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wildwill:
Since I've been reading comics since the 70's, I've probably read something from EVERY style of comics published at one point or another.  In order to truly appreciate an artistic medium you have to have exposure to the entire medium, not just what's being presented currently, so I have a bunch of Golden Age hero reprints (well, to be honest I actually own one Golden Age comic too, "Young Allies #20"), I love the Silver-Age of comic, especially DCs of course.  I'm not all that fond of the Marvel Age/Bronze Age, even though those were still being published when I was a lad and it's what was current when I first started reading - though there are some great books that came out during that time period - ESPECIALLY Amazing Spider-man (Specifically #121 and #122). 

I started collecting with the Marvel toy Licenses of the late 70's and Star Wars, but that was only the beginning.  I loved The Micronauts, and that took me to my first Comic Book Store in 1982, and at that point my addiction was fed on a regular basis.  I've followed both the business and the creative side ever since. 

These days with a growing family I can't afford to purchase much anymore, the days of being able to buy a stack of books for $15 on Friday afternoon (a lot of people don't remember that New Comic Day USED to be Fridays before the age of Diamond being the only distributor) are long gone.  $15 gets you 4 comics these days, if that. 

I still read a bunch of books, but nothing regularly anymore.  It's just too expensive for me, and I don't have the space anymore.  My collection has over 6,000 comics, which is more than 20 long-boxes.  Most of them are in my storage unit because I don't have space in my apartment with an 18 month old running around. 

The only books I'm buying currently are:

Grendel
Nexus
Dresden Files
Serenity

That's it.  Four mini-series.  I buy no on-going series.  If I want to read an ongoing I wait until it's collected, or I read them digitally.

Soulless Mystic5523:
I have one comic that I really wish my dad had waited longer to give me. It's Giant sized X-men #2. Not sure on the year, because iot's pretty tatty. Dad gave it to me whan I was about 9 or 10, and I didn't appreaciate comics then, and abused it.

wildwill:
Well, one reason why older comics are worth more than newer comics is exactly that - people beat the crud out of their books and thus mint-condition copies are worth more.  But don't sweat it too much, a Giant-Size X-Men #2 is worth less than $20 despite what the price guides say - check ebay, no ungraded copy has sold for more than $20 in the last 90 days.  Now a GRADED copy can go for hundreds, but then you would have had to never read it.

Once again, I reiterate, comics are for reading and collecting, not investing.

Soulless Mystic5523:
Oh, I wasn't really worried about the money value, but more about the fact taht I can barely read it anymore. :) In my opinion, comics are meant to be read and enjoyed, not horded and protected.

OZ:
I liked the old Marvel and DC titles before they became so heavy handed with the political and social commentary. Now I read mostly mini-series and adaptations like Hedge Knight. I loved most of Liberty Meadows although the last couple of issues were a let down. I really liked several of the Crossgen titles and was really disappointed when they went under. They, along with Ultimate Spiderman, were what got me reading comics again after almost twenty years. I was even more disappointed when Disney bought them out and consigned them to the rubbish heap. I like Fables, the only Vertigo title to hold my interest for long. It's really too bad that most (not all) of the best artists are tied up doing DC and Marvel which I hardly read any more. An exception to that is DC's Simon Dark which I have enjoyed so far but will probably quit reading when it comes in contact with the rest of the DC universe.

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