My First Comic Book & Comic Book Store
Written by andy on December 14th, 2008 in Comic Books, GamersCircle.
My very first comic book that I actually ‘collected” all started with Howard the Duck #8. This comic book series was the first to get plastic bags and boards. I wasn’t into Science Fiction or Superheros back then as I am was more of a creature feature fan. I had been actually collecting Famous Monsters in Filmland before getting into comics. After not being able to satisfy my reading needs with only one comic book title. With the assistance from a Pal of mine, he suggested I start getting into Uncanny X-Men which at the time was on issue #125.
The first comic book store I went to was called, “Mike’s Comic Book Store” which was in a seedy part of Sacramento, California. At my age, my mother would not allow me to go there often, so I had to rely on the turnstiles at my local 7-11 or the Rexall drug store. It wasn’t for a couple of years until a comic book store opened up at the new mall which was about 1/2 a mile from my house. (gold!) and it was called Comix and Comics.
Over the next 4-5 years, this place became my regular hangout. The mall had it perks too, there was a movie theatre, a video arcade and a bowling alley.
After I did my term in the US Military, I actually started to work at the same store too, there was a bunch of great people working there at the time too. I to meet some of the greats before they got famous too, but the chain of stores has long since closed and withered away and is only a vague memory to some.
Where did it all start for you for comic books?
