Jan 24, 20 young boys reading superhero comics saw a lot of body building ads and ads to get taller, thinner, and richer. The american seed company, encouraged young people to sign a simple contract that read. Nov 15, 2019 posts about 1970s written by comicbookadsblog. 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. Prime auction ends monday may 4 to wednesday may 6. With that caveat stated, without further ado, here is a list of 50 important comics from the 1970s. The amazing spiderads the funniest, weirdest, and timeliest advertisements found in old spiderman and marvel comics from the 1960s to the present. Ive done a major renovation to this site, splitting the covers and ads into two seperate areas, which you can navigate to below. And when i thought about it further it seemed a rather silly career optionthere was no pay, no pension. Joe, and now i cant get my scanner to work, so were stuck with 60s and 70s for the time being. I used to ride my bicycle up the bowery and although at the time photography. In the lavish mailorder mysteries, demarais supplies a chronicle of the more popular and infamous products. Back to menu comic book mail order ads offered toy selections for all ages. Finally dc comics presents was superman hanging out with other heroes to stop crime.
Junior sales and grit, but i could never take part being non us. Nov 03, 2008 comic book resources has a fantastic firsthand account of ordering a live miniature monkey from a comic book advertisment. Superhero movies that were inspired by popular comic book characters and sometimes have other good movies about them, but unfortunately these films were just awful. In its first issue fred baker and john gillatts comic strip billys boots makes its debut january 18. 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. Thats why we want you to save money and trees by subscribing to grit through our automatic renewal savings plan. Posted on february 8, 2018 by the vintage toy advertiser. 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 70s was an decade when even the most exploitative sounding comics should end up being transcendent, when writers were free to create some of the most. See more ideas about vintage advertisements, ads and vintage ads. Jan 18, 2010 the amazing spider ads the funniest, weirdest, and timeliest advertisements found in old spiderman and marvel comics from the 1960 s to the present. After seventeen issues of steadily declining quality and basically the same story over and over, this series was limping to an end by 1970.
For me these type of ads are as much part of the charm of vintage american comics as the stories and art. 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. There was a time not so long ago when some of those ads were as memorable as the stories themselves, and only partially because they seemed to run every month for years at a time. Above is an ad for kelloggs puffa puffa rice which if memory serves me correctly was quite a sickly tasting cereal. This entry was posted in latest ads and tagged american comic book ads, american indian hand wrestling kit. But if you look in older comic books youll see a treasure trove of sneaky ads. Jan 14, 2016 in this gallery we see snapshots of new yorks otherworldly subway system, china town and the bowery before the money moved in and the cool kids started to dress like they were gritpoor. The top ten best things in comics from the 70s september 30, 2014 mark dyar. Look at some inside pages by clicking customer images under the cover.
The silver surfer was one of the best known comic book characters of the sixties and seventies despite having a comic book that only lasted 18 issues. Top 10 super embarrassing superhero movies youtube. 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. Sep 20, 2011 one of the things wrong with the modern comic book is the lack of these ads. Apr 11, 2012 if today s generation y and zers accuse us baby boomers of being cynical and distrustful, well, i for one blame it all on comic books. For a western hero of the 1970 s he has seen a lot of things and met many of todays greatest dc comics heroes like batman, ragman, wonder woman and the green lanterns. I actually sold christmas cards throughout the 70s and 80s, as a kid, answered the ads out of comic books to get my start. Approximately 30,000 children collected dimes from more than 700,000 american small town homes during the 1950s when the publication still carried the subtitle. A comical ad in richie rich comic books aimed to recruit more young salesmen, suggesting that richies. Overstreet publishes the first edition of his overstreet comic book price guide, soon to become the primary authority on the subject of american comic book grading and pricing. Live the good life with grit at grit, we have a tradition of respecting the land that sustains rural america.
Western publications issue grade price comment 46 g 11. Mailorder mysteries and hey skinny are both instant nostalgia. The strange history of comic book advertisements syfy wire. Comic book ads have taken a dramatic shift over the past several years.
Kane cocreated the modernday versions of the superheroes green lantern and the atom for dc comics, and cocreated iron fist with roy thomas for marvel comics. Mar 14, 2007 a 16 you know youd buy a series about their zany adventures in the big city. These 19 images are but a small sampling of the comic treasure to be found in the someday funnies. Sep 10, 2014 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. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. I was their top seller in the state of maine for years. This is why as kids, every so often wed come across an ad in a. Weve already seen an example from 1980, but heres one from eight years earlier in the ad from 1980, it seems like theyre begrudgingly accepting of girls i guess well let them sell papers too if we have to, but here theyre 100% clear that this is a boys club. During the mid 1970s i lived below chinatown in what used to be the fulton fish market. 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. Young boys reading superhero comics saw a lot of body building ads and ads to get taller, thinner, and richer. Gone are the days of ads for tv star posters, bubble gum and various and sundry gimmick products.
From many of the comic book lists on this site you can tell is big supporter of comic books. They had one where you could order away for lifesize dinosaurs. Mans account of ordering a live monkey from comic book ad. During the first threequarters of the 20th century, grit was sold across the country by children and teenagers, many recruited by ads in comic books from the 1940s to the 1970s. See more ideas about vintage ads, comic books, vintage advertisements. Posted on january 16, 2017 by the vintage toy advertiser. No advertisements to own a nuclear sub or army tank can be found nowadays. From the 40s to the 70s, ads for grit would appear regularly in comics, not necessarily offering subscriptions but recruiting newsboys to sell.
My enthusiasm for imitating peter parker always ended in disaster and bruised limbs. To this day, the first iteration of the marvel comics universe in my mind is its 1970s incarnation, especially from 1977 onward. Vintage comic book ads that were too good to be true. 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. Almost every comic book in the 1970s had ads recruiting boys to sell grit newspapers in their hometowns to earn a little money. The thing andthor vintage 1970s bronze age comic book. Ive also posted more lists of key comic books by year including other decades. Other entrylevel experiences for budding entrepreneurs included selling items marketed in comic book ads. Im currently putting some ads together for grit and will aim to do a post on these type of ads in the future. Overall, the 1970s were not financially prosperous for marvel. Marvel twoin one was the book featuring the thing in his various teamups. My apologies to anyone who tries to access the ads portion the first week it was up.
This is my favorite of the grit ads ive featured, since its actually in the form of a comic. Its a classic ad that also got a sequel where a new weakling, jack, is bullied at a school dance instead of a beach. China town and the bowery before the money moved in and the cool kids started to dress like they were gritpoor. How many of us who grew up in the 1960s and early 70s were. Comic book ads from the1950s and 1960s barrys pearls of. Gone are the days of ads for tv star posters, bubble gum and various and. Posted in comics tagged 1970s, 1970s comic book ads, monster fan club 70s, moon monster, retro, vintage horror leave a reply nontoy ad tuesday. Charles atlas one of the most famous comic book ads in existence. Grit is a magazine, formerly a weekly newspaper, popular in the rural u.
Please send me your big prize book and one order of 45 packs of american seeds. Grit called itself americas greatest family newspaper. This ad introduced the 98 pound weakling, named mac, who birthed the cliche of having sand kicked into his face by a bully. Okay, so another problem with the modern comic books is the lack of nine year olds. These classic ads in the back of comic books tricked kids from the 50s through the 80s. In todays comic books you dont see the advertisements you used to no ads with outrageous promises to be taller or more muscular. Jan 16, 2017 superhero movies that were inspired by popular comic book characters and sometimes have other good movies about them, but unfortunately these films were just awful. Its well known, and there is a whole industry that thrives on it.
More ads from 1970s comics as yesterdays blog was so popular heres another rummage through adverts that appeared in comics in the early 1970s. A all supervillains really wanted was a cold schlitz. Obviously being a superhero was not all it was crackedup to be. These ads were in almost every comic book i remember. As newspapers consolidated, morning papers became the sole survivors in most cities. Cheesy ads promoting all sorts of questionable items have appeared throughout the history of comic books. When i first started looking at american comic books in the late 1970s, the first books i gravitated towards were marvel had a few dcs and smaller companies in the mix, but mostly marvel. Jim lawrence and jorge longarons friday foster makes its debut and will run until 1974. 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. I fondly remember being fascinated by the ads from mailorder giants johnson smith, fun factory, etc.
Wonder woman book and record set 1978 dcpeter and pan. See more ideas about comic books, vintage advertisements and classic comics. Gil kane april 6, 1926 january 31, 2000, born eli katz, was a comic book artist whose career spanned the 1940s to the 1990s and every major comics company and character. Us comic book adverts 1970s and 1980s posted on january 16, 2017 by the vintage toy advertiser. If they dont, its a shame, because a lot of the enjoyment came from these strange little adverts directed at kids.
Did you ever sell grit or order 200 plastic army men. Mar 18, 2007 timely would eventually take its name from that comic, rebranding itself marvel comics in the early 1960s not long before the appearance of another epochal comic title, fantastic four no. List of important comics from the 1970s rare comics. Joe, and now i cant get my scanner to work, so were stuck with 60s and 70s for the time being anyway its a bird.
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