the secret origin of the reluctant sleuth, part 1

used comic books were the gateway drug

My first literary affair was a shameless pre-teen infatuation with DC comics. A three block bicycle ride down the rutted mud back lanes of May Street, in the south end of Thunder Bay brought my 8, 9, 10 year old self to Bill’s Used Bookstore. The adventures of Superman, Batman, the Justice League, and the Legion of Superheroes were available for a nicke…