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John Byrne
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Something vaguely cosmic, Jim, about how your experience is not unlike my own, also in England.
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Peter Hicks
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I very clearly remember my first Byrne as Daredevil 138. I thought “This guy is great, where have they been hiding him?”
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Scott Wegrzyn
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In mid-1981, After playing Intellivision football at my friends house, he
excitedly showed me Uncanny X-Men 141 and 142. Those covers
immediately grabbed my attention and I was hooked. I learned later Mr
Austin drew the cover to 142 but at the time I had no idea who any of the
creative team were on these books. I just knew that those covers were
amazing.
*** golden anniversary post ***
Edited by Scott Wegrzyn on 22 March 2025 at 8:49pm
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Jean Voulis
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A coverless copy of X-Men 129 - I still remember being 'scared' that the X-men lost and we're taken captive by the White Queen.
I also have a vivid memory of FF 243 on a spinner rack at a local drug story (next to a copy of Amazing Spider-Man 232 with Mr. Hyde)..we used to have an industry I tell ya!
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Jim Muir
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<<Something vaguely cosmic, Jim, about how your experience is not unlike
my own, also in England.>>
Funny how these things stick with you. Doubly impressive for my mother for
finding ANY American comics in our British newsagents!
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Wilson Mui
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It was probably Marvel Team-Up #65 for me. I loved the
cover of Spider-Man fighting Captain Britain.
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Brian Floyd
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My parents bought me a comic 3-pack that had Uncanny X-Men #129 and #136 in it. I don't remember what the third comic was, but probably an issue of Amazing Spider-Man or Marvel Tales. Meaning Spider-Man either way.
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Glen O'Brien
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I'm pretty sure it was Indiana Jones #1, although I wouldn't know that until
years later. I started off with non-super hero comics but they were just the
gateway for me.
Alpha Flight #11 was where I turned to look who had done this comic. Nothing's
been the same since.
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William Roberge
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Uncanny X-Men 118
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James Best
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Fantastic Four #210 with JB doing the artwork and the writing by Marv Wolfman.
I had read Marvel's Greatest Comics #36 a few years earlier and when I saw Galactus on the cover of FF210 I grabbed it off the spinner rack.
One of the better decisions I made during my youth :-)
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Jonathan A. Dowdell
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Uncanny X-Men 122 — I’d noticed the look of X-Men for a few months on the newsstand at my local drug store, and I liked it. 122 was when I pulled the trigger. I had knowledge of George Perez from his handful of FF issues in 170s. Uncanny 122 was the first time I realized I “knew” and liked this Byrne guy.
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Mark Haslett
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Someone in my circle bought X-Men 122 and I read it with no context. It was
a strange and beautiful comic book about super-heroes working out their
personal problems with zero villains. The graffiti and Wolverine’s claws left
the biggest impression— along with the moment where a knife-wielding kid
tries to stab Storm in her exposed waist.
Within a year I realized this was “the good duck artist” of super-heroes.
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