Perhaps the pictures above will bring you back in time. Cheesy ads promoting all sorts of questionable items have appeared throughout the history of comic books. The stories were written by gilbert lawford dalton and drawn by jack glass. There is a lot to be said about archives and masterworks, they are a relatively inexpensive way of getting old stories.
Shockingly, there was a series of ads in the late 60s that offered children the opportunity to win an actual live monkey. Vintage comic book ads that were too good to be true. I had to pester him for weeks with my dream of owning these 100 soldiers in their footlocker. In the lavish mailorder mysteries, demarais supplies a chronicle of the more popular and infamous products. Because, once upon a time, it was all over the freaking place.
We are the original and still the premier site to read and download golden and silver age comic books. Vintage sportsmans collectibles public group facebook. In case these new comics are too good to include cheesy toy ads anymore, heres a handful of vintage advertisements to fill the void. You can also take the printed copy of our want list with you to comic stores or conventions in your area. Far more than just a mere listing, each item includes the original ad, a picture of the actual item, and exploratory text broken into three or four parts. New listing primitive vintage cabin 33 winchester hunting bullet gun. It was a massive week for television trailers and promos, with all of the biggest assembled right here. The ad did not let you know they were flat, 2dimensional figurines. 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 comic book ads published between the 1950s and late 80s. 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. My enthusiasm for imitating peter parker always ended in disaster and bruised limbs.
Vintage hunting big shot shells 12 ga advertising man cave wall clock sign. If you were a regular reader of comic books in the 60s and 70s, you probably couldnt help but notice the recurring ad that offered you your very own kidsized polaris nuclear submarine all for the low price of about seven bucks. The stories ran until 1984 in various british magazines. I got a set after making my father send away to purchase it from the cutout in the back of my comic book. A record revealing the criminal deeds of the counterrevolutionary revisionist and counterrevolutionary zhang wenhai 1966.
I collected comic books from about fourth grade through high school. The charles atlas ads that began appearing in comics of the late 30s all the way up unto the 80s, long after his death, began a huge trend in bodybuilding, heightenhancing, weightlosing, and weightgaining ads in comics. Fury and his howling commandos xmen leave a comment posted on. Obviously being a superhero was not all it was crackedup to be.
It was advertised in many comic books back in the 1960s. Virginia vintage comics and collectibles show home. Every gallerys images are by their original company or artist. If you can help by sending images or info about any comic books with toy soldier mailorder ads from pre1950 golden age of comics, please get in touch. As a kid, i first discovered comic books in 1965 when i saw the tag at the end of the superman tv show that was then in reruns. In todays comic books you dont see the advertisements you used to no ads with outrageous promises to be taller or more muscular. Top 10 outrageous comic book advertisements youtube. And we get them on good paper and we are not quite as scared that we will harm the pages and lose value. Legendary comics creator nicola cuti, creator of eman and moonchild the starbabe, has passed away at the age of 75. George has the story of one fan who bought one, which resulted in an er visit and 28 stitches. Those little soldiers from the backs of comic books many kids who grew up in the 1960 s and 1970s saw ads like this on the backs of comic books. At least, thats what vintage comic book ads would have you believe.
The sportsmaster will be played by neil hopkins in the television series stargirl for dc universe. It stated that superman was a character that appeared in action comics and superman magazines, so i. The number of times you find a good spank in a comic book is something approaching infinity. And when i thought about it further it seemed a rather silly career optionthere was no pay, no pension. Top 10 outrageous comic book advertisements from many of the comic book lists on this site you can tell is big supporter of comic books. The sportsmaster lawrence crusher crock is a fictional supervillain appearing in american comic books published by dc comics. Old comic book ads that were total scams kryptonite rocks guff. Lists generated by this page are for your convenience. There are whole blogs, forums and pages completely devoted to the comic spank. From many of the comic book lists on this site you can tell is big supporter of comic books. Typically, the atlas format would be to show a young man with a girl. If you dont fit into one of those categories, buy one anyway and maybe someday you yourself will become a teenager or even one of those illustrious shutins we always see on tv and in the movies. So ive got a pretty big collection of comics in my garage right now.
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. Welcome to comic book plus, the site where every day is party day. Its absolutely vital for every driver, housewife, shutin, teenager, sportsman and law enforcement agency. Comic book plus free and legal public domain books. Oct 30, 2019 explore pyrotechnists board comic book ads. Old comic book ads that were total scams kryptonite. These classic ads in the back of comic books tricked kids from the 50s through the 80s. The sportsmen quartet joined the show in 1943 and backed judy on most of her. Awesome comic book ads of the past informations about retrospace. These 19 images are but a small sampling of the comic treasure to be found in the someday funnies.
Those little soldiers from the backs of comic books blogger. You are just about to tune into the swellest station on the comic book airwaves. Mans account of ordering a live monkey from comic book ad. Comic book ads from the1950s and 1960s barrys pearls of. If they dont, its a shame, because a lot of the enjoyment came from these strange little adverts directed at kids. How many of us who grew up in the 1960s and early 70s were lured by those enticing ads promising everything from xray vision to frolicking. Mailorder mysteries and hey skinny are both instant nostalgia. Great comic books of the sixties by billy ingram 1995 article. But if you look in older comic books youll see a treasure trove of sneaky ads. Dedicated to vintage comics golden age, silver age and bronze age.
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. The strange history of comic book advertisements syfy wire. Look at some inside pages by clicking customer images under the cover. Plus, we also hold a large and growing selection of comic strips and pulp fiction.
When i was kid growing up in the bronx i used to get a magazine called boys life the official publication of the boy scouts of america. A lot of us just looked at them and wished we had the scratch to get them. We dont want to rely on ads to bring you the best of. The brand advertised heavily in comic books and on tv and led many unsuspecting unathletic kids to believe that all they needed to not be chosen. When youre ready to sell your comics to us, you should use our online buying system. It showed a cute little squirrel monkey sitting in the palm of someones hand. While most vintage comic book products didnt deliver as advertised, one actually did. A lot of ads in old comic books just wanted your money. Toys 1960s, 1960s toys, vintage games, retro toys, vintage comics, retro advertising. Comic book ads from the 60s vintage comic books, book.
No advertisements to own a nuclear sub or army tank can be found nowadays. Back in those days there used to be an advertisement in the back. Vintage sportsman s collectibles has 11,472 members. He is usually depicted as a criminal who uses sportsthemed weapons and gadgets to commit crimes. Ps we are currently seeking any evidence that such toy soldier ads appeared in vintage comic books earlier than 1950s perhaps as early as 1940s but we have not found any examples yet. The ads that told a generation, if you get bullied, you should focus intensely on revenge for. Comic book resources has a fantastic firsthand account of ordering a live miniature monkey from a comic book advertisment. Comic book value packs comic book value packs are a great way to pick up a lot of comics cheaply. Vintage 100piece toy soldier set with footlocker storage. Wilson the wonder athlete was a british comic strip, first published in 1943 in the british illustrated story paper the wizard published by d. I had dipped into the collection the last few months to look for any comics having to do with werewolves as that will be this years. Vintage comic book ads that were total scams 20 photos the funny pictures for those of us who grew up in the and we know that toys back then were simple, yet lots of fun. This week, our artists paired sonic the hedgehog and sonicrelated characters with other comic book characters. Women being spanked in vintage comic books flashbak.
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