more pizzazz thoughts

[wickedflea]

Does 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.