Since I'm new to Comic Vine, I thought I should take a moment to introduce myself and tell why I'm interested in this site.

I was first introduced to the world of comics and superheroes at the tender age of 13. My friends had a copy of the Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars #1. I was hooked from the very moment they turned the page and introduced me to all these cool characters. Sure, I was familiar with Spider-Man and Hulk, but I discovered that they were just the tip of the Marvel iceburg. I ran out and bought the second issue of Secret Wars. I was hooked ever since.

I became a regular reader of Avengers, Fantastic Four, X-Men, Defenders, and Alpha Flight. As you can likely tell, I was a big fan of team books.

Eventually I discovered the Distinguished Competition over at DC. I became a big fan of the Legion of Super Heroes, but I also liked JLA and Teen Titans.

But it would be Marvel that got most of my loyalty. I followed a lot of Marvel books over the day: X-Factor, New Mutants, X-Force, West Coast Avengers, Psi-Force, DP7, and many others. A huge portion of the reason that I remained a big X-Men fan was because I was fanatical about the X-Man named Rogue. I thought she was awesome from the moment I first saw her, and I would have followed her to the worst book in history just to get a chance to follow her story.

When I look back over my childhood, I realize that I probably wouldn't have been able to survive it as well as I did if I hadn't had my comics to look forward to. So, yes, even though I am now a fully grown man, I still find time to buy and read my comics.