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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Dec 3, 2020 11:34:02 GMT -5
Killing some down time at work today I decided to look at what comics were for sale the first month I started collecting at Mike's Amazing World And then I had a thought. In addition to our "comics from X years ago" thread we could have one, where we have a different criteria each week like brutalis' Which One? thread. So since I have already looked them up, I am going to do comics on sale the first month I started buying. I am going to list what I actually bought off the shelf and then what I since have bought after the fact. And for a bonus, comics I still want to get from December 1994. But anybody can list as many or as little different lists as they want. I don't want to be giving ya'll homework or anything. I am open to people suggestion criteria for the new week each week as well, so everyone can participate. December 1994What I bought off the shelfCable #20 Excalibur #86 Sabretooth Classic #10 Wolverine #90 X-Men #41 X-Men 2099 #17 X-Men:Alpha #1 Comics I've since ownedAliens/Predator:The Deadliest of the Species #9 Azrael #1 Batman #515 Batman Adventures Holiday Special #1 Batman Versus Predator II:Bloodmatch #3 Batman:Legends of the Dark Knight #68 Detective Comics #682 Extreme Justice #1 Fantastic Four #397 Force Works #8 Gargoyles #1 Ghost Rider #58 Ghost Rider 2099 #10 Ghost Rider/Wolverine/Punisher:Dark Design #1 Green Lantern #59 Hulk 2099 #3 Incredible Hulk #426 Official Marvel Index to the Avengers #5 Rascals in Paradise #3 Robin #13 Rogue #2 Silver Surfer #101 Spider-Man 2099 #28 Strange Tales #1 Uncanny X-Men #321 WildC.A.T.s #16 Wildstorm Swimsuit Special #1 X-Factor #111 X-Force #43 On my wish listAngela #1 Doom 2099 #26 Oh My Goddess #5 Punisher 2099 #25 Ravage 2099 #27 Warlock and the Infinity Watch #37
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Post by beccabear67 on Dec 3, 2020 13:22:53 GMT -5
I'll play. Comics cover dated June, 1979 for me What I bought off the shelfBattlestar Galactica #4 Star Wars #24 Comics I've since ownedAmazing Spider-Man #193 Avengers #184 Doctor Strange #35 Fantastic Four #207 Green Lantern #117 Incredible Hulk #236 Iron Man #123 (twice) Marvel Premiere #48* (twice) Marvel Team-Up #82 Marvel Two-in-One #52 Micronauts #6 Power Man And Iron Fist #57 Spider-Woman #15 Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes #252 X-Men #122 (twice) * one of first two back issues bought first time in a comic shop, #47 was the otherOn my wish listBatman #312 Battle of the Planets #1 Thor #284
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Post by Prince Hal on Dec 3, 2020 13:26:37 GMT -5
When I started buying comics, it was not on a weekly basis, so forgive my adaptation of your criteria, Adam. Here are the first three comics I remember buying on my own, all from the spring and summer of 1963. The first comic I bought on my own is, I'm almost certain, Superboy 106, in May, 1963, having learned my lesson about the difference between ten and twelve cents.* I was ten days away from my ninth birthday, and I thought it was one of the coolest stories I'd ever read. I wrote about it a couple of years ago, early on in "A Comic Lover's Memories." classiccomics.org/thread/3785/comic-lovers-memories?page=4 if anyone's interested. The second comic I bought on my own was the classic Adventure 312, in July of 1963. No idea how close it was to the on-sale date that I bought it, though, because I picked it up at Tony's Hi-Way Sweet Shoppe (actually a bookie joint), where comics were at best an afterthought. Still, I am pretty sure I bought it around the on-sale date. The third comic I bought on my own was Detective 320, a story I also told, just before the Superboy story linked above.
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Post by Icctrombone on Dec 5, 2020 20:18:52 GMT -5
June 1970
comics on sale the first month I started buying.
Fantastic Four # 102 - my grandma bought it for me off a newsstand.
Comics I've since owned
Amazing Adventures #2 Avengers #79 Brave & the Bold #91 Justice League of America #82 Marvel Tales #28 Superman #229 Thor #179
On my wish list
Action Comics #391
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Post by james on Dec 7, 2020 15:09:33 GMT -5
OFF the RACK 1979
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Post by chaykinstevens on Dec 10, 2020 13:07:45 GMT -5
January 1973
Bought new: Amazing Spider-Man #119 Captain America #160 Iron Man #57 Marvel Spotlight #9 Sub-Mariner #60 Pink Panther #11
Bought later: Conan the Barbarian #25 Defenders #5 Incredible Hulk #162 Mister Miracle #13 Our Army at War #255 Wanted #7
Wishlist: Doc Savage #4 Forbidden Tales of Dark Mansion #10 Ghost Manor #10 Gunhawks #4 House of Secrets #106 Journey Into Mystery #4 Kamandi #4 Korak #51 Phantom Stranger #24 Secrets of Sinister House #10 Weird Mystery Tales #5 Weird War Tales #12
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