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How Old Are You?

Under 18
39 (2.8%)
18-25
107 (7.6%)
26-35
162 (11.5%)
36-40
115 (8.2%)
41-45
172 (12.2%)
46-50
176 (12.5%)
51-55
175 (12.4%)
56-60
177 (12.5%)
61-65
136 (9.6%)
Over 65
152 (10.8%)

Total Members Voted: 1401

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Offline Yoc

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Re: Welcome to DCM - how old are you poll?
« Reply #270 on: March 19, 2023, 09:00:37 AM »
The scans help us keep a part of our youth alive.
Bless all the buyers, scanner and editors out there that bring these scans to the site.

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Re: Welcome to DCM - how old are you poll?
« Reply #270 on: March 19, 2023, 09:00:37 AM »

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Re: Welcome to DCM - how old are you poll?
« Reply #271 on: March 22, 2023, 11:26:13 AM »
Souvenirs.... souvenirs...les bd sont une tranche de notre vie....
Amateur de kébir bd.

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Re: Welcome to DCM - how old are you poll?
« Reply #272 on: March 26, 2023, 05:14:53 AM »
Add me to your over-65 list.

The first comic I remember having was a Mickey Mouse meets the Phantom Blot issue. I know there was a series of Blot followup stories. But, I think  I'm remembering the very first one from around 1939 when I was 4. The time is set by the year (1939) we moved from our old apartment where I remember reading (and re-reading) it. I never stopped
loving comics after that. The stories, cartoons and colors were all just great. And for a great price (10 cents!)

Through the years I accumulated a huge collection of Golden Age comics. But by early 1950s I decided to (horror-of-horrors) get rid of them and gave all of them away to young relatives and other kids. The comics had created a housekeeping nuisance for my mother with only limited space in our tiny apartment. Also, Girls and other teen distractions temporarily steered me away from comics.

But, by the early 1960s I remembered my old friends the comics and wanted to see them again. I re-accumulated some old Fawcett Captain Marvel, and other comics, most of which I have uploaded to DCM.


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Re: Welcome to DCM - how old are you poll?
« Reply #273 on: March 26, 2023, 02:48:24 PM »
Hi Larry,
Thanks for sharing your early comics memories.  It warms my heart that you are a DCM member.  DCM was started for people exactly like yourself that have fond memories or younger people with a curiosity for these old comics.

How many collections have been lost to our mothers or puberty? 
I'm glad you found your way to DCM and get to read them for free.  And of course our thanks for sharing your scans as well!

I've sometimes thought I was born thirty years too late.  You bought many at cover price that today cost small fortunes to buy and likely as not come in plastic coffins to 'protect' them.

Our big 13th anniversary is just days away.  There should be some goodies there for you to enjoy.

Stay well!
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Re: Welcome to DCM - how old are you poll?
« Reply #274 on: March 26, 2023, 03:38:45 PM »
I am 68. Was a DC fan from 1962 onward. I have scanned over 1000+ comics. Most are non-pd comics, but do scan one around every blue moon. Will have one for the birthday coming up.

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Re: Welcome to DCM - how old are you poll?
« Reply #275 on: March 26, 2023, 08:25:34 PM »
Thanks Jeff, for all your work and for the birthday gift as well.
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Re: Welcome to DCM - how old are you poll?
« Reply #276 on: March 30, 2023, 05:25:36 PM »
olá, tenho 29 anos e o quadrinho simplesmente me salvou de mim mesmo!
Pretendo ter um filho, ou filha, e se ele quiser eu dou uma estante cheia deles! ^-^ ;)

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Re: Welcome to DCM - how old are you poll?
« Reply #277 on: March 30, 2023, 08:14:27 PM »
Welcome Kemonozaru and good luck with your family plans.
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Re: Welcome to DCM - how old are you poll?
« Reply #278 on: September 15, 2023, 08:27:17 PM »
May 19 1954. 3 Daughters, 3 Grandkids. We never sold comics but have many hundreds of Silver Age DC and some Marvels. My Brothers job was to collect the Marvels and me, DC so we did not buy duplicates as children Yeah, he had ALL the best 62's.
 Anyway, my Wife and I kept them for the 'kids' and they are safe and dry in a large cold cellar.
But they are delicate and should not be un bagged. They are with my 3 small Grand kids.
 The Art and Stories are fantastic. These are not free downloads I know.

 I got money if I can enjoy the books without touching.
When those kids find them and they will, Chaos will occur and I need another way.
Of course, the books are lovely on the outside and removing them from the bgs would rapidly diminish whatever value they have but nothing is more curious than a child like I was.
 Anybody understand  what I mean?


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Re: Welcome to DCM - how old are you poll?
« Reply #279 on: October 22, 2023, 09:49:56 AM »
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Re: Welcome to DCM - how old are you poll?
« Reply #280 on: November 18, 2023, 07:37:04 PM »
Hi Everyone!  I joined this website as a member in 2015, but have hardly participated in this forum until a few months ago.  It seems that I already voted on this poll, but never made a text post. 

I'll be 77 years old in a few days.  I first had comic books read to me during the late 1940s and beginning of the 1950s, which were mostly bought by my older cousins who lived with us.  I liked Funny Animal Comics and cartoony Human-figure comic books most (especially Disney, and mostly Carl Barks).  I grew up in Canada and The Netherlands, and so, collected mostly Canadian, Dutch, and US comics, but also Danish, as I lived and worked part year in Denmark (for Danish Disney Comics) for many years.  I'm mostly retired now, but I still write and storyboard a few stories a year for Dutch Disney comics.  I also like mystery comics and "whodunits". I started buying comic books, myself in 1953, but I had a large collection of 1940s and early '50s comics before that from my cousins.  This website and CB+ have brought a lot of fun and nostalgia to me, to read comics that I had never before known existed.
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Re: Welcome to DCM - how old are you poll?
« Reply #281 on: November 19, 2023, 09:30:23 PM »
Thanks for sharing Robb, you've had an interesting life with comics.
We're always happy to hear about our members and to hear the work being done here by everyone is appreciated.

Keep enjoying the goodies!
-Yoc

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Re: Welcome to DCM - how old are you poll?
« Reply #282 on: December 13, 2023, 10:24:13 PM »
Hey! I'm new here. I guess this is normal of posting comments I guess. I'm 24 years old and I just discover this website.

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Re: Welcome to DCM - how old are you poll?
« Reply #283 on: December 14, 2023, 08:28:44 AM »
Welcome CC!
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