It's a brave new world from the last to the first

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Since it was my idea, I really should make a contribution for the My First week. It isn't going to be too interesting for me to write about the first comics that I read, since they're collections of Peanuts, or Calvin and Hobbes or Asterix or Tintin that I devoured at the time, but don't have any abiding affinity for. My first dips into ongoing DCU and Marvel titles were with Civil War and 52, but I'm going to write about my first ongoing solo book. It's also the book that gave me my favourite character and one that I've actually identified with.
We are, of course, at ( Ms. Marvel #12 )

My First Comic/Manga

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( In the name of the moon, I will punish you! )

TL;DR: Sailor Moon was my first comic (technically), I love it to this day, and Sailor Jupiter is still my hero.

When Superboy Met Steph!Robin, and YJ Wonder Woman Will Finally Speak!

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Oh, and a request: does anyone have a link to where Gail Simone said that there was only one other Batgirl to Barbara? I need a citation.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer season #9 - issue 7

[sherkahn]

What you have heard on the internet is true (if you have been following the latest Buffy the Vampire series last year.) The ending of the issue is a big WHOPPER.

Major, I MEAN MAJOR SPOILERS ahead.

(  Just a flesh wound. )

Two Fantasy Comics of Interest

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Miyazaki's Concepts of Good vs. Evil, and Matt Rhode's 'My Hero'

Though not strictly actual comics in the sense that they'd be okay in of themselves to be posted here, I thought that these are relevant enough to our community that people might think that they're cool in their own right.
( Warning for one kind of huge image )

My First Comic: JLA #7

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The earliest comic I can remember reading was Justice League of America #76, which contained reprints of two earlier issues, #7 and #12. I was only 4 or 5 years old at the time, so I couldn't really "read" it, but the strange imagery definitely left an impression. Rereading it as an adult is a slightly different experience -- Gardner Fox explains everything *to death* -- but no matter how you slice it, "The Cosmic Fun-House" is still an incredibly weird story.
(6 pages from a 25-page story)
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Batman and Robin #7

[sherkahn]

The Day is just full of spoilers and game changers across comics.
I'll do my best to keep up with what I can find.


(  Nothing will ever be the same. )

My First Comic: Amazing Spider-Man #275

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I still have memories of how I got this comic. I was around five or six years old. My parents were vacationing at Wisconsin Dells. On the way back home given there was no such things yet called Game Boys or Walkman they bought me this comic to get my attention. Boy did it...


Eight Pages of a Thirty Eight Page Story.
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My First Comic: New Mutants Special Edition #1

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("Special Edition" was a 64-page no-ads format for the princely sum of $1.50, before Marvel gave them their own Annuals)

( Journey with me now to those thrilling days of yesteryear... )

Super Best Friends Forever clip, and Superdictionary

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My First Week: When I first realised the Glory that is Doom!

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I'm going out of the box slightly here, not by talking about my first comic (could be an issue of the John Byrne run involving a giant snail, a Legends of the Dark Knight issue about the Joker's first journey into supervillainy, or an edited down issue of Batman Adventures, not sure which) but rather, the first time I actually got what made a character so awesome.

And that character was Doctor Doom.
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Mister Terrific #7

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( Intruder Alert? )