which comic was your gateway drug?

[dan bailey]

I need to drag out the various Essentials wherein this issue's contents appear just so I can try to figure out whether I picked it up back then. I know I bought ishes 19 & 20 off the spinner racks; this was the first issue without a new cover story.

[Ziggy Stardust]

This one!

[Dr. Balls]

I was reading young, but when I got hooked - it was about mid-to-end of the Miller Daredevil run. Introduced me to the whole dark/antihero concept, Wolverine and The Punisher. It was all history after that.

[The Darknight Detective]

The Superman (in reruns) and later Batman TV shows--they started me buying comics as a kid

I would toss in the Filmation shows featuring various DC Comics characters, Marvel Superheroes and the Spidey/Fantastic Four series from the Sixties in that mix, too. Before I ever knew what a comic book was, my love for those animated and live-action superheroes was instantaneous and long-lasting.

[icctrombone]

This one!

I have memories of reading this comic while I was in a hospital for an appointment. I still have it and have read the twoface stories many times.

[nightwing1982]

Tales from the crypt comics. I don't own any but always dream of getting some for cheap. As I'm a horror fan.

I have the EC archives...love them! The old EC comics are is my gateway drug!

[Rasputin9977]

I started on Marvel's GI Joe and Transformers and Glandstone's Disney books. I delved into super hero comics when I wanted to read 'grown up' comics in 1989. Fun times :)

[Crawford Crow]

Before I read my first comic featuring a superhero, I read hundreds of comics featuring thousands of stories about Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, Huckleberry Hound, Yogi Bear, Quick Draw McGraw, Andy Panda, Woody Woodpecker, Bugs Bunny, and countless other talking animals.
So, as much as I love Steranko and Ditko and Kirby, et cetera, they will never be as great to me as Disney, Lantz, Hanna-Barbera, you get the idea.
In fact, my favorite DC character, well, I'll let you figure it out. :-)

[dupersuper]

Before I read my first comic featuring a superhero, I read hundreds of comics featuring thousands of stories about Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, Huckleberry Hound, Yogi Bear, Quick Draw McGraw, Andy Panda, Woody Woodpecker, Bugs Bunny, and countless other talking animals.
So, as much as I love Steranko and Ditko and Kirby, et cetera, they will never be as great to me as Disney, Lantz, Hanna-Barbera, you get the idea.
In fact, my favorite DC character, well, I'll let you figure it out. :-)

Captain Carrot? 1 of the other Zoo Crew? Tawky Tony? Hoppy? Krypto? Streaky? Bippo? Comet? Super Turtle? Canine Patrol? Titanno? Ace, the Bat Hound? Bat Gorilla? Sollivar? Solivars son? Grodd? Rex the Wonder Dog? G'Nort? Ch'p? ...Hawkman?