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Why I love comics

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Good day, people of Comicland. Today I have decided to write a personal piece. I have decided to share a little bit about why I love comics so much. I have been fascinated with pop culture my entire life for as long as I can remember. As characters, I can remember Superman, Spider-Man, Batman and the Hulk for as long as I have memory. I had Batman Underroos, I watched Super-Friends (and there is a photo of me when I as 3 wearing a Super-Friends t-shirt.) I was born in 1971. This, of course was hen pop culture marketing was truly beginning. My father watched Doctor Who (the curly haired one that everybody seems to be familiar with) and Star Trek. The cartoon version was on TV as I was growing up. Saturday morning cartoons. The summer of 1977, Star Wars. TV shos like the Dukes of Hazzard (I really got a kick out of the Smallville episode where Tom Wopat guest-starred), Six Million Dollar Man and the Hulk. I remember them all. And I think you all do too, if you are reading this. Mayb...