I love asking how people got into comics and have heard some interesting stories. I post a thread like this in the DC forum and thought i would post it here as well. What is the first Marvel story that you read? What did you think about it? Did it turn you on to a character?
For me the first comic I read was The Essential Spiderman vol 1. I had watched the Spiderman cartoon and was becoming a fan. When I saw this at a mall book store I knew I had to have it. I begged my dad for an advance on my allowance. I loved the fact that I could read Spiderman from the start. As i read it I saw that I could relate to Peter Parker. I was and still am a bit of a nerd. Wasnt very popular, and was sometime bullied. I couldnt beleive there was a superhero that had my problems. he was so much different from the dc heroes who were like gods looking down from their tower on the rest of the world. It really turned me on to Spiderman and turned me into a long time marvel zombie.