One of my biggest love is comics, I have been reading for years and been collecting comics since I was about 18/19.So I’m making myself choose if I had to run away with only ten what would I take.
10: Batman #686
You will probably wonder with everything else being keys why I love this one, it’s purely story .This is the comic that gives us my favorite Batman side story. In telling of how Bruce died, we get a story of how Alfred is the Joker.
Yeah, let that sink in.
But in this story he needed a villain to remain sane, and Alfred loving him that much became what Bruce needed. In fact all of the Bruce’s villians are just actors, friends of Alfred’s.
9:Ultimate Fallout #4[polybagged; first appearance of Miles Morrales]
Uhhh, let’s just say I called it.
8:Fantastic Four#52[first appearance of Black Panther]
I grew up with the 90s marvel movies and I was waiting for this movie and as I started to buy comic and saw how the tends went as movies came out. I knew I only had so much time until T’chala graced the silver screen, so early 20s me found a “cheap” beat up copy. I never imagine I’d wait as long as i did but I made the right choice.
7: Uncanny X-Men Annual #14[first cameo appearance Gambit]
I am unwilling to pay for the “true first appearance ” but I love Gambit so I got this instead.
6:Spider Man Noir #1 [first appearance signed but no GCG present (sigh)]
Found this underpriced at $5! Snatched it up so quick.
5:DC Comics Presents #26[first appearance of Cyborg, Raven and Starfire]
Like many I grew up watching the Teen Titans so this was a must for me.
4:Ultimate Comics: Spider Man #1 [Unmasked Pichelli Variant[1st solo and 2nd appearance for Miles Morales, first appearance of Ultimate Prowler]
It’s my favorite cover of Ultimate Comics: Spider Man #1(yes I have others), I will buy comics just because of a cool variants. I did not expect these variants to blow up like they did. But I have no complaints.
3: Icon#1 [1st appearance of Icon and Rocket]
You could easily call Icon a superman rip off, except, this comic is 100x deeper ,no offense to the big S. It’s starts off similar, a ship arrives carrying precious cargo. It scans the nearest person and gives him that appearance , of Blackness.
One problem oh this is the 1800s,yeah slavery.
Fast-forward to 90s we have a very detached well to-do Black conservative man that hides his powers. Who meets a teen who challenges his way of life and how he uses his powers.
2: Static #1 [first appearance of Static]
Static means a lot to me. I watched it when it came out in the 90s in the TV show Static Shock. It was the first animated show I had seen about a Black superhero, not just a person in a group but the lead.
1.Fantastic Four #53[2nd appearance of Black Panther, first appearance of Klaw 1.8 official CGC rating BUT SIGNED BY STAN LEE]
I always really wanted FF:52(#8 above) but before I could afford that, I decided I could at least afford the 2nd appearance. And when my friend went to a con we got Stan Lee autograph. It’s the favorite forever now that we’ve lost our excelsior.
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