Mary Wilshire - Red Sonja v. 3 #3 Cover (Marvel, 1983)

Red Sonja (vol. 3) #3 was among the issues I bought during my first month of collecting comic books in late 1983. In fact, it may have been the second book I ever bought after Uncanny X-Men #176 also cover dated December 1983) as all of the previous comics I had read up to that point were borrowed from friends. And, and, as such, the issue holds a very nostalgic place in my memory.

When the original cover artwork came up for auction on eBay in 2005, I jumped at the chance to get it - only to have my computer unexpectedly freeze up in the dying seconds and not let me get my bid in!! Nearly 5 years later, it thankfully showed up on eBay again and I didn't let it escape a second time. Very happy to get this one; just looking at it transports me back to 1983 and that magical time in my life when I was first discovering comics.