Michael Clarke Duncan Quotes

From the time I was 5 years old, I collected comic books.

My brother had boxes of comic books. He was really the collector.

I still have my first 'Black Lightning' that I got way back in the day, and my first 'Steel.' And I proudly display those comics, by the way. I have a lot of comics, but those are among the ones that mean the most to me.

I was a huge comic book fan as a kid. The only problem I had with comic books is how expensive they got. I didn't have a lot of money, so I had to be very specific about what I wanted to collect. I think they're all somewhere in the basement of my folks' house.

I had no television when I was little, just a stack of old, beat-up comics from the 1950s and 1960s.

My brother and I used to collect comic books in San Francisco.

I've collected comics for many, many years, but I've usually collected older ones for whatever reason.

My brother and I were really into baseball cards, and it seemed like an easy switch to jump over to comics.

One older brother of mine collects comics, and when I was younger, I collected them, too.

Looking back, I realize my favorite stories weren't in books, they were in comics. On top of being a history enthusiast, my father was also a comics fan, and he kept his stash in the top drawer of his dresser, in easy reach of a kid making a beeline to the bathroom.

I used to read comics when I was a kid.

The first comic book I ever bought, I was in third grade. It was 'Avengers,' I think, #240. I grew up in Kansas City. And I walked into a 7-11. I had seen, like, 'The Hulk' TV series. I knew about comic book heroes. I knew about it, but I hadn't actually had a physical comic in my hands until that time. And it was a big deal for me.

I don't buy comics anymore, for the most part. I eat my lunch off of them.

I remember the dark days when, thanks to 1966's 'Batman' with Adam West, comics were considered the ugly stepchild of popular culture.

I definitely was a big comic collector as a kid.

I was into comic books as a kid.

I want to show there's an edgier side of people who love comic books. And there are people who don't look like you and me who do read comic books and who love artists.

I wasn't a comic book geek as a kid. I read some, but it was just like, 'Oh, I have this comic book here.' It wasn't like I was collecting them.

I'm a big believer that if you buy a comic, you ought to own it.

I love comic books. Since I was a kid, I've collected them.

I'm no prophet, but I'm guessing that comic books will always be strong. I don't think anything can really beat the pure fun and pleasure of holding a magazine in your hand, reading the story on paper, being able to roll it up and put it in your pocket, reread again later, show it to a friend, carry it with you, toss it on a shelf, collect them, have a lot of magazines lined up and read them again as a series. I think young people have always loved that. I think they always will.

I was a huge comic book fan, and I still am.

I was a Marvel guy. I started reading comics when I was a kid.

I feel sorry for people who only know comic books through movies. I really do.

'Batman' readers are the smartest readers in the world. I don't have to hold their hands.