Rose is Rose by Don Wimmer and Pat Brady for December 23, 2022

When my mom went grocery shopping, she’s leave me by the comic book rack and pick me up an hour later.

Hubby and me have quite the collection of comic albums. It’s the one thing I can always buy for him when I want to surprise him.

He very well may be the luckiest guy in the world.

Yes, yes he is

When we were kids, there was a news stand in the same building as our doctor and dentist offices. Anytime one of us had an appointment we each got to pick out a comic. (I have three siblings and mom never left anyone at home so that was a lot of comics.) When I had kids, I continued the tradition— sort of. No news stand at the kids’ doctor’s office, but I would often stop by a comic shop on my lunch break from work. Most of the local comic shop owners got to recognize me. It wasn’t difficult. There weren’t too many middle-aged women looking for old Charltons and other obscure stuff.

My wife’s first husband was into Marvel. I am into DC. I have outlasted him, but she is done after me. Said something about ‘done training husbands’. I went, “I’m trained?” “Oh, no, not you, dear.”

Because as we all know, Jimbo is a giant kid inside!

MY mother was horrified that I wrote them.

With me, it was Little Golden Books: Susie’s New Stove, The Saggy Baggy Elephant, The Pokey Little Puppy, Brave Cowboy Bill, From Kalamazoo to Timbuktu, Pantaloon, Bongo. . .

Wow. She’s got about $100 worth there!

Rose knows where to shop for Christmas for Jimbo!

No luck involved. He works hard at being a good husband and father and his wife appreciates it.

My wife has never bought me a comic book, but she did once buy me a Deluxe Reissue Edition of the three series of 1960s Topps Batman cards. This would have been around 1989, when the first Batman movie with Michael Keaton was released.

Is that Spaceman Spiff on the wall poster?

My history goes way back and my tastes are varied. From Akira to Nausicaa (See my screen name) to the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers, Usagi Uojimbo, DC, Marvel, Omaha the Cat Dancer to Komi Can’t Communicate and too many to list here.

Christmas shopping for comic books?

Yeah, and this guy hasn’t even seen her in her alter ego outfit!

My husband has a Batman comic book from the 1970s/80s autographed by the writer and mentioning that husband was the prototype for the villain in it name of villain is husband’s first and last names reversed. We went to college with him and were all on the yearbook (along with friend’s wife) together as editors.

Skip the Batman comics.Too darn depressing

That is quite a stack she has there.