COMIC BOOKS
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Darren Lebner
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Never collected them but as a kid I bought tons of them and read them mostly on rainy summer days. Good memories!
Of course, I ordered the Whoopie Cushion and the X-Ray Glasses from the advertising page.
Of course, I ordered the Whoopie Cushion and the X-Ray Glasses from the advertising page.
Grant Cunningham
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I'm one of the few people in my age group (born in the early '60s) who has never read a comic book. We lived in a rural area, and they weren't readily available, and so they just never became part of my life experience.
I did, however, enjoy the Wonder Woman TV show!
I did, however, enjoy the Wonder Woman TV show!
Ed P
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I went from comic books to Mad Magazine somewhere around 7th grade, still among my favorites.I'm one of the few people in my age group (born in the early '60s) who has never read a comic book. We lived in a rural area, and they weren't readily available, and so they just never became part of my life experience.
I did, however, enjoy the Wonder Woman TV show!
Tim Campbell
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I was so, so miffed about my Sea Monkeys' sudden passing.
Tim Campbell
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Fantastic Four, Archie, Superman, Batman. I started getting into graphic novels, too, but I'm not a collector. They really show Batman's darkness. My favorite, though, was Daredevil.
timothy
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And then National Lampoon.
Steve Hoch
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I still have a bin filled with my old comic books down in the basement. Most of them are Archie and all the various titles those were printed under. I have a handful of various other titles in there, but really not much in the way of super hero comics for whatever reason. I also have quite a few Mad and Cracked magazines.
I remember as a kid going to the magazine section at Safeway and finding the latest Mad magazine. There was always one copy with the inside back cover folded to reveal the Mad fold-in...many were above my understanding at the time, but I liked the creativity and how they revealed themselves. And I also liked Spy vs. Spy.
As for comics, I'm sure there were many, but for some reason only Richie Rich comes to mind.
Phil Perrin
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We're slowly trying to cull out some stuff before we retire the end of next year and start travelling full time
Pammi found a box of comics from the late 70s-early 80s that I still had
Mostly old Conan comics, but a few other mixed in
I found a place on the other side of town that said that they'd take a look at what I had
He gave me $60 for about a dozen of them and said that there were some other good ones in there, but were in a little too bad condition for him to sell
I posted this on Facebook and one of my old high school buddies said that he'd take them!
I shipped them off to him and this summer he's going to get me some Maine beer to bring back to NC, what my family refers to as "souvenir beer"!
Pammi found a box of comics from the late 70s-early 80s that I still had
Mostly old Conan comics, but a few other mixed in
I found a place on the other side of town that said that they'd take a look at what I had
He gave me $60 for about a dozen of them and said that there were some other good ones in there, but were in a little too bad condition for him to sell
I posted this on Facebook and one of my old high school buddies said that he'd take them!
I shipped them off to him and this summer he's going to get me some Maine beer to bring back to NC, what my family refers to as "souvenir beer"!
Tim Campbell
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I had that exact issue!!I remember as a kid going to the magazine section at Safeway and finding the latest Mad magazine. There was always one copy with the inside back cover folded to reveal the Mad fold-in...many were above my understanding at the time, but I liked the creativity and how they revealed themselves. And I also liked Spy vs. Spy.
As for comics, I'm sure there were many, but for some reason only Richie Rich comes to mind.
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RichPB (richlife)
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I had some comic books and read and traded some but was never really engrossed with them. Partly maybe because we lived in places where they were not readily accessible and partly because I just didn't get too enthused by them. Really early I got hooked on books and pretty much read over my age. I would read 4, 5, 6 and even 8 books at a time, but not many comic books. And illustrated novels were just boring. A great turn of phrase like "Whales balls for breakfast!" really fascinated me. There has to be some odd ducks in the mix, right?
