I even subscribed to DC's Tarzan and Kamandi titles to ensure I didnt miss an issue.
Started buying fanzines, undergrounds and difficult to find items from Bud Plant.
Discovered RBCC ( Rockets Blast Comic Collector) where Don #Rosa offered encyclopedic knowledge about most geeky subjects, especially comics, TV & Film.
That's before he established his reputation as THE duck artist successor to the one and only Carl #Barks in his wonderful homages of the Pertwillaby Papers
https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Don_Rosa_Don_Rosa_Classics_The_Complete_Pertwillab?id=25DSR9pnVUAC
I preferred to spend my time reading rather than working extra to buy music and treats.
When i entered #HS one of the first semester classes was reading where they finally tested my reading skills as being at 11th grade level.
Not much social life outside of HS classmate and BF that took adv math and Chem w/ me.
Remaining neighborhood girls were at least 1 year older or 2 year younger
Most of my free time was spent reading or watching one of the 6 OTA #Chicago channels being broadcast