Comics are a driving force in my life now. I coulnd't afford them for a dew years but now I've got subscription to Ultimate spiderman, The amazing Spider-man and other marvel gems as well as some other fun stuff. I geuss I got hooked when on my 9th birthday when I rceived "Spider-Man Unmasked" for those of you who don't know what that is, its basically a summarizeation of everything spidey's gone thur from the beggining up to 1997 or so. get it if you don't got it. ciao