Favorite Comics
I was a huge Spiderman comic book fan and collector. I started my collection when I was in Middle School/Jr. High School. I was probably around the age of between 11 and 12. I had stacks of them and kept them in boxes under my bed. There was a new comic book every week and I'd save part of my lunch money so I could buy the newest one.
At age 18, I left for military service in the US Navy and my mother got rid of them! I can't remember if she threw them out or gave them away . One day, I was going through my stored things in my parent's garage. I must have been close to 21 at the time. I looked for those comic books and couldn't find them. I asked my mother if she knew where they might be and she said, "oh those? I got rid of those. I figured you wouldn't want all those comics!" I wanted to get mad but what good what it have done. What was done, was done, so I just said, " oh well!". ;D
"At age 18, I left for military service in the US Navy and my mother got rid of them! I can't remember if she threw them out or gave them away . One day, I was going through my stored things in my parent's garage. I must have been close to 21 at the time. I looked for those comic books and couldn't find them. I asked my mother if she knew where they might be and she said, "oh those? I got rid of those. I figured you wouldn't want all those comics!" I wanted to get mad but what good what it have done. What was done, was done, so I just said, " oh well!". ;D"
For 24 years I managed first the San Diego, and then the LA centers for Diamond Comic Distributors (the nation's largest, if not the world's largest, distributor of American comics and anything else you'd find in a comic book store). There was a store back east somewhere named "My Mom Sold Mine Too" ... LOL!
I began collecting around age 11 or 12. Faves were also Batman, and all related books, Spiderman, FF, and Capt. America. While those were always the core of my collection as I grew older, and especially once I started working at Diamond, I also began collecting a lot of independent titles and focusing more on following particular artists like the Hernandez Bros. in " Love & Rockets", Dave Steven's "Rocketeer", Robert Crumb's stuff, Frank Frazzetta, Jim Steranko, Mark Schultz's "Xenozoic Tales", Frank Cho's "Liberty Meadows", Jeff Smith's "Bone" and so many more.
Jesse- The Mike Grell Green Arrow run from 1987 to 1991 including the 3 Longbow Hunters issues prior to it. A very serious and real title run. Specifically issue 1 to 80. Even had to have the parental advisory warning on it.
Jordan-Anything Ben Templesmith touches on.
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