What decade did you first start reading comics?

[tib2d2]

I was in the 70s. My dad collected comics back then and he was a DC fan. He went to the newsstand to get them and I was around three and I pulled out Spider-man and did the kid whine that I wanted it. He suggested Batman, because I loved the Batman reruns of the 60s show, but I wanted Spider-man!!!! And so I got my first comic which I believe was actually Peter Parker the Spectacular Spider-man #1 because of the cover. Unfortunately, I didn't keep the comic. I looked at the pictures since it was before I could read and then tossed it in the trash. Which when my dad asked me what I did with my comic book, he about hyperventilated and shouted "YOU DON'T THROW THOSE OUT"
Oh I thought they were like magazines. "NO!"
When Crisis occurred in 86, it ended my dad's interest. He collected from like 1947ish to then. Which I had the opposite reaction. That's when I got really into DC. He told me I have no taste.

Dying to hear more about this! What was it about Crisis that lost your Dad's interest? Was he just such a fan of the Silver Age style of comics that the more serious tone of the 80s wasn't for him?

[stargazer01]

I love hearing when people starting reading comics, and I love the age range of comic book readers.

So when did you first start reading comics?

in the early 80s I think. But not about superheros. I read about drama, crime, romance and comedy and westerns. My mom hated it and forbade me from reading those 'adult' graphic novels, but I still did it in secret lol.

I stopped reading them by my late teens because I was very busy with school and other things. I started reading again in 2007 because I wanted to know more about Superman.