Did You Read Comic Books?

Jules

Jules

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This post is an offshoot about dolls. It triggered memories.

Really, who didn’t read comic books. What were your favourites.

I loved many, then I found love comics. A cousin‘s family stayed in our house while we were away and left a pile.
Wonderful reading and dreaming.
 

Not too often, most of my spending money went for food when I was little and cigarettes when I was a bit older. 😉🤭😂

My grandmother had preserved many of the things that my father, aunt, and uncles had when they were growing up.

That included a good selection of big little books from the 30s.

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I was allowed one new comic book a week but we all traded them around, so everybody got to read them and keep up.

I liked Superman and Archie the best.

Going to my cousins' house was a real treat because they had lots and lots of comics, including ones I wasn't allowed to buy. They also had the movie magazines and the "true confessions" ones that were no-nos, too.

Forbidden fruit is the sweetest, y'know.
 
I loved comic books! My girlfriends were reading Archie and True Romance (gag 🤢), while my nose was in Daredevil, Justice League, Superman, Batman, The Avengers, X-Men, The Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, Silver Surfer, Iron Man, Captain America, and The Incredible Hulk. What can I say? I like men in tights, lol. 😆

If I had to choose between buying a comic book or a candy bar because I didn't have money for both, hands down, I'd buy the comic book.

Imogene said:
I was not an avid reader of them, but I did have a few. Boy do I wish I would’ve saved them:

Beetle Bailey
Archie
Green Hornet
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When I went away to college, my mother cleared out my stash of comic books, including my first edition of Daredevil. 😩😭
 
I had a stack of them two feet high, but I don't think they would be worth much today. The only ones I was allowed were the kiddie ones like Little Lulu, Casper, Bugs Bunny, etc. I actually remember a few of the stories. It's surprising that the only comics that carried on to make fortunes, were the ones I was not allowed to read. Marvell comes to mind of course.
 
I had Superman, Batman, Flash, and Plastic man and a few others! (That last name might be wrong.)

The town we lived in had a small college and the students left empty pop bottles all over the campus. I would hunt those up and get the money for then at the grocery store. That funded my comic book purchases. I also traded with one of our barbers in town, so I was able to keep rotating with fresh comic books. I took good care of them and when I left for college, I stored them along with my marbles (including agates) in my closet.

When I got home from college, I discovered that my mom had thrown them all out. I knew then they might be worth something in time, but it was too late...

I don't think my mom ever knew what she had done, just her normal cleaning up the house routine...
 
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I had a cousin that had 1000s of comics and he would loan then to me, so I never bought any, but I read them all. I think he had every known comic book. One wall of his bedroom was all old apple crates, loaded with comics. He had a list of contents of each crate.

My favorites were the westerns. I remember one with a character called Johnny Ringo.
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And then I loved girl detectives and heroines. I thought I was Starr Flagg
and even had a motorcycle as a teen. ;) My mother hated that I tried to
dress like the heroines that were drawn by men. Somehow it made me
feel powerful and still does. :ROFLMAO:
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Glad i'm not the only one who remembers Katy Keene.

My three older sisters bought most of them (with babysitting money) of course they shared. But by the time i was 6 they didn't hold as much interest for me, in part because i could go thru them so quick and they rarely sparked the interesting trains of thought the books i was reading did, or even the literature in my sisters' school books (which i took to reading after helping one of them study for tests.

The exceptions in terms of holding my interest were both bought by my oldest sister (10 yrs age gap): The Crypt Keeper (Tales from the Crypt?) And does Mad Magazine Count as a comic? While i didn't get all the sociopolitical parodies when that young i knew enough to know Mad was referencing real life occurrences and issues. Hard not to hear the daily news when laying on living room floor reading a book as Dad listened.
 
feywon...your post is interesting. I recall the Crypt Keeper and also, of course, Mad Magazine! I really liked Mad, but it was more expensive than regular 10 cent comics. I also felt that Mad would make my parents mad at me if they ever looked thru the magazine, so I did not buy many.

Thinking back, I have no idea why I thought my parents would have an issue with Mad, but I recall feeling that way...

It is fun thinking back about all of this, brings back some real fun memories...
 
Timewise 60+ said:
feywon...your post is interesting. I recall the Crypt Keeper and also, of course, Mad Magazine! I really liked Mad, but it was more expensive than regular 10 cent comics. I also felt that Mad would make my parents mad at me if they ever looked thru the magazine, so I did not buy many.

Thinking back, I have no idea why I thought my parents would have an issue with Mad, but I recall feeling that way...

It is fun thinking back about all of this, brings back some real fun memories...
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Neither of my parents had an issue with Mad. Mom, however, was certain the Crypt Keeper would give me nightmares. It didn't, Guadalcanal Diary did.
 

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