At around the age of 8 years old I managed to get hold of a hard back Marvel Annual. This has a vibrant colourful front cover, littered with the X-Men, Iron Man, The Hulk (my personal favourite Marvel character), Spiderman, to name a few.

I had this book for many years, often reading it for the umpteenth time, before bed, this soothed me as my house was always hectic and noisy with 5 other siblings and my parents creating a ‘uninvited house party vibe’ that you just had to get used to.

Only now thinking back over 40 years have slipped by, i can still see in my mind’s eyes that vivid colourful front cover moving out at me like a modern day 3-day picture you get when you wear those glasses!

Thanks for the daily prompt, as it’s allowed some wonderful child like memories, that really have never gone that deep, and always bubbles to the surface, whenever my kids flick on Disney Plus and there on screen, are my child hood hero’s in action!

Daily writing prompt

Describe an item you were incredibly attached to as a youth. What became of it?

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