A legion of monsters in your house! Can anything stop Dr. Deadly?
I’ve periodically looked at the model kits of the 1960s as part of my Silver Age reread. We have the classic horror models — —the superheroes — — and the …
Category: advertising and commercials
Far out, man!
Flipping through one of my comics from 1971 for my Silver Age Reread, I came upon this ad. Posters, the environment, peace symbols, Easy Rider …
Would you buy a diamond ring from this comic book?
I’ve blogged before about some of the implausible stuff advertised in comics, like classes to become a dental assistant. This might be the weirdest yet. Even given comic-book readers skewed …
Holy crap! Reading comics can make me a tall, guitar-playing karate master with a he-man voice who works as a game warden!
I was going through Avengers #83 for my Silver Age reread — it’s one of those where I have the original issue — but once I got past the John …
I am old enough to remember when this was cool …
While reading some late 1970s comics for my Silver Age reread, I came across this ad. Man, did it take me back. I wouldn’t have paid much attention to this …
A couple of quick images from the comics of 1970
First, this Neal Adams shot [edited to get name right] from Thor #179. It’s not a great story: Loki swaps minds with Thor and Odin can’t help because he’s sealed …
Advertising in comics from the end of ’69.
Do they still sell song books? Back in that era lots of us practiced plucking guitar to popular tunes — though not me, I was musically useless. I’ve never heard …