JMPunk's Comic Book Blogs

I have been back reading and collecting comic books for about three months now. I have enjoyed reading older titles from my past, as well as new titles from today. There was something missing for me though and I could not quit put my finger on it. I had started a Gambit collection and it is fun, but I felt like something was still missing. Then one day I stopped reading, stopped searching and looking at the computer screen. I gave some real thought to it. That is when I finally was able to put my finger on it. I was not reading Spawn, but now the comic world is on issue 225, with 226 scheduled for release just around the corner. I thought to myself how do I handle this?

So I began researching the basics of the book, after all it has been over a decade since I have even glanced at any Spawn issue. The first thing I notice is there sure is a lot of Spawn titles and spin-offs. A little too much for my budget to tackle at one time. So I elected to start where it began with the original Spawn title. Now, it is time to decide where to start. Do I pick up with the current arch? Whoa, did I read that correctly Al Simmons died? Who is this Jim Downing character? When does Al die and Jim begin as Spawn? I call for a quick time out. Got to think this through again. After some time and figuring out what issue Al dies and Jim takes over. I decide the best way for me to do this is to just start at the beginning, back to the basics.

The first thing I do is start searching eBay because believe it or not with all the thousands of copies of Spawn issue 1 out there I did not have one. All I have at this time is issue 4 and 59. While searching eBay and some other online stores. I begin a discussion with a member here at Comic Book Realm in the chat room. Next thing I know and one pay pal deal later, I have Issues 1-17 and a few others on their way, plus a CGC 9.8 copy of Number 1. Thank you decepticon!!! The next thing I do is pull a trigger with another member here for 7 more issues of Spawn. Thank you LOngBOx!! Follow that up with orders from Midtown and Fearless Readers Online, and suddenly I have Issues 1-42 and a good stack of others headed my way.