My First Comic

[thebitterguy]

So, yeah. JLA 172 was the first comic I recall reading.

If there was EVER a book less suited to be someone's first book, this was it. Second part of a two parter featuring a crossover between the JLA & the JSA.

And yet, boom. I was hooked. The story was a murder mystery set during one of the JLA/JSA crossovers, where Mr. Terrific I was killed.

What's amusing is that the character who did the killing is actually BEHIND Batman.

Apparently I didn't start reading comics until I was six. Huh.

Is anyone suprised, btw, that Darwyn's first book was an Army Guys vs Dinosaurs book? The first chapter of The Last Frontier kind of gave that away.

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[lowercaseem.livejournal.com]

My very own first comic book at least that I remember: http://en.marveldatabase.com/Punisher_Volume_2_28

Is it small wonder that with very few exceptions I don't read comics anymore?

[thebitterguy]

You're lucky it didn't turn you off reading entirely.