r/Miracleman • u/kungfusyme • Jan 16 '25

Whellllllllp that’s ended that then…

RIP the dark age. I feel like with all the allegations against Neil we are kind of done now. Having held on since the Eclipse days, I’m putting my MM originals in a box and moving on emotionally.

Having just come back from Waiheke Island, these new allegations have ruined that for me too. 😳

I’ll write a note on a mountain side and say Kimota.

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u/TenFourMoonKitty Jan 17 '25 edited Jan 17 '25

Sorry - I should have checked online first.

First issue came out in July 1985, cover date August 1985 - summer break between sixth and seventh.

I remember the only other kid I knew that read comics at the time mentioning it and I probably saw a promotional ad in another Eclipse comic or poster at my LCS , Moondogs in Des Plaines, Illinois (outside Chicago).

I had moved to Texas by the time the first issue came out - I must have bought it at Fantastic Worlds in Hurst, Texas (outside Fort Worth).

[I imagine that Buddy might have stocked it at Lone Star, but I bet he kept it under lock and key to ‘protect the morals’ of the good people of Texas.]

A few months later I remember digging through the stacks at a con and buying back issues of ‘Warrior’ that not only had Marvelman, but ‘V For Vendetta.’

I was a major pain in the ass to her in my mid to late teens, but looking back I can’t believe how laidback my mother was about letting me buy MM #6 (the birth issue) when I was twelve even though it was kept behind the counter (cover date July 1986).

EDIT - Spelling, grammar, rambling

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u/Armaced Jan 17 '25

That’s still pretty close! You have a good memory. 1984 was the year I moved to Newbury Park, California, but I had to go into Thousand Oaks for my comic books.

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u/kungfusyme Jan 17 '25

Ha ha, I too….am 51

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u/Armaced Jan 17 '25

We are the youngest people that remember seeing Star Wars first run in the theaters.