Joe, and now i cant get my scanner to work, so were stuck with 60s. This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. Jackie estradas comic book people 2 provides unique peek at the comics indusry in the 1990s. Famous 98 pound weakling charles atlas ad from 1972. It was the first issue of his first miniseries, and i imagine this miniseries was created to capitalize on the characters popularity from the spiderman and his amazing friends cartoon. Posted in comics tagged 1970s, 1970s comic book ads, monster fan club 70s, moon monster, retro, vintage horror leave a reply nontoy ad tuesday. In his previous posting, michael cherkas showed you one of those. Its a classic ad that also got a sequel where a new weakling, jack, is bullied at a school dance instead of a beach. And when i thought about it further it seemed a rather silly career optionthere was no pay, no pension. Comic book martial arts ads the below images are ads for martial arts courses that appeared in comic books and other magazines of the late 50s through the early 80s. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. In case these new comics are too good to include cheesy toy ads anymore, heres a handful of vintage advertisements to fill the void. If they dont, its a shame, because a lot of the enjoyment came from these strange little adverts directed at kids.
Western comic books 1950 1975 on ebay comics market. With bill bixby, lou ferrigno, jack colvin, charles napier. Im trying to catalog every 616universe canon marvel comic since the silver age, up to the end of the 20th century. See more ideas about old comic books, old comics and comic books. I was never going to be spidermanno matter how i tried to swing from washing lines or scale neighborhood walls or tumble out of trees. The ebay item number can be found in the middle of the listing page. Charles atlas one of the most famous comic book ads in existence. After 2000, the internet started being a thing and theres endless sources of comic book information about internetage comics. My enthusiasm for imitating peter parker always ended in disaster and bruised limbs. Thank you to this weeks patrons timothy, henry flit, ronaldo. Obviously being a superhero was not all it was crackedup to be.
And have you actually purchased anything from a comic book ad before. Fantastic ads like these ruled the back of my beloved comic books with every issue. Photographs from the 1970s and 1980s, longtime comics industry insider jackie estrada ran a successful kickstarter campaign to fund comic book people 2. May 15, 2020 explore scottdoss77s board comic book ads, followed by 658 people on. For example, during the heyday of the late 1970s, a bestseller from dc or marvel comics, two of the biggest publishers, could expect to sell 300,000 copies. Oh well, that was the charge, and thats what we had to pay. The thing andthor vintage 1970s bronze age comic book. A comic book or comicbook, also called comic magazine or simply comic, is a publication that. Vintage comic book ads that were too good to be true. George has the story of one fan who bought one, which resulted in an er visit and 28 stitches. Whereas comic books had generally been regarded as a medium for children, marvel and, later.
See more ideas about vintage advertisements, comic books and ads. Mans account of ordering a live monkey from comic book ad. The first issue of the british football comics magazine scorcher is published. Us comic book adverts 1970s and 1980s posted on january 16, 2017 by the vintage toy advertiser. Old comic book ads that were total scams kryptonite. I dont usually sell comic books on ebay but i did recently buy 849 western comic books from about 1950 to the mid 1970s. Michel choquette, the books editor, describes it as a time capsule.
Photographs from the 1990s, now available in fine comics shops and bookstores, as well. But if you look in older comic books youll see a treasure trove of sneaky ads. Comic book ads from the1950s and 1960s barrys pearls of. Cool comic book toy ads from the 70s plaid stallions. Great advertisements from the golden age of comic books, a large size paperback that reprints in colour comic book ads from the forties and fifties. Grit called itself americas greatest family newspaper. Todays versions of toys in old comic book ads remember those ads you used to find in the pages of comic books gadgets and toys which were useless, dangerous, fake or just plain surreal onion. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Famous 98 pound weakling charles atlas ad from 1972 flickr. Turns out russ created the two most famous comic book toy soldier ads and they are probably among the most widely remembered and most reprinted ads ever seen in comic books of the era. Ok, i know that i should have an ad from the 80s this week, but i just finished the ads id been posting from g. In its first issue fred baker and john gillatts comic strip billys boots makes its debut january 18.
I really dug the way they used the cover art as the background, placing the logo to the side with those handdrawn pages fanning out from the comic book. Hunters teaser trailer 1970s nazihunter series, pacino. The ad said it was over seven feet long, could seat two kids, it fired rockets and torpedos and had a real periscope. View market values for books, store your collection, and meet fellow comic fans. How many of us who grew up in the 1960s and early 70s were. For some reason those ads really, really grabbed me. Vintage comic books, vintage comics, vintage toys, vintage posters, vintage photos, vintage paper, funny vintage ads, vintage humor, retro humor. When the phrase comic book ads are brought up, be it in a search bar seriously you will not find a single. Fury and his howling commandos, back before nick fury was director of s. Back when kids could actually afford to buy a comic a week, they were an amazing marketing tool for toy companies to reach their target audience, especially if you had toys that revolved around heroes. May 17, 2020 back of the the book advertisment in old comic books and magazines. Comic book ads saturday morning, superhero comics and super ads. Almost every comic book in the 1970 s had ads recruiting boys to sell grit newspapers in their hometowns to earn a little money.
Im also not including alternate universes, like the ultimates. Comic book adverts of the 1960s70s its been so long since ive opened up a new comic book, i dont even know if they still run ads anymore. And here is the full page ad to promote the first issue. Young boys reading superhero comics saw a lot of body building ads and ads to get taller, thinner, and richer.
If todays generation y and zers accuse us baby boomers of being cynical and distrustful, well, i for one blame it all on comic books. See more ideas about comic books, vintage advertisements and classic comics. Look at some inside pages by clicking customer images under the cover. I think that ads from comic books are uniquely fun pieces of history, and my goal is to share them with others who appreciate them like i do. By the start of the 1970s, dc comics was beginning to do the same and to take this revolution even further through works such as denny oneil and neal adamss collaboration on green lantern green arrow, which dealt with social and political issues. We spoke to russ directly on 1804 to talk about his classic comic book ads. Back to menu comic book mail order ads offered toy selections for all ages. In todays comic books you dont see the advertisements you used to no ads with outrageous promises to be taller or more muscular. It was not until the 1970s that comic books could be published without passing through the inspection of the cmaa. Comic book resources has a fantastic firsthand account of ordering a live miniature monkey from a comic book advertisment. Lots of dell painted and photo covers and also comics from charlton and marvel. How jokers bold vision could change comic book movies. Old comic book ads that were total scams kryptonite rocks guff.
I dont think turning nazi hunting into a pulpy comic book show works but maybe it wouldnt feel so gross if the show was tonally consistent. As a followup to 2014s wellreceived comic book people. Tagged 1970s, 1970s novelty comic book adverts, comic book ads, joke shop novelties, nostalgia, retro, vintage adverts 3 replies. With louis jourdan, adrienne barbeau, ray wise, david hess. Mailorder mysteries and hey skinny are both instant nostalgia. The ads were usually over the top in their promises to teach you how to smash bricks with your head, turn invisible, fight 12 attackers at one time, and kill a man with your pinky. Jim lawrence and jorge longarons friday foster makes its debut and will run until 1974. These ads were most often found in the back of the comics and even managed to find themselves still used well into the 70s and 80s. No advertisements to own a nuclear sub or army tank can be found nowadays.
At least, thats what vintage comicbook ads would have you believe. Posted on april 14, 2018 by the vintage toy advertiser. After years as nostalgic punchlines, former 1970s cartoon sidekicks zan and jayna are back in a big way, with dc this week launching a new wonder twins comic book series as part of the high. When the silent invasion was first released in 1986 by renegade press, we promoted its release with a few teaser ads in various publications that comic readers regularly purchased. From many of the comic book lists on this site you can tell is big supporter of comic books. At a time when comicbook movies have come to be a key economic pillar of the studio system, precisiontooled for global domination, warner bros. Remember those little teaser ads marvel occasionally ran at the bottom of their letters pages back in the earlytomid 70s. Todays versions of toys in old comic book ads wired. This ad introduced the 98 pound weakling, named mac, who birthed the cliche of having sand kicked into his face by a bully. These classic ads in the back of comic books tricked kids from the 50s through the 80s. This has been a year full of fury, so why not end it with fury. Six years ago, artist and historian kirk demarais, who runs the brilliant gen x nostalgia site, secret fun spot, became determined to uncover the truth behind these comicbook ads published between the 1950s and late 80s. Hunters teaser trailer 1970s nazihunter series, pacino starring, peele producing, prime 2020. A fugitive scientist has the curse of becoming a powerful green monster under extreme emotional stress.