Hey Kids, Comics (Comic Book Memories)
By Rob Kelly
Crazy 8 Press www.crazy8press.com
ISBN #978-1939888006
Price $15.10
356 Pages
Rating 5-Stars
“Memories of Discovery”
The
author gathers 38 comic book collectors to recall their first discovery of
comic books, and how it impacted their lives. Each story brings personal
memories of a time in their young lives when comic books meant the world to
them. Some perhaps escaping chaos, others finding adventure. All are tales that
grab at the readers heart, and takes them back to their own days when comic
books were important to them.
The
front cover features one picture of a young lad reading a Golden Age Shadow
Comics from the 1940s, although this is not a story included in the volume.
Most writers in the book were introduced to comic books in the 1970s and ‘80s,
and Marvel was usually their preference, although a few did favor DC. One
writer was born in 1955, and discovered comic books in 1960 Silver Age. All
knew of the Golden Age, and the damage of the Comic Code in the 1950s, but
sadly we don’t hear from anyone who may have discovered the Golden Age as early
as the 1940s. I was seven in 1947 when we moved from a farm and ranch community
to the big city where I discovered comic books. Long before Marvel and Stan Lee
broke the mold with heroes who had problems. My interest was not as strong as
these writers, as I drifted away from them early, finding much more to
entertain me than just a comic book. Still, I could understand their awe of
discovering that certain four-color art form at a young age, and being a
life-long fan. Anyone who ever read a
comic book, and remembers that first gem that came into his/her hands, will
enjoy this book as it takes a look at when we were all young, vulnerable, and
needed heroes.
Tom Johnson
Echoes Magazine
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