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anBETTYfan

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I blame my Dad for getting me into Archie Comics
« on: July 21, 2008, 10:23:36 PM »
and now I am really glad

One day, he was at Waldbums ( supermarket , now called King Kullen) and he found Betty and Veronica Double Digest #132 and brought it for me, something to read at home. I liked it soo much, that I read it to pieces, and finally, the cover came off ( yea, it was the only one I had..thats why, I read it over and over and over) and soon he brought me #134 ( apparently it was a while after, so I never got #133, until this year, I found it at a discount book store, for 95 cents..

So yea, thats how I started getting into Archie comics :), thanks to my dad =]

but what really disgusts me is that, apparently my neighbor Veronica ( yea, apparently her uncle brought her Veronica Comics, cause they had the same name) and i remember reading them before i got my Betty and Veronica double digest #132.. but now.. she thinks I got into Archie Comics because she had them first.. but i got my issue 2 months after i read the Veronica Comics at her home.. and my dad never goes to my neighbors house.. so he didn't know either

but still, I blame my dad =)

and I love him alot for it =)

but I did love comics before Archie.. the first comics I ever read were Peanuts, cause my parents had old issues lying around the house from when they were little and b4 I was born.. So yea, I decided to expand my love for comics after I found out about Archie comics.. apparently, I never expected to love Archie comics as much as I do today..  but I'm glad I do ;)
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Offline tiffandrock

Re: I blame my Dad for getting me into Archie Comics
« Reply #1 on: July 21, 2008, 10:54:31 PM »
How I got into archie comics....

I was like 10 years old. I loved to read lots of different stuff. Well we went on vacation, went to publix to get some food. I saw an archie comic, up at the register and asked my mom if I could get it. She said yea. Well that same week, we went back there, and I ended up getting the rest of the archie comics off the shelves. I was hooked. I collected around 250 archie comics.
Then when I was 16, I started dating. I decided I wanted to sell my archie comics, that I was too cool for them. Well I wanted $30 for all of them. But luckily no one wanted to buy them. My mom told me just to put it up. Later when I was 19, I was married, had a baby, and was really bored. We had to get rid of alot of my old stuff, clothes, etc cause I was a mommy now. One night I stumbled upon my archie box, and I was in heaven.
I couldn't wait to start reading and collecting them again. I made my hubby find a comic shop for me, and since then I've been collecting. I bought a ton off ebay. SO my little 250 collection has grown to almost 3,000.
Yea I'm running out of room, but I love my archie comics.  :smitten:
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Re: I blame my Dad for getting me into Archie Comics
« Reply #2 on: July 22, 2008, 08:43:50 AM »
As for how I got into Archie comics, around February or so, one of my camp mates left four old issues of Jughead's Double Digest lying around in my Company's office. At this point, I have yet to read a single issue of an Archie comic as, like tiff mentioned as well, I felt I was too cool for them. Eventually, I picked up one of them to see what the big fuss was about and, voila! The rest is history.

Even though I'll continue reading them, I'll admit that in the short run, Archie Comics provide a great and welcome distraction from military life.
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Offline ronnie343

Re: I blame my Dad for getting me into Archie Comics
« Reply #3 on: July 22, 2008, 10:39:11 AM »
Quote from: aBETTYfan on July 21, 2008, 10:23:36 PM
and now I am really glad

One day, he was at Waldbums ( supermarket , now called King Kullen) and he found Betty and Veronica Double Digest #132 and brought it for me, something to read at home. I liked it soo much, that I read it to pieces, and finally, the cover came off ( yea, it was the only one I had..thats why, I read it over and over and over) and soon he brought me #134 ( apparently it was a while after, so I never got #133, until this year, I found it at a discount book store, for 95 cents..

So yea, thats how I started getting into Archie comics :), thanks to my dad =]

but what really disgusts me is that, apparently my neighbor Veronica ( yea, apparently her uncle brought her Veronica Comics, cause they had the same name) and i remember reading them before i got my Betty and Veronica double digest #132.. but now.. she thinks I got into Archie Comics because she had them first.. but i got my issue 2 months after i read the Veronica Comics at her home.. and my dad never goes to my neighbors house.. so he didn't know either

but still, I blame my dad =)

and I love him alot for it =)

but I did love comics before Archie.. the first comics I ever read were Peanuts, cause my parents had old issues lying around the house from when they were little and b4 I was born.. So yea, I decided to expand my love for comics after I found out about Archie comics.. apparently, I never expected to love Archie comics as much as I do today..  but I'm glad I do ;)
You know, that's close to how I got started in Archie Comics. My dad also introduced me and Peanuts were my favorites before that, too.
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Re: I blame my Dad for getting me into Archie Comics
« Reply #4 on: July 22, 2008, 11:14:52 AM »
Quote from: ronnie343 on July 22, 2008, 10:39:11 AM
Quote from: aBETTYfan on July 21, 2008, 10:23:36 PM
and now I am really glad

One day, he was at Waldbums ( supermarket , now called King Kullen) and he found Betty and Veronica Double Digest #132 and brought it for me, something to read at home. I liked it soo much, that I read it to pieces, and finally, the cover came off ( yea, it was the only one I had..thats why, I read it over and over and over) and soon he brought me #134 ( apparently it was a while after, so I never got #133, until this year, I found it at a discount book store, for 95 cents..

So yea, thats how I started getting into Archie comics :), thanks to my dad =]

but what really disgusts me is that, apparently my neighbor Veronica ( yea, apparently her uncle brought her Veronica Comics, cause they had the same name) and i remember reading them before i got my Betty and Veronica double digest #132.. but now.. she thinks I got into Archie Comics because she had them first.. but i got my issue 2 months after i read the Veronica Comics at her home.. and my dad never goes to my neighbors house.. so he didn't know either

but still, I blame my dad =)

and I love him alot for it =)

but I did love comics before Archie.. the first comics I ever read were Peanuts, cause my parents had old issues lying around the house from when they were little and b4 I was born.. So yea, I decided to expand my love for comics after I found out about Archie comics.. apparently, I never expected to love Archie comics as much as I do today..  but I'm glad I do ;)
You know, that's close to how I got started in Archie Comics. My dad also introduced me and Peanuts were my favorites before that, too.
wow, I guess we have alot in common then :)
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Offline Frank

Re: I blame my Dad for getting me into Archie Comics
« Reply #5 on: July 22, 2008, 03:14:14 PM »
Scholastic books used to have Peanuts reprint books - which is how I learnt to read (and become the sarcastic jerk i am today!)

My fiends and I joined the fan club and generally became Peanuts nuts.  Then....one day my friends mom brought out a box of old Archie's and Duck books from the 1950's.  Who wouldn't be hooked!
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Offline MJBivouac

Re: I blame my Dad for getting me into Archie Comics
« Reply #6 on: July 22, 2008, 11:38:55 PM »
I think my first Archie Comic I got at an elementary school Summer carnival. It was a prize at some game booth. I was more into Superman at that age, but I had it so I read it and HEY! It was fun. I think it had a story about Betty baking an apple pie, at Jughead's suggestion, to try and get Archie's attention. Of course, at the moment of truth, Veronica walks by and distracts Archie from Betty and her tasty pie. Betty ends up giving the pie to Jughead...I think he planned the whole thing.  After that I think my Grandmother bought me a few Archie comics,as well as Harvey Titles like Casper and Hot Stuff, probably thinking that they were better for a ten year old than Superman or Batman. The truth is, I still like all kind sof comics.
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Offline Captain Hero

Re: I blame my Dad for getting me into Archie Comics
« Reply #7 on: July 23, 2008, 09:37:46 PM »
I've told this story before, but my first comic was Little Archie Digest #24.  I was only 5 at the time, but I was hooked from that book.  With my second comic being Jughead Jones Digest #44, this cemented my love affair with Archie Comics.  Some people here admit to taking breaks from Archie and rediscovering them again, but I have been a loyal fan since 1987 without stopping!

I imagine I'll collect Archie Comics until I die...and even then, I bet they'll have Archie Comics in heaven!
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Offline Gregg

Re: I blame my Dad for getting me into Archie Comics
« Reply #8 on: July 24, 2008, 09:19:51 AM »
I can't remember my first Archie comic as kid, although it probably coincided with their cartoon show in the early '70s. But after a 35 year absence, I started buying them again. You could say that Jerry Bails got me into Archies again! :>)

Gregg
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Offline AyaBlue

Re: I blame my Dad for getting me into Archie Comics
« Reply #9 on: July 25, 2008, 11:36:14 PM »
I don't remember exactly how I first got into Archie comics, but, I do remember there was a used bookstore up the street that sometimes got a few in. I was able to put my dog in my bike basket, peddle up the street, and, as long as there were no accidents from the puppy, she was allowed in the store with me. I think I even picked up a few other comics then too (Garfield, FBoFW). I even traded in Babysitter's Club books for Archie comics. ... my sister's Babysitter's Club books.... :) I know, I know, I was a horrible little sister. :2funny:
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Offline MJBivouac

Re: I blame my Dad for getting me into Archie Comics
« Reply #10 on: July 26, 2008, 11:43:46 PM »
Quote from: AyaBlue on July 25, 2008, 11:36:14 PM
I don't remember exactly how I first got into Archie comics, but, I do remember there was a used bookstore up the street that sometimes got a few in. I was able to put my dog in my bike basket, peddle up the street, and, as long as there were no accidents from the puppy, she was allowed in the store with me. I think I even picked up a few other comics then too (Garfield, FBoFW). I even traded in Babysitter's Club books for Archie comics. ... my sister's Babysitter's Club books.... :) I know, I know, I was a horrible little sister. :2funny:

What a cute story! A sweet little girl with her puppy, trading in stolen books for comics! I love it! But at least you weren't smoking!
MJB
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Offline AyaBlue

Re: I blame my Dad for getting me into Archie Comics
« Reply #11 on: July 26, 2008, 11:59:08 PM »
Well, I'm kinda allergic to smoke... but, to make the imagery worse, I used to tie a bandana on my dog when I put her in the basket so she looked like a little old lady with a scarf on. I think I was just that weird kid in the neighborhood who used to be up the tree (or on the roof) with a dog, perhaps a cat or two, a couple comics, and food/drinks tied to ropes.

I think I was left to my own devices far too often, and too hopped up on Slurpees to be thinking clearly. ::)
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Offline archiecomicsfan27

Re: I blame my Dad for getting me into Archie Comics
« Reply #12 on: July 27, 2008, 01:51:05 AM »
hmmm shoulda built a girls only treehouse or something Aya.... *sigh* I always wanted a tree house
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Offline AyaBlue

Re: I blame my Dad for getting me into Archie Comics
« Reply #13 on: July 27, 2008, 07:05:28 AM »
I actually had a clubhouse that my grandpa built, (which was huge and had it's own staircase/windows/door, etc.) but, my older sister sort of ... took it over, and, in FL, it was just much cooler to stay somewhere where there was a shade/breeze combination. :)
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Offline archiecomicsfan27

Re: I blame my Dad for getting me into Archie Comics
« Reply #14 on: July 27, 2008, 01:14:12 PM »
You DID steal AND trade her books :P :2funny:
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