What kind of reader are you?

[Mia]

I said I started as an adult. But that's not exactly true. I started collecting comic books as an adult. But as a kid I used to read them (the Phantom/Spider-man) in the weekend strips that came with the paper. It was just before I started university that I began collecting comic books proper. I've been buying them off and on for the last 20 or so years.

[Xiroteus]

I started around the age of eight with random comics for the most part. Started buying monthly in 1994 and never really stopped aside from a small time funds were tight many years ago. I was still reading from the library etc during that time.

[md62]

This is very interesting. The majority have started reading as kids and came back. I fall into the same group that was collecting comics from age 11-16 then stopped as other interests took hold. I've only recently (2013) come back into the hobby as a result of several factors; the evolution of quality mature indie-books and the popularity of many of my favorite super-heroes on film.

I'm curious which factors rate highest for those who have returned?

The only reason I kept up with comics in my college years was because I worked at a LCS & got a HUGE discount.

[ExcelsiorPrime]

Slow reader. I like to take my time.

[Bad Wolf]

Started when I was a kid when I was 6 or 7. For the past couple years finances have prevented me from keeping up with the latest monthlies but I still get collected editions from the library, or add them to my Amazon wishlist.

[BatGlamorous]

I have a few back issues from when I was little, but I didn't start reading off the stands regularly until I was 19 in 2011. Morrison's Batman run caught my attention and I was able to catch the tale end of Snyder's Black Mirror before everything was Nu52'd.

[Crazy Diamond]

Read on and off from the age of 5. I didn't get to read comics often because at the grocery store and Wal-Mart they quit selling comics and the closest store was in the next county. My parents though comics were a waste of time so I wasn't allowed to buy them often. If it hadn't been for cartoons, movies, trades, and video games I wouldn't be reading US comics. Even now, I'm a casual reader because I can't afford to get a pull list so I either wait for the trade, get a copy from a friend, or buy off the shelf.

[blackwidow12345]

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I grew up watching the Alias TV series and fell in love with spies. A friend turned me on to 'The things they say about her' and I was hooked on a new spy. I have collected ever since.

[JasonTodd428]

I grew up reading comics with my dad and grandpa. Then I started collecting my favorite titles regularly in my pre-teen years as I started getting more allowance for doing chores around the house and such. When I turned 16 I started collecting more because I had gotten a job and had a mode of transportation to make it much easier to get to the shop. I dropped off collecting and reading comics during college because I hadn't the time or money to do so among other reasons. I stayed away for a couple of decades but came back about five or maybe six years ago as my interest was reignited by reading some of the issues I had collected in the past.