who imprisoned people's creativity or some such.

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AndrewGPaul Since: Oct, 2009
#40: Nov 1st 2011 at 9:00:14 AM

First comic? When I was about five or so, it would have been some long-defunct British publication, which had comic strip versions of stuff like https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WillowTheWisp and The Moomins. After that it was The Beano and (like Vampire Buddha) the Funday Times. The first "adult" comic series I actually started buying (as opposed to borrowing or buying the collected editions) was 100 Bullets and 1602.

dRoy Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar from Most likely from my study Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world
Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar
#41: Nov 1st 2011 at 3:29:07 PM

Some issue of Spider Man. What was it...someone hires the Sandman to trash a super market and Spidey goes into action...only to be captured on a surveilance camera by an economically broken security officer who wants to sell the footage so he could afford surgery for his wife. In the end, he destroys the footage, but Spidey credits him for capturing the Sandman (which he technically did, by activating the fire-sprinkler thing and ruining his shit) so he got the bounty. Yay?

So...does anyone remember which issue that was?

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#42: Nov 2nd 2011 at 8:23:48 PM

The very first comic I ever picked up and looked at was Joss Whedon's Astonishing X-Men #1. That was a good day. It changed my young life forever. smile

And I try (oh my God do I try)
SilentlyHonest Since: Oct, 2011
#43: Nov 4th 2011 at 8:14:10 PM

X-men Adventures as a kid when the old animated series was airing.

feotakahari Fuzzy Orange Doomsayer from Looking out at the city Since: Sep, 2009
Fuzzy Orange Doomsayer
#44: Nov 6th 2011 at 8:27:23 PM

Uncanny X Men. I never really got into it—I was missing way too much continuity.

edited 6th Nov '11 8:27:32 PM by feotakahari

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ACR Since: Oct, 2011
#45: Nov 7th 2011 at 1:27:36 PM

The Calculus Affair. I'm proud that my first comic included a chase sequence with a tank.

betterthanstrawberry Dreaming out loud. from back in the atmosphere. Since: Sep, 2010
Dreaming out loud.
#46: Nov 30th 2011 at 2:51:10 PM

One of the Asterix albums, can't quite remember which one, unfortunately.

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Arsidias Since: May, 2009
#47: Dec 4th 2011 at 1:43:51 PM

Superman: Man of Steel #91, a story about a board game designer who was convinced Superman was stalking him because his "Invasion: Earth" game would train kids to fend off the forthcoming Kryptonian invasion.

I didn't become hooked until I read the "Superman: Arkham" storyarc a few months later (now known as Emperor Joker). That's when I actually started buying the superbooks regularly, and of course, it spread from there.

Sidenote: In my mind, Ed Mc Guinness' Superman will always be THE Superman.

Drenius Hey, do you know the way to Shell Beach? from Northern Virginia Since: Dec, 2011
Hey, do you know the way to Shell Beach?
#48: Dec 12th 2011 at 4:59:50 PM

I can't be exactly sure as I started at roughly age 4 or so. It was either the Illustrated Classics version of Macbeth or the comic adaptation of Return of the Jedi.

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i-kun Persona! from Dark Hour Since: May, 2010
Persona!
#49: Dec 13th 2011 at 1:15:04 PM

My first comic was a few months ago, actually. Like seriously. I live in a small town, so I never had any access to comics (other than the newspaper variety, natch), and the nearest comic book store was a Border's Bookstore about one and half/two hours away, which sadly, went bankrupt and closed. Then, a few years back I joined TV Tropes, and although I never really payed any attention to the Comic Books tabs/sections, I occasionally looked through them. However, I've always been a fan of the DCAU shows, but it wasn't until Young Justice began airing earlier last year that I really became interested. Even though I missed the initial airing of the available episode, I managed to watch most of them online one night, and I was hooked. Around this time, I also watched the Red Hood movie, which left me waning more. From there, I went and read a few comic books summaries, read a few snippets, and I obtained Identity Crisis after being informed that it was a rather self contained story. Even then, I was kinda wary of of actually getting into comics because of all the continuity, so when the DC announced the New 52, I got on board. So yeah, I've been consistently reading a few comics ever since, and I'm not disappointed in the least.

zam Since: Jun, 2009
#50: Dec 13th 2011 at 2:16:26 PM

Whatever happened to the man of steel was the first comic I physically read their was this cool website where you could read silver age Superman stories before that.

edited 13th Dec '11 2:20:03 PM by zam


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