I quit reading superhero comics in the 90's when the Spider-clone stuff was going on. I drifted into the humor indie stuff of Dan Clowes and Evan Dorkin for a while, but their releases were much more sporadic and eventually drifted off comics altogether in my early 20's. I still enjoyed the DCAU stuff on TV for the time being.
I got back into comics now that I have a son who is crazy about Batman, after watching episodes of The Batman on Boomerang. My wife and I started picking up the full season DVDs I started dipping my toe back into the comic waters when I found that I could check out trades at my local library. I also have a job where I can listen to my ipod all day, but I got sick of music. I got into podcasts. It was then got into listening to World's Finest Podcast, Earth-2.net the Show, Funnybook Babylon, and IGN Comic Smash. I have taken my son to the local shop near my house a couple of times to pick up Batman: The Brave and the Bold and Uncle Scrooge for him and GL/GLC stuff for myself. He's still at the stage where I have to watch him like a hawk in the store, so I tend to stick with using the hold system on my library web page to quickly select book and pick them up.