What was the first comic book you ever bought?

[S. Michael Simms]

What was the first comic book you ever bought with your own money? I am proud to say mine was



featuring the first appearance of Kara Killgrave (probably explains why I'm a Purplehead).

So, what was yours?

- Smikes

[Mokole]

If I recall correctly, it was Alpha Flight #127. Feedback became one of my favorite characters, so I bought earlier issues. Ah, Feedback, Box, Witchfire, Nemesis, Windshear....

[Flightpath07]

Something in the Defenders line, i do not recall what issue. And I think i bought it used, lol!
My first AF comic i bought was issue 25 or 26.

[Legerd]

To be honest I don't remember, but it was most likely a Spiderman, Batman or a Superman comic. At least my earliest comic book memories were of those.

[Dfense75]

I wish I could remember the Issue #. However it was a copy of Uncanny X-Men. The cover sported Wolverine, Storm, Colossus, Nightcrawler, Kitty Pryde, and Cyclops pitched in battle against the Brood. The X-Men's uniforms where all tattered and torn. But the thing I remember most about the cover was the image of Colossus. He was in the center of the cover much bigger than everyone holding a Brood over his head. I knew nothing about X-Men at the time but I recall just how cool I thought this big metal dude looked. The issue itself was very creppy from what I can remeber and although I cant be sure I think this issue was right when Kitty Pryde found Lockheed.

[mos_def]

my first comic that 'I' bought was Avengers when they fought the lava men and a signal was sent out to the WCAs. Till this day I have a liking to the Wackos

the first AF book I bought was ish 75 and I started buying back issues after that.

[HappyCanuck]

For me, the very first comic I ever bought was X-Men (v.2) #9, 1992, featuring the X-Men (Blue Squad), Ghost Rider and the New Orleans Assassins Guild versus the Brood. I remember opening up the book and seeing Jim Lee's FANTASTIC protrayal of a Brood-infested Ghost Rider and thinking "Yup, I'm stuck". I was 12.

My first AF issue came a couple years later with AF 123. I vividly remember the more-demonic-looking Witchfire (for years later, I always assumed it was the Dream Queen until I reread the issue some ten years later) on the cover, and I always remembered Northstar in his Red'n'Whites in there.... Ah, good times.

[Powersurge]

Hmmm... the earliest memory that stands out would be Uncanny X-Men #175 in which Mastermind messed with everyone's head making them think that Cyke was Dark Phoenix returned and he had to take them all on.

[Le Messor]

I wish I could remember the Issue #. However it was a copy of Uncanny X-Men. The cover sported Wolverine, Storm, Colossus, Nightcrawler, Kitty Pryde, and Cyclops pitched in battle against the Brood... Colossus... was in the center of the cover much bigger than everyone holding a Brood over his head... I think this issue was right when Kitty Pryde found Lockheed.

I've just checked. You have described UXM#166, and yes, Kitty does meet Lock' for the first time in it.

My first issue? Actually it was a 3-pack. An issue of Spider-Man, a Teen Titans annual, and Alpha Flight! #s 8 and 9.
I bought it for the Alpha.

They're Australian editions, so I can't give you the actual numbers on the first two... The AF has the main stories from 8 & 9, but not the origin back-ups. Better colour printing than the originals.
#8 is still possibly my fav'rite issue--'least, it contains the Nemesis appearance that makes her my fave.

- Le Messor
"Expertise in one field does not carry over into other fields. But experts often think it does."

[Dfense75]

I wish I could remember the Issue #. However it was a copy of Uncanny X-Men. The cover sported Wolverine, Storm, Colossus, Nightcrawler, Kitty Pryde, and Cyclops pitched in battle against the Brood... Colossus... was in the center of the cover much bigger than everyone holding a Brood over his head... I think this issue was right when Kitty Pryde found Lockheed.

I've just checked. You have described UXM#166, and yes, Kitty does meet Lock' for the first time in it.

I suppose having a member of the Skrull intelligence community among us has its advatages. You have gained a bit of my trust...for the moment at least.

[SmurfInABlender]

legion of superheroes from the 2004 run...yeah i didn't start reading comics until a couple years ago

[HappyCanuck]

legion of superheroes from the 2004 run...yeah i didn't start reading comics until a couple years ago

hey, better late than never, Smurfy. Welcome to the Dork Side :P.

[SmurfInABlender]

my second comic ever read was the original alpha flight run cause I found it on ebay..BOO YA!

[Mystic]

I honestly can't remember what issue it was exactly, but my first comic book was an Uncanny X-Men issue where they were dealing with Proteus. Then, several years later, when I was in junior high, I walked into a comic shop and bought a 'grab bag' with, like, five comics in it. AF #1 was in it and I got hooked.

After picking up a few issues of AF, I went back to X-Men and became a big comic nerd.

[Le Messor]

I've just checked. You have described UXM#166, and yes, Kitty does meet Lock' for the first time in it.

I suppose having a member of the Skrull intelligence community among us has its advatages. You have gained a bit of my trust...for the moment at least.

Hey!
Who says I'm in the intelldgeness conumity?

I honestly can't remember what issue it was exactly, but my first comic book was an Uncanny X-Men issue where they were dealing with Proteus.

Now there I canno' help you. Do you have any more information? (They've had to deal with Proteus a lot. Never seemed to stick.) Was it the Byrne era?

- Le Messor
"The line between pleasure and pain
can never be measured by means of the brain.
Mere reason alone will never explain
How the heart behaves."
- Was (Not Was)