Hello, my name is Nick Katradis.  My website consists of my private collection of Original Comic Art, mostly from the 1960s to mid 1970s but also many pages from the 1990s up to 2010!;

I also own various Oil Paintings, Comic Strips, and thousands of Rare Golden Age, Silver Age & Bronze Age comics. 

Email: ndde@aol.com

Telephone: 718-281-3800  Fax: 718-631-7537

I recently undertook a mission, with the help of the Grand Comic-Book Database, of  documenting the first comic books I ever read off the newsstand from each DC & Marvel comic title! 

I started reading comics in the summer of 1972 as an 11 year old! I now have confirmed that the first DC comic books that I have read were dated "July, 1972" and the first Marvel comics that I have read were dated "August, 1972".   Actually, one Marvel 1st read comic was dated "July, 1972"; it was Amazing Adventures #13. 

Please note that the actual date each comic hit the newsstand may have been earlier than these dates.  Also, I did not start reading all titles on the newsstand all at once - I started to purchase some titles a few months later from these respective dates; and I documented them.

As a result of these terribly important findings (to me), I have listed a detailed compillation of the first comic book I ever read from each DC & Marvel title I have ever purchased, and they are as follows:

My 1st Marvel Titles:

Amazing Adventures #13, July 1972, "Evil Is All In Your Mind!", John Romita pencils/inks

Amazing Spider-Man #116, January 1973, 'Suddenly...The Smasher", John Romita pencils/inks

Astonishing Tales #14, October 1972, "The Night of the Looter", Gil Kane pencils/inks

Avengers #103, September, 1972, "The Sentinels Strike Back", Rich Buckler pencils/Joe Sinnott inks

Captain America #153, September, 1972, "Captain America - Hero or Hoax?", Sal Buscema pencils/Jim Mooney inks

Captain Marvel #23, November 1972, "Death at the End of the World", Gil Kane pencils/Joe Sinnott inks

Conan The Barbarian #17, August 1972, "The Gods of Bal-Sagoth", Gil Kane pencils/Frank Brunner inks

Daredevil #93, November, 1972, "The Indestructible Man", Gil Kane pencils/Tom Palmer inks

Defenders #2, October 1972, "The Secret of the Silver Surfer", Sal Buscema pencils/John Verpoorten inks

Fantastic Four #125, August 1972, "The Monster's Secret", John Buscema pencils/Joe Sinnott inks

Incredible Hulk #155, September, 1972, "Britzkrieg 1972", Herb Trimpe pencils/John Severin inks

Iron Man #53, December 1972, "Fate is the Black Lama", Gil Kane pencils/Frank Giacoia inks

Jungle Action #6, September 1973, "The Man Called Kill-Monger!", Rich Buckler pencils/Frank Giacoia inks

Marvel Feature #5, September 1972, "Fear's The Way He Dies", Herb Trimpe pencils/inks

Marvel's Greatest Comics #38, October 1972, Death In Another World!, Sal Buscema pencils/inks

Marvel Premiere #5, November 1972, "The Lurker In The Labyrnth!", Michael Ploog pencils/inks

Marvel Team-Up #5, November 1972, "A Passion of the Mind", Gil Kane pencils/Frank Giacoia inks

Sub-Mariner #53, September, 1972, "The Day of the Dragon-Lord", Sal Buscema pencils/Frank Giacoia inks

Thor #204, October, 1972, "The Demon from the Depths", John Romita/Joe Sinnott pencils/John Romita inks

X-Men #79, December, 1972, "The Cobalt Man", Gil Kane pencils/Frank Giacoia inks

 My 1st DC Titles:

Action Comics #414, July 1972, "Superman vs: Superstar", Nick Cardy art/inks

Adventure Comics #421, July 1972, "Demon Spawn", Bob Oksner pencils/inks

Brave & Bold #105, January/February 1973, "Play Now...Die Later", a: Wonder Woman, Jim Aparo art/inks/letters

Batman #247, February 1973, "Merry Christmas", Dick Giordano pencils/inks 

Detective Comics #427, September 1972, "A Small Case of Murder", Mike Kaluta pencils/inks

Flash #218, October/November 1972, "The Flash of 1000 Faces!", Nick Cardy art/inks

Justice League of America #101, September 1972, "The Hand That Shook The World", Dick Dillin pencils/Joe Giella inks

Legion of Super Heroes #1, February 1973, "The Lad Who Wrecked the Legion!", Nick Cardy pencils/inks

Metal Men #42, February/March 1973, "The Deathless Doom", Ross Andru pencils/Mike Esposito inks

Mr Miracle #11, December 1972, "The Greatest Show Off Earth", Jack Kirby pencils/Mike Royer inks

New Gods #10, August/September 1972, "Earth -- The Doomed Dominion", Jack Kirby pencils/Mike Royer inks

Superboy #190, Sept 1972, "The Mad Piper of Camp Bravo", Nick Cardy pencils/inks

Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #151, July 1972, "Attack of the Locust Creatures", Bob Oksner art/inks

Superman's Girlfriend, Lois Lane #126, September 1972, "The Brain Busters", Bob Oksner art/inks

Superman #254, July 1972, "The Kid Who Stole Superman's Powers", Nick Cardy art/inks

Tarzan #211, August 1972, "Land of The Giants!", Joe Kubert pencils/inks

Teen Titans #42, November/December 1972, "Slaves of the Emperor Bug", Nick Cardy art/inks

 Wonder Woman #205, March/April 1973, "Target - Wonder Woman", Nick Cardy pencils/inks

 World's Finest Comics #213, October/November 1972, "Peril In A Very Small Place!", Dick Dillin pencils/Joe Giella inks

My 1st Archie Titles:

Archie #222, November 1972, Dan DeCarlo pencils/inks

Archie's Joke Book #177, October 1972, Dan DeCarlo pencils/inks

Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica #204, December 1972, Dan DeCarlo penicls/inks

Archie's T.V. Laugh-Out #14, Sept 1972, Stan Goldberg pencils/Henry Scarpelli inks

Laugh #259, October 1972, Dan DeCarlo pencils/inks

 MY "GRAIL" LIST

Action Comics #421 Cover, February 1973, Nick Cardy pencils/inks

Adventure Comics #432 Cover, March/April 1974, "The Anguish of ... the Spectre", Jim Aparo pencils/inks

Captain America #153 Cover, September 1972, Sal Buscema pencils/John Verpoorten inks

Defenders #9 Cover, October 1973, Sal Buscema pencils/inks

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