Jan 16, 2017 our latest edition of nontoy ad tuesday features a selection of 1970s and 80s north american ads for converse footwear, bubble yum, oreos, super friends school supplies, iron on transfers, junior sales club of america, and crosman air guns. The heyday of comic book mail order ads lasted from the 1950s to the 1980s. 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. Dangerous new character debuting in spawn from artist philip tan. With the headline instant live sea animals i initially assumed it was some generic knockoff of seamonkeys but then i noticed that it actually used the term seamonkeys in the description. These ads offered kids the opportunity to see through everything from fingers, an eggshell, and possibly even clothing all for the cost of a dollar. Comic book ads from the1950s and 1960s i do miss old comics. The strange world of comic book ads say no to crack. As a comics anthology it serialises stories in each issue known as progs and was first published by ipc magazines in 1977, the first issue dated 26 february. My enthusiasm for imitating peter parker always ended in disaster and bruised limbs. With that caveat stated, without further ado, here is a list of 50 important comics from the 1970s. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app.
And when i thought about it further it seemed a rather silly career optionthere was no pay, no pension. Plus, we also hold a large and growing selection of comic strips and pulp fiction. Comic book ads from hostess, super cobra video game by konami, kenner mask toys, nbc saturday morning. As these advertisements were directed at young people, many made sensational claims, and sold the products for a few dollars to be sent to a post office box. Lot of four vintage combatwar comic books from 1967, 1972, 1973 and 1974. No boy wanted sand kicked in his face that grew up in the thank god for charles atlas. From many of the comic book lists on this site you can tell is big supporter of comic books. Buy, sell, and trade comics and related collectibles. Theres 1 the comic, 2 the controls, and 3 the crapcrap being logos, chatter, ads, useless branding, etc. Diamond comics is the exclusive shipping and distribution source for all weekly comic books.
If they dont, its a shame, because a lot of the enjoyment came from these strange little adverts directed at kids. In the lavish mailorder mysteries, demarais supplies a chronicle of the more popular and infamous products. These discounts do not apply to auctions, consignment items, or new releases from the past two months. The ad that stoked every young comic book readers imagination was the one for xray specs. Famous 98 pound weakling charles atlas ad from 1972 flickr. You may not solicit cpg classifieds users to post ads on other classifieds sites. How a feral squirrelmonkey attacked its new owner, why a submarine disintegrated on the front lawn, how xray specs caused nothing but confusion and other crazy comic book advertising stories. These types of ads ran in every dc comic throughout the 1990s. Follow us on facebook to locate the most recent sale codeword. How many of us who grew up in the 1960s and early 70s were lured by those enticing ads promising. While most vintage comic book products didnt deliver as advertised, one actually did. We are the original and still the premier site to read and download golden and silver age comic books. Jul 14, 2011 the ads contained within these comics arent the most iconic, but they all remind me of simpler times.
Because of my job, i have spent a lot of time in williamsport, pa over the past 5 years and i took some pictures of the grit building in the downtown area to share with her. Ive also posted more lists of key comic books by year including other decades. Im a college student in the process of doing a research project about how advertising in comic books has evolved over time. If youve ever read a silver age comic book in your life, chances are youve seen the ad for world wide diamond co. There will be no new comic books in any stores until. Many times, these are even more memorable than the comic book itself. 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. I wanted to start the first installment of retro comic book ads by looking at some really old examples from the golden and silver ages.
Obviously being a superhero was not all it was crackedup to be. Grit and atlas and other comicbook ads the classic comics. 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 cartoonistfilmmaker connection comics and comic books. These comic book retailers are in a unique situation because they operate in the direct market, where each store has to decide how many issues of each comic it believes it can sell and pay upfront. Now some comics that contain first appearances from a less know characters at the time, that were not pushed had by marvel or dc, can actually get more on auction if they are in mint co. Indeed, last week, while coding ads in comic books from the. This book is about the marvel age of comics 19611977. Look at some inside pages by clicking customer images under the cover. Welcome to, where you can read comics online for free. Turner was a popular comicbook artist who came to fame in the mid1990s and was best known for creating two sexy female lead. Make offer vintage comic book variety pack many signed valuable comics.
Sep 10, 2014 its been so long since ive opened up a new comic book, i dont even know if they still run ads anymore. Im trying to where to access archives of comic series with their ads still included i started with comixology and marvel unlimited, but their issues dont include the original ads. Convention scene is the webs leading source for comic book conventions, comic book creator store signings, and much more. Products offered included novelty items, toys, and selfimprovement courses such as drawing and body building. It was a massive week for television trailers and promos, with all of the biggest assembled right here. Being born and raised in scotland meant an intermittent supply of such comic books capers. Why the 90s was the most volatile decade in comic book. With ebay, you dont have to choose sides, because we have plenty of any option. Jul 07, 2015 i myself never did any of these things, but my wife did sell grit when she was just a wee lass. This entry was posted in comic book ads, comic books and tagged 8th avenue new york, comic book ads, comic books, the magic center nyc, worlds largest magic store, zombie mask on april 27, 2015 by keithroysdon. The 288page hardcover, the latest in the american comic book chronicles series, looks at all of the major news of the 1990s as well as some of the smaller stories that help elucidate things.
Curl up in your chair, grab your hot cocoa, and take a stroll down memory lane with your favorite dc comic book ads no, not those ones for the little cheap, paperthin soldiers or the cardboard submarine starring our favorite action figure, gi joe. While most people saw these items as ripoffs, gimmicks and junk, others now look back fondly on them. Comic book advertisements are a common feature in american comic books mainly from the 1940s onwards. 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.
Young boys reading superhero comics saw a lot of body building ads and ads to get taller, thinner, and richer. Comic book ads from the1950s and 1960s barrys pearls of. After an attack on selunes smile by a pack of wererats, conner decides to warn vajra and her friends that there maybe more to their latest adventure then they at first thought. This week, our artists paired sonic the hedgehog and sonicrelated characters with other comic book characters. Portraying a giant grape shock tart as some kind of exploding moon is unquestionably appealing. This ad actually turned out to be more educational for me than i was expecting. We have the largest collect of comics online to choose from. This is the exact type of ad that makes old comic books such a thrill for me. Raygun bird pea shooter, etc i wanted to order every single thing on this page when i was a kid. Welcome to comic book plus, the site where every day is party day. Read over 75,000 comics and over 700 free comics available from publishers such as marvel, dc, image, boom, idw, top shelf, and oni press on your iphone, ipad. I also started scanning some of the advertisements found within the comic books. Legendary comics creator nicola cuti, creator of eman and moonchild the starbabe, has passed away at the age of 75. I loved these heroes world comic book ads from the 1970s.
Cheesy ads promoting all sorts of questionable items have appeared throughout the history of comic books. But there is a darker story behind the creator of sea monkeys and xray spex and hes not the only odd figure who advertised in comic books. You must enter the current sale codeword to activate these discounts. With that caveat stated, without further ado, here is a list of 50 important comics from the 1990s. The first time i ever saw comics for sale was in 1979, when the place we called the icee shop got a comic rack. Sure, they were almost certainly ripoffs, but who cares. How many of us who grew up in the 1960s and early 70s were. Michael turner, comic book creator, is dead at 37 the new york. A number of cartoonists have moved from the production of comic books to the. Old comic book ads that were total scams kryptonite rocks guff. Nov 05, 2009 so i thought, hey, there are really only three types of pixels youre going to be looking at if you sit down to read a comic book or graphic novel on the screen. The strange history of comic book advertisements syfy wire.
The movie 2 guns, adapted from the comic books from boom studios. List of important comics from the 1970s rare comics. While i never read a single issue of xmen 2099, i was a fringe fan of the 2099 concept from marvel comics. Specialty stores became places where comic book fans could meet and convene and the stores themselves werent bogged down by the comics code. Original comic book artwork for sale in uk view 65 ads. The epitome of 1990s comic book ads the comics multiverse.
You may not offer for sale or sell an item or service to any buyer in a jurisdiction where the item, service, or terms of the sale violate applicable laws or regulations. This is i saw it advertised one day, a feature where i take a look at old comic book advertisements that interested me for whatever reason today, were going to take a look at about as complete of a collection of 1980s saturday morning cartoons comic book ads as we can do note that by the late 1980s, the networks mostly stopped doing comic book ads for their cartoons. Complete 1980s collection of saturday morning comic book ads. List of important comics from the 1990s rare comics. Ipc then shifted the title to its fleetway comics subsidiary, which was sold to robert maxwell in 1987 and then to. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle device required. Image comics announces adventureman from matt fraction, terry and rachel dodson. The audiences for print and digital overlap some, but not a lot, he told cnbc. It was rare continue reading comic book adverts of the 1960s70s. These ads made heroes out of trivial things, and when i put it that way, i guess they had a bigger impact on me than i ever gave them credit for. Comic books buck trend as print and digital sales flourish cnbc. 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. Jun 05, 2016 john jackson miller, a writer who tracks comic book sales on the comics chronicles, has another theory. I was in the first grade, and i decided to spend my candy money on a micronauts comic book instead.
Remember those little ads in the pages of comic books that offered mailorders of cheap toys, novelties, and gags. Kirk demarais collects that stuff so you dont have to. In addition to the direct market allowing comic book fans to find each other, this particular branch of sales didnt have to return what they didnt sell like a newsstand would. Warhammer 40k original comic book cover artwork, u. Jul, 2014 old comic book ads xray specs sea monkeys kit charles atlas workout duration. I was never really a fan of the stories except superman and richie rich, but for some reason i loved the advertisements. This ad is for the most frustratingly hard tmnt game ever made. It showed a cute little squirrel monkey sitting in the palm of someones hand. 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. Its been so long since ive opened up a new comic book, i dont even know if they still run ads anymore. Well start off with the only ad that i scanned from the tmnt comic.
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. Joe, and now i cant get my scanner to work, so were stuck with 60s and 70s for the time being. Not even batmans knightfall saga was as popular or as memorable as the superman dramas of. The only other ads in this comic were for double dragon iii and a bunch of arcie comics stuff. There is a lot to be said about archives and masterworks, they are a relatively inexpensive way of getting old stories.
Many of the toy and video game ads are awesome, but you also see many other ads that showed up for decades within many different comics. 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. Comic book plus free and legal public domain books. Reminiscing with old comic book ads jasonvorheess blog. Comics in the 1990s may get a bit of a bad rap sometimes, but we have ten great moments from that comic book era. Home about this is the sister site of cover browser.
Famous 98 pound weakling charles atlas ad from 1972. Find great deals on ebay for adult comic books and adult comic books lot. Mar 22, 2018 this is i saw it advertised one day, a feature where i take a look at old comic book advertisements that interested me for whatever reason today, were going to take a look at about as complete of a collection of 1980s saturday morning cartoons comic book ads as we can do note that by the late 1980s, the networks mostly stopped doing comic book ads for their cartoons. Subscribe to marvel unlimited to access thousands of digital comics for one low price. George has the story of one fan who bought one, which resulted in an er visit and 28 stitches. Mailorder mysteries and hey skinny are both instant nostalgia. Alternatively, does anyone know of an archive of comic book ads that includes information on the series and issue the ads originated from. Sharing the wealth as a comic book goes to hollywood the new. One of the staples of mainstream western world comics has been the sometimes funny, sometimes strange, almost never genuinely useful ads.
How to support local shops while comic book shipments are. He had the idea for 2 guns in the mid1990s but could find no takers. Every single story, every single comic is covered here. But wtf is it with trying to get the hulk to wear a utility belt. Vintage comic book ads that were too good to be true. These classic ads in the back of comic books tricked kids from the 50s through the 80s. Most comic book lovers pledge allegiance to either dc comics featuring that famous alien from krypton and aquaman, among many othersor marvel comics, which gave us the webslinging spiderman, the new mutants and patriotic captain america. Oh well, that was the charge, and thats what we had to pay. Also, your name was added to a watch list of potential superman enemies. Comic book ads from hostess, super cobra video game by konami, kenner mask toys, nbc saturday morning cartoons and mpc star wars model kits. When i was a kid, my brother collected comic books. Fantastic ads like these ruled the back of my beloved comic books with every issue. Despite their incredibly short lifespan, sea monkeys remain one of the most infamous comic book pop culture references.