Comic Books

[icecold]

The first comic I ever read was an issue of Peter Parker: Spider-Man....I don't have it anymore though or remember the #.

 

[Mr. Eye]

I'\m not tooo sure what my first comic was. It was either an old Batman, or a Donald Duck/Disney comic. I forget which came first.

Mr. Eye

 

[James Harvey]

The first comic I read was WEB OF SPIDER-MAN #49, when MJs friend gets beat up becuase of her drug habit. I got that comic with a bunch others for Christmas in 1991. The animated books followed shortly after...

 

[Mr. Eye]

Hey cool. I have that issue. About the animted books, I started buying Batman advenutres with number 9 and 11 (Riddler and Man-Bat no?). I was obsessed with Batman thanks to the 1960's, which was on YTV at the time, and felt bad that I couldn't get the animted series. So i went out and bought the rest of them. Later though, in 1994, a french channel started airing the show on sunday mornings.

Mr. Eye

 

[James Harvey]

I thougth ATV/CTV aired them at 12 noon every weekday? Yeah, I was into the 60s show when it was on YTV, but when I saw that first promo for the BATMAN show, I was hooked.

 

[Mr. Eye]

I don't think CTV aired it. Not too sure. Anyway I had two CTV affiliates then, the Ottawa one and mine. Mine was completely different from the regular CTV. I'm almost sure it wasn't on, cuz I remember looking through the TV Guide real carefully.

Mr. Eye

 

[Mr. Eye]

Yeah it first premiered on YTV March on 1993. It was february and I saw a commercial saying Batman was coming. I was exicited as hell! I couldn't wait for it to come.

Mr. Eye

 

[James Harvey]

I thinkit was my affiliate then, ATV. I was lucky enough to have FOX as well, so I was able to get it right off. I remember being in awe when HEART OF ICE aired.

 

[Calhoun07]

One comic book I read to death when I was a kid, until the cover was literally falling off and it could hardly be kept together anymore, was an issue of Pink Panther where PP goes into a painting and has some cool adventures in the painting. That was probably one of the most influential stories I read in my life, and I am sure I have "borrowed" from the wild imagination in that story in my own writings from time to time.

 

[James Harvey]

A comic I wore the cover off of was BATMAN #491 - the beginning of KNIGHTFALL. If I knew it'd be worth so much I wouldn't have read it ovcer and over. Aparo's art was great - but seems so dated now.

 

[Calhoun07]

I think Apro's art is still great looking, even in today's world.

Other comics I wore to death...My old Dennis the Menace comics (tho I still have the first one I got) and my old Star Wars comics. Those are all quite valueable now, of course, because kids like me read them to death.

 

[Mr. Eye]

I have Sonic the Hedgehog, like numer 2 or 3 i think, and now they're worth at l;east 20 bucks each. My copies are worn to death though.

Mr. Eye

 

[Calhoun07]

The thing about these old comics we ruined as kids because we loved them so much, if you could, would you sell them today if you had them in mint condition anyway? There's no way if I had a mint copy still of that Pink Panther comic or of the Dennis the Menace comics would I sell them, so their value in Overstreet would mean little to me. The memories the dog eared comic can bring is more valueable than a mint copy anyway, especially when YOU are the one responsible for every crease, tear, and wear in the issue. I drew on some of my old Star Wars comics when I was a kid with a friend of mine, and I'd have to say the memories of the drawn on worn out comic book mean more than the mint copy in Mylar could mean.

It's kinda like Toy Story 2. The unplayed with toys were more valueable, but the true value of the toys was when they were loved and played with.

 

[Mr. Eye]

Yeah I know what you mean. Some comics that I have, I would never part with. However, I'd sell my Sonic in a heartbeat. I never even knew I had it till last year.

Mr. Eye

 

[James Harvey]

There are only a few books I'd never part with, MAD LOVE being one.

 

[Calhoun07]

Did you read comics as a kid, DG?

 

[James Harvey]

Yup. I can remember reading THE REAL GHOSTBUSTERS by the now-defunct NOW COMICS.

 

[Calhoun07]

I wasn't collecting comics in the days of NOW comics , but it strikes me that they put out some cool stuff. I got some back issues of Twilight Zone, including the issue that featured Stracyznkys (OK, I am sure that is not spelled right) first writing gig for comics. I wonder if that will be worth anything?

 

[James Harvey]

NOW comics was in the late 80s, or when I was in gr. 2

 

[Calhoun07]

You pup! You're making me feel old.