Exactly 30 years ago, I became a true comics fan...

[Doc Beechler (mod-MD)]

And this is the book that did it.  Before this, I would pick up a Disney or an Archie...maybe a Batman...but this one was the first that made me go back to the drugstore next month to get the newest issue...and I was hooked.

 

[Doc Beechler (mod-MD)]

And that's why I can't wait until this May...there will be a big-time movie...by Joss Whedon...with THOSE guys! 

[Chris Fluit]

Moondragon's in the new movie?!?

[Chris Fluit]

ps. I'm teasing.

Chris Fluit said:

Moondragon's in the new movie?!?

[Doc Beechler (mod-MD)]

She may not be...but I really hope that Janet makes an appearance. 

[Doc Beechler (mod-MD)]

Even though Whedon is denying she's in it.

[Doc Beechler (mod-MD)]

New poster for the film:

 

[Doctor Hmmm?]

Does it look to anyone else like Downey's face has been photoshopped in (perhaps over an image that was originally "full suit")?

[Mr. Silver Age]

It doesn't look any more so than the others. They all seem to have had their faces better illuminated, which I can understand for the poster. I'd like to hope they don't spend the entire movie without their masks.

BTW, just how tall is the Hulk supposed to be?

That's a pretty cool looking comic to bring you back, Doc. I don't know that the artwork was outstanding considering the Avengers' lineup of artists, especially with the all-hands-on-deck approach to inking. But those characters together were always pretty compelling.

Not to sidetrack this thread back onto the notion that it's supposed to be about, but I have a strong image of the first comic I remember, too, in that I know most of the ones after it and none of the ones before it, and I think it's one of the greatest comics ever published. It's a little older than yours, though.

-- MSA

[Doctor Hmmm?]

I have a strong image of the first comic I remember, too, in that I know most of the ones after it and none of the ones before it. It's a little older than yours, though.

I wonder if everybody figures out their "first" that way?  I do (and it was even an Avengers, too). A little {ahem} earlier than Doc's.

Hmmm ... that might make an interesting thread.

[Jason Marconnet (Pint sized mod)]

I kinda like the poster, though they look photo shopped.

I can't remember what comic sucked me in. I always liked comics and superheroes. I think it was Spider-man the Mutant Agenda #2 because it had Spidey, Beast and Hobgoblin all characters I knew from the cartoon. I relied on my parents to get my comics. That was the first one that made me want to keep getting comics but having only the supermarket to rely on, I never got a full run of anything.

I won't mention that 30 years ago today, I was only a couple of weeks old.Oops. :p

[Doc Beechler (mod-MD)]

http://www.dcindexes.com/timemachine/

I know I've posted this link before, but it's an amazing resource allowing you to look back at what comics where being sold in a certain month/year (1934-present).

[The Baron]

Thirty years ago, I had already been reading comics for about ten years.