November 26-28, 2021
The San Diego Comic Con “Special Edition” concluded yesterday, capping a three-day return of the first SDCC since July 2019.
For me personally, it was the exact* 50th anniversary (!) of attending comic-related conventions. In 1971, a loving Aunt took me to the very first Creation convention at NYC’s New Yorker Hotel in 1971.**
I was only at that show for a few hours, wide-eyed with probably less than $5-$6 in my pocket, but I managed to score my first “key” back issue — an intact, but otherwise beat reading copy of Avengers #1 from 1963.
I nearly sold that comic book earlier this year. Once my sanity returned, I instead decided to let Captain America (and “Sylvie” Loki) keep an eye on it while I took some pictures.
That was a much better idea.
And say, where did those 50 years go?
Photos are available at the convention links here and here.
*When I say exact, I’m not kidding — 1971 has an identical calendar to 2021.
(**We had only accidentally found out about the convention the day prior while browsing through the musty and dusty stacks of assorted periodicals at the once mighty warehouse of Jay Bee Magazines.)
