Those pictures of you guys as kids are so damn cute. I would kill to see a mini of 'Ibabies' on the site.

But let's all have a moment of silence for Conor's hair. It shall be missed :)

Conor with hair = A+

I'm like Conor in that comics were a part of my life from a very young age. Of course, I'm damned old so it meant there were Disney comics, Hot Stuff, Spooky, Gold Key all over the place. You didn't even have to buy comics to read them. When you got a haircut, there were always a stack of beaten up comics to read. It's hard for me to understand when people say they don't know the DC universe, it was like atmosphere. It was everywhere. Maybe because of that I remember my first Marvel comic because it felt different in a way I couldn't put my finger on (Tales of Suspense #47, IronMan vs the Melter). I bought every comic that had a little Marvel box in the left corner.

Important to point out: the iFanboys bought comics in the middle of story arcs yet weren't lost or turned off. It sucked them in. So much for the urgent need for "good jumping on points."

Finally, it was just casually tossed off by Josh but I want to know why he bought "How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way" before he bought Marvel comics! Tell us THAT story.

I first got in to comics from my father. At a very young age (7 or so) he gave me his vast old collection of Richie Rich comics. While I enjoyed them emensly, it wasn't untill he gave me Batman #251 (Denny O'Neal and Neal Adams) that I was hooked. I still find it to be a perfect comic. The art is beautiful, Batman looks and is written as he should be and the joker is as terrifying as he ever has been.

As a resident of Pennsylvania Dutch Country, I want to thank you for even mentioning your experience of coming here. I am not the least bit offended that you found it boring as a child. I'm 24 and I still find it boring.

my first comic that really got me hooked was the Age of Apocalypse X-men Alpha. i had read a few x-men comics before but that one just blew my mind.

The first comic I remember buying:

It reprints Spider-Man #59-61 in digest size. I read them not too long ago and they are awesome. I never really read this reprint, though. I just paged through it and ogled the artwork for hours on end. I got it on vacation in Shanty Town in Ocean City, Maryland. The issue came out in May, 1987 and our family vacations were always in August. I'm not sure if it was the year that it came out that I got it, but if it was, that would mean I had just turned 3… I vividly remember getting it and then sitting on the deck and frantically looking through it on the pier while we ate, I kind of doubt I'd remember that much if I was three at the time, but I also might be creating these memories.

Anyway, the comic book that actually got me hooked and made me start going into the comic shop on a monthly basis was:

How bad ass is Spawn's tattered cape on the cover of issue 32? I haven't read this in forever, but I'm currently (slowly) rereading Spawn and I have loved the first five issues. I have heard that the quality quickly drops off about 12 issues in, so we'll see when I get there, but this was the reason, in the Summer between fifth and sixth grade, that I started riding my bike to the comic book store every month.

I really don't recall my first comic exactly. Though I think it may have been a George Perez Wonder Woman with a ridiculously ornate cover. I recall filigree and golden borders along the side, mythical beasts & serpents, perfect symmetry of figures. It may have even been a gatefold cover. It was quite fancy.

well my first comic was green lantern #1 by geoff johns. That book just shocked me at how good it was.