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Bill Collins
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This...i saw the cover,looked inside and saw the gorgeous art and was hooked! As the word `canny` means clever or smart in the UK,i had been labouring under the impression that to be UNcanny was stupid or dumb and had been thinking it was a comedy title! Boy,was i wrong,talk about childish logic!
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David Bensette
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A relative had a copy of Amazing Spider-Man #77 and as soon as I saw it, I was hooked!
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Joe Smith
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ASM 144
The Kane/Romita cover with the exposition balloons and titles lured me
in and the story scared me enough to think Peter was in trouble.
I was cooked.
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Jason Scott
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Peter Martin-
Yeah it was the UK Secret Wars that did it for me as well. (Ah the secret artist..That was fun!) Before that it had been sporadic issues of the Spider-man reprints, but that opened the door to me in a big way..
And I had the same feeling as JB above when I first saw a store with a 'wall' of comics. Took my breath away!
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Stephen Churay
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G.I. Joe:A Real American Hero #12. First
appearance of Destro. My first book of
non-licensed: Incredible Hulk #314.
These were the ones that stated me as a
regular reader. Man Of Steel #1 hooked me
for life. I remember reading it with John
Williams' score playing softly on my tape
deck.
Edited by Stephen Churay on 22 February 2016 at 3:18pm
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Mike Norris
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I discovered comics around the age of six, via a box at my grandmother's house. Older comics that belonged to my father and uncles. One that stood out was a JLA/JSA team up. I think it was "Crisis On Earth Two". So I went looking for more we we got back to my own house. The first comic I bought was Green Lantern 40, featuring an appearance by the E-2 GL. I wonder if that made me pick it up? Bought books sporadically, but no one title. Then I discovered Captain America. Issue 117 was the first I bought and I tried to get every issue after that and a few from before..
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Michael Wolner Jr
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My mom bought this for me at the local Sparkle Market. I was hooked.
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John Cole
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Amazing Spider-Man # 98 way back in 1973 when I was 7.
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Brian Peck
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I had been reading some comics but not on a regular basis. What got me to
start reading comics on a regular basis was Son of Origins. Not a true comic
book but it exposed me to the Marvel Universe, including one of my all time
favorite stories Daredevil #47, "Brother, Take My Hand!" by Lee, Colan and
Klein.
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Doug Centers
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I would like to think I was hooked from the very first comic books my mom got me. But I think the ones that cinched it were the team books (the more heros the better). I got JLA #120 just before Giant Size X-Men so it's the winner.Funny thing ,Adam Strange became a favorite of mine from this comic, then I really didn't see much of him afterwards.
Edited by Doug Centers on 22 February 2016 at 6:28pm
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Robbie Parry
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Can't be 100% sure, but may have been this one:
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David Miller
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I spent months researching comics at my local library before taking the plunge. I guess that last issue of Secret Wars must have been on the stands a while.
 
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