I started watching the Spidey cartoon when I was little and since then comics became part of my already sizeable reading agenda.

Outside mediums for me. Then I bought Watchmen, was blown away and am now a hardcore lover of the medium.

In 1979 I received my Introductory comic an issue of Defenders, first thing I collected monthly was the first "Secret Wars" , started to check out DC just before "Crisis on infinite Earths",was introduced to Indies/Defunct companies and began to collect these in early 90's, Having collected what equates to a mid-range store inventory, I now buy certain issues, by certain writers/artists only. Currently enjoying the Dark Horse "Gold Key" line.

I used to read comics since I was around 7, though mainly those crappy Archie TMNT books. In 96, I saw a Spider-Man comic in my local supermarket and picked it up because of the cover, and I've been a Marvel fan ever since. I;ve always been a Superman and Batman fan, but for some reason never felt the urge to pick up DC comic books until around 99 when I picked up JLA (JLA versus Bruce Wayne). I was never a hardcore fan then sticking only to the more well known stuff like Batman, Avengers,, etc. I think 2007 is when I became a hardcore comic fan, after reading 52. I used to prefer Marvel until around 2009, when I started getting more and more into the DC universe.

" I first got into comics through cartoons like Justice League, Justice League Unlimited and X-Men: Evolution. It was Wolverine and the X-Men that gave me the final push to start reading comics. I started with X-Force and X-Factor trades that I ordered online and got addicted. The rest is history.  "

" It's been so long, I hadn't thought about that anymore.  My first comics were Marvel UK printing bought from newsagents around the corner.  I didn't venture into a real comic book store until I was 11... I remember seeing a Power Pack trade that collected the first 4 issues & instantly wanting it.  Part of me was disappointed that the cover wasn't really made out of leather (as the design was made to look) but I loved the story & art so much that I read it again & again & again...  10 years later I ended up working in that same store.  "

Spider-Man was the first comic I read, mostly got it because I liked the cartoon. 
 
Now I mostly read webcomics because they're free and the authors tend to not rape my favorite character, unlike some comic companies *cough* Marvel *cough*

My brother 'grew out' of comics and gave me boxes filled with 'm. And that's where it started (although these were all European comics).

I first got into comics through cartoons like Justice League, Justice League Unlimited and X-Men: Evolution. It was Wolverine and the X-Men that gave me the final push to start reading comics. I started with X-Force and X-Factor trades that I ordered online and got addicted. The rest is history. 

It's been so long, I hadn't thought about that anymore.  My first comics were Marvel UK printing bought from newsagents around the corner.  I didn't venture into a real comic book store until I was 11... I remember seeing a Power Pack trade that collected the first 4 issues & instantly wanting it.  Part of me was disappointed that the cover wasn't really made out of leather (as the design was made to look) but I loved the story & art so much that I read it again & again & again... 
 
10 years later I ended up working in that same store.