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17. I came here to say that

Sun Jan 5, 2025, 01:26 PM

Jan 5

My dad would actually buy them and read them first and then give them to us kids. By the time it got to me the back pages were already folded and creased.

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As a kid, what was/were your favorite comic book/books to read. I would read The Archies, Casper, Mad Mag The price was [View all] debm55 Jan 5 OP

Mostly DC Comics ProfessorGAC Jan 5 #1

Thank you ProfessorGAC debm55 Jan 5 #2

I too preferred DC Comics EYESORE 9001 Jan 5 #6

Yeah, I Was 10 At Most ProfessorGAC Jan 5 #13

Green Lantern was my go to superhero 4TheArts Jan 5 #3

Thank you very much 4TheArts, And welcome to DU debm55 Jan 5 #4

The Fantastic Four The Madcap Jan 5 #5

Thank you, The Madcap debm55 Jan 5 #7

That was one of my favorites as well Walleye Jan 5 #58

Mostly the DC comics boonecreek Jan 5 #8

Thank you very much, boonecreek debm55 Jan 5 #11

Mighty Mouse, Scrooge/Donald Duck/Huey, Dewey and Louie, and my absolute favorite: Little Lulu yellowdogintexas Jan 5 #9

Thank you very much yellowdogintexas. I agree with the art work. debm55 Jan 5 #12

I loved Little Lulu too. beveeheart Jan 5 #63

Not sure if it was a comic book, multigraincracker Jan 5 #10

Thank you multigraincracker. I really enjoyed Mad Magazine. debm55 Jan 5 #14

Oh yes! Loved Mad KitFox Jan 5 #22

Yes, Mad and National Lampoon. I agree with you KitFox debm55 Jan 5 #23

Mad Magazine was my favorite 😁 TommieMommy Jan 5 #15

I came here to say that Shambala Jan 5 #17

My mother did not allow my sister and me to read Mad Magazine Diamond_Dog Jan 5 #28

Thank you and welcome to DU debm55 Jan 5 #45

Thank you TommieMommy. When I was older it was Mad Magazine. debm55 Jan 5 #19

Mine too!! Also Archie & Veronica (& Betty) ailsagirl Jan 5 #54

Little Lulu, Nancy and Sluggo, KitFox Jan 5 #16

Thank you KitFox, You have some of my go to favorites. debm55 Jan 5 #18

Archie here, too SARose Jan 5 #20

HAHAHHAHA Thank you SARose Archies forever debm55 Jan 5 #21

Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers. Paladin Jan 5 #24

Hahahahahahah, Thank you very much Paladin. debm55 Jan 5 #25

Archie, Classics Illustrated, Mad Magazine was my favorite Ohioboy Jan 5 #26

Thank you Ohioboy , Those two of mine also debm55 Jan 5 #27

I was DC. Superman, Batman, The Legion of Super Heroes, rsdsharp Jan 5 #29

Thank you rsdsharp for your selection. I didn't know they were once 10 cents. Oh my. I would have had to go out and find debm55 Jan 5 #32

Legion and Kamandi exboyfil Jan 5 #60

thank you exboyfil. We would do that too, Take some small rocks and put in our hands at drugstore. Rattle them around so debm55 Jan 5 #61

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Jiggs & Maggie at140 Jan 5 #31

Thank you at140. I forgot about them. My newspaper favorite was Blondie. debm55 Jan 5 #33

archie. disney. AllaN01Bear Jan 5 #34

Thank you AllaN01Bear. I enjoyed archie. But our drug store didn't have the Disney or I would have bought debm55 Jan 5 #37

I read all the Classics Illustrated comic books Ritabert Jan 5 #35

Thank you Ritabert. I bought the Classics Illustrated. At the time I didn't know that there were books.I was young--what debm55 Jan 5 #38

i finaly got a mad magazine for christmas , but mad decided to quit in the middle of the run, bummer . AllaN01Bear Jan 5 #36

I agree . There would have been plenty of material for them. It was sad,when they stopped.printed them. debm55 Jan 5 #40

Archie, Casper, etc. Archae Jan 5 #39

HAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHA. thank you Archae. That is funny. debm55 Jan 5 #41

Favorite Comic Squeaky41 Jan 5 #42

Thank you very much Squeaky41 debm55 Jan 5 #46

Not comic books, but newspaper - "Dick Tracy" and "Blondie" No Vested Interest Jan 5 #43

Thank you very much No Vested Interest. debm55 Jan 5 #48

Back in the early 60s LogDog75 Jan 5 #44

Thank you very much LogDog75 debm55 Jan 5 #49

Wow! We have two in common, deb True Dough Jan 5 #47

Thank you True Dough. I remember the Choose Your Own Adventure books. Sad to say I was a teacher at the time. debm55 Jan 5 #51

But you might have True Dough Jan 5 #53

I did. I llked them, debm55 Jan 5 #56

Up until the age of ten or so, it was mostly Batman, if I read any. OldBaldy1701E Jan 5 #50

Thank you very much OldBaldy1701E, You must have been really into them. Yes that is the thing, things get given away debm55 Jan 5 #55

mad mdmc Jan 5 #52

Thank you mdmc. I really liked it. It reminded me somewhat of Rocky and Bullwinkle debm55 Jan 5 #57

I went through a phase where I liked a lot of comic books Walleye Jan 5 #59

thank you , I remember 12 cents and 25 cents for these jumbo size ones. I never bought the jumbo sized because I figured debm55 Jan 5 #62