more pizzazz thoughts
Jul. 1st, 2003 08:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wickedfleaDoes anyone remember a magazine from the mid-late '70s called Pizzazz? I'm pretty sure it was put out by Marvel Comics and/or Stan Lee. I can't remember what exactly it was, though--if it was about comics, or if it was just a general-interest thing for kids, or what. But I remember It was like 75 cents. I think. Anyway, I can remember I liked it, and one day I rode my bike up to Green Oaks Superette to buy a copy. Or hell, maybe even walked. Anyway, when I got there, I had a whole shitload of change to pay for it, but I'd forgotten to figure in tax. So the guy took what I had and let me have the magazine. And he said I should be sure to bring him back the difference. He was kind of smiling when he said it, but I said OK. And sure enough I went back home, got the few cents, and headed back. On the way back to the store, I passed my friend Evan's house and told him what I was doing. He said I should stay and play army men with him and forget about the money--the guy was probably just kidding. But I went right back and paid the guy, and of course he was surprised to see me. Went back by Evan's house and he had gone back inside. Oh well. I still had my magazine, right?
Wow, that makes me think of comic books. I didn't stay with them like a lot of people, but I loved me some comic books when I was a kid. Or as my Grandmother called them, "funny books." I always hated that term. My favorite was Spider-Man, but I was into Superman and Batman and all that stuff. One comic I wish I still had is a Star Wars one. I'm pretty sure it was the first in the series--don't know how long the series lasted. I left it in the back of the moving truck when we moved across town. I don't even want to know what that one's worth. So yeah, that's my equivalent to the kid's mom throwing away his Mickey Mantle rookie card.
Wow, that makes me think of comic books. I didn't stay with them like a lot of people, but I loved me some comic books when I was a kid. Or as my Grandmother called them, "funny books." I always hated that term. My favorite was Spider-Man, but I was into Superman and Batman and all that stuff. One comic I wish I still had is a Star Wars one. I'm pretty sure it was the first in the series--don't know how long the series lasted. I left it in the back of the moving truck when we moved across town. I don't even want to know what that one's worth. So yeah, that's my equivalent to the kid's mom throwing away his Mickey Mantle rookie card.
