Anyone who is on Twitter has clicked the RT button to enter a giveaway at least once. I bet I do it several times a day as I’m scrolling through my feed. Sometimes I even get lucky.
But this one was outside of the norm for me. Which isn’t a bad thing!
I’m a fan of the Marvel Universe. I watch the movies, tune in to the TV shows, even have a few of the toys for my sons and I to play with. But one area – one that some would say is where it all starts – is something I haven’t delved into for years.
Comics.
One of my earliest comic memories was picking up a Popeye the Sailor comic on a trip to Indonesia with my father when I was very young. It wasn’t in English, so I had to have my dad or an uncle read it to me, but I loved to look at the book, frame by frame. Growing up I would get comics here and there and reread the Archie Digests my grandparents had at their house over and over.
Getting into my teen years comics were getting really big. My brother and I would get loads of books at the card and comic store in Watertown, SD and as I moved back to cards, my brother stayed with comics.
I still have a lot of the comics that I picked up back when I was younger. My wife says something about hoarding, but I don’t listen because one day they’ll be, “for my boys” or something like that.
Recently I happened upon a Twitter account, @MixedMarvelArts through a Retweet from someone I follow. They were having a giveaway to catch people up on the Marvel Secret Wars story arc. Of course I clicked on the RT button, not thinking much about it, so I was real surprised to see my name on the winning tweet!
A while later, I got a text from my wife asking what I had bought that would have come in a big box, which confused me a bit since I had been trying to be good and not buy much. I was beyond shocked to get home and see how many comics Brian Bradley of the Mixed Marvel Arts site had sent!

It was the first five issues of 13 separate comics! I’m excited to dig in and start reading these and hopefully sharing them with my sons. But, if you see something you like, let me know. My brother and another good friend are in line to read them, but why not share the love.
Thanks again to Brian and Mixed Marvel Arts. They do an interesting podcast that covers everything Marvel, from comics and toys to TV and movies, and everything else they see. Visit their site at MixedMarvelArts.com or follow them on twitter @MixedMarvelArts
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