Christmas and First Stories

[ZeldasTriforce@aol.com]

Hi all!

I'd like to wish DCML members and readers a Merry Christmas. I hope it turns 
out to be a great day for all of you and that no one gets a lump of coal in 
their stocking. I remember the first time I found the DCMl. My first reaction 
was "Wow! People that like/talk about Disney comics?!" It was great and I've 
learned alot following all the discussions.

Speaking of nostalgia, what was the first Disney comic or story that you 
remember reading? My first encounter with Disney comics was Christmas of 1990. The 
JCPenny catalog offered a package of 12 Disney Comics (as well as Nintendo 
Comics). So I asked for those for Christmas. It had Mickey Mouse Adventures #1 
among others. The first story that I can really remember reading was "Three 
Dirty Little Ducks" in WDCS 544 (which came in the package). From then on, I was 
always getting Disney comics at various stores. 

Towards the last year or two of Gladstone Series II, I got out of it because 
I just plain couldn't find them in stores. I guess I should have started going 
to comics shops then, but somehow that didn't occur to me. But by then, the 
$6.95 comics had started to take over, so I couldn't have bought them anyway. 
Heck, I thought things were getting pricey when the comics went from $1.50 to 
$1.95! Oh what 5 years absence of Disney comics will do to make one tolerable 
to paying more for comics. ;) After that, Toy Liquidators was my friend, buying 
$1 Gladstone comics that apparently didn't too well the first time around, 
but that dried up after a year as well. 

And then, in June 2003, I made my way to a comics shop and on the door was a 
poster heralding the return of Disney comics! That advertising was a pleasant 
surprise and when I got in, they had Uncle Scrooge 319. I made what I 
considered a small capital investment of $6.95 (time has obviously made me oblivious 
to the cost. ;) And that's when the fun began and hasn't stopped since.

I only meant to talk about my first comic, not my whole saga with Disney 
comics, but I guess that doesn't matter. Merry Christmas everyone! :)

Derek Smith
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