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This looks like a really terrific book. I didn't get these models when I was a kid, but I sure remember the ads which were quite evocativ...
One of my favorite television series as a tiny child was THE MANY LOVES OF DOBIE GILLIS. I re-discovered it in reruns in the early 1980's an...
Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! 35 years ago this month, DC tried one of it's boldest experiments ever, reformatting their entire line of com...
I was never going to be Spider-Man—no matter how I tried to swing from washing lines or scale neighborhood walls or tumble out of trees. My enthusiasm for imitating Peter Parker always ended in disaster and bruised limbs. Obviously being a superhero was not all it was cracked-up to be. And when I thought about it further it seemed a rather silly career option—there was no pay, no pension plan, and the insurance premiums, well, they had to massive. Before hitting double-figures in years I’d given up on joining the the Avengers or the Justice League...
Here is one recent reprint volume from Mighty Marvel which caught my attention. There are a ton of classic Marvel debuts included here and t...
Source: All-American Men of War #92, July-August 1962
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Advertisements from the eighties comic-books.
A trip to the past, at least for me. “I am the Ghost of Christmas Past.” “Long Past?” inquired Scrooge. “No. Your past.” This Ho...
After picking up so many cheap books from that comic show, I’m now flush with vintage print ads. That’s all I’m really after when I buy comics, anyway. Don’t care what Thor is up to. Just want to see hero shots of SweeTarts. Below are five of the coolest ads I’ve found so far, covering everythingRead More
Check out ten awesome comic book ads from the '80s and '90s! Nintendo, Kool-Aid, Gobots, Quik, Brach's Rocks and more advertisements from yesteryear!
If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. These classic ads in the back of comic books tricked kids from the '50s through the '80s.
