The first Superhero comic I read was Batman 442 in somewhere like 1990/1991 when I was 3/4yrs old. I didn't know or care at the time, but art was by George Perez. I saw the cover had Robin that looked like my toy and asked my sister to buy it for me.

In 1994 a stall opened at my market that sold old magazines and comics. It was a month or two behind but I picked up my first two marvel comics there. Spectacular Spider-Man 216 and Amazing Spider-Man 393. I read Spectacular first, it was literally the first issue of the clone saga. I didn't understand what was going on yet when Peter Parker (actually Ben Reilly) ran into Spider-Man in the final pages. I didn't know i at the time or care, but the art was by Sal Buscema. Then I picked up Amazing 393. The artwork blew me away. I'd never seen anything like it and his Spidey reaked of speed! The final panel splash where Spidey sits on top bob sad that MJ's left him amazed me. It was at that moment it occurred to me someone drew this. I flicked to the front and read Mark Bagley penciller. I also saw Randy Emberlin Inker, but I had no idea what that meant. I thought it meant! I went back the following week and bought up more Spidey stuff and X-Men #1 by Jim Lee. I pretty much dropped DC at that point for a whole decade while I ate up the artwork. I was never too into story.

Soon after that at age 9 I got a book on how to draw Marvel Superheroes by John Romita Snr.

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One Boy's Dream, One Man's Destiny: I want to be the man who can draw so many things, so well and in so many different ways.

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