The strange history of comic book advertisements syfy wire. Cover is fully attached, book lays flat, supple pages and cover, no brittleness. Backissue item westfield comics comic book mail order. In the lavish mailorder mysteries, demarais supplies a chronicle of the more popular and infamous products.
Probably because its drawn by mad magazine superstar jack davis. Unboxing polaris nuclear submarine houseoftheunusual youtube. Those little soldiers from the backs of comic books many kids who grew up in the 1960s and 1970s saw ads like this on the backs of comic books. General wear and bend at tip of lower right back cover which could be. Cool comic book toy ads from the 70s toys and funky. 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. If we dont, add it to your want list and well notify you when its in stock. In some ways, the entertaining comic ads brought back to life the feel of the classic advertisements featuring snake oil medicine, overthetop novelties and magic lucky bracelets. These classic ads in the back of comic books tricked kids from the 50s through the 80s. With ebay, you dont have to choose sides, because we have plenty of any option. Your premier source for new comics and related collectibles. The johnson smith company placed advertisements for gadgets and toys that appeared on the back cover of many historically significant comic books. They were sold by mail order forms and were often found in the back of popular comic books, just like mine were.
These showed humanoid animals that bear no resemblance to the crustaceans. Todays versions of toys in old comic book ads wired. In the back pages six ads are reproduced from comics, typical examples that seduced americas youth mostly boys of course and if you want to see more of these check out hey skinny 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. They sold things like candy and toys based on the superheroes that were on the front of the comic that readers were holding. From the beginning, comics ran a lot of ads for toy guns. No comic book was harmed in the making of this article. Zatanna and the house of secrets gn 2020 dc kids 11st. If youre looking for a hard to find back issue, we probably have it. 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 gum, anyone. Back in the 1950s and 1960s, comic books were the preferred form of printed communication for children. Old comic book ads xray specs sea monkeys kit charles atlas workout duration. Most comic book lovers pledge allegiance to either dc comicsfeaturing 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.
Vintage 100piece toy soldier set with footlocker storage. These toys were called comic book combat flats in the advertisements of the time. Vintage 100piece toy soldier set with footlocker storage box. America was known as the land of plenty, and going by the vast range. As with any other type of periodical, comic books were supported by an assortment of advertisers.
Initial comic book ads werent as bizarre as the ones that everyone remembers. Even as kids when this ad graced the backs of comic books. Here a few personal favorites, more to follow in the coming months. Pages in category comics based on toys the following 41 pages are in this category, out of 41 total. The comic book ads produced spectacular results and the toy sellers realized that a little packaging upgradeat least in the print adsmight bring even more orders. Thus comic books became common ground for people searching for the sensational and those wanting to sell it to them.
America was known as the land of plenty, and going by the vast range of toys and goods advertised, this seemed to be true. At least, thats what vintage comicbook ads would have you believe. Vintage toys 1960s, 1960s toys, vintage games, retro toys, vintage comics, retro advertising, vintage. Oct 30, 2019 explore pyrotechnists board comic book ads.
That was 5 candy bars, or 3 candy bars and a comic book, or a toy off the rack. Apr 9, 2020 back of the the book advertisment in old comic books and magazines. One of my favorite ads thats on the back of at least 75% of my comic book collection. Revolutionary war soldiers these would be on the back of comic books back in the day.
Junior sales club of america comic book advertisement circa 1976 you better close the deal kid. Yet, the pleasure of the actionpacked panels in every spiderman or batman, was equalled and often bettered by the thrill of the adverts for toys, goods and services posted in every issue. Being born and raised in scotland meant an intermittent supply of such comic books capers. Jul 14, 2011 this entry was posted on july 14, 2011 at 22. A lot of us just looked at them and wished we had the scratch to get them.
Unboxing polaris nuclear submarine houseoftheunusual. The product was heavily marketed in the 1960s and 70s, especially in comic books, and remains a presence in popular culture. 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. Little green army menthis ad was in the back of all comic books. Aug 31, 2016 old comic book ads xray specs sea monkeys kit charles atlas workout duration. In reality, it began much, much further back in other countries. Shop by department, purchase cars, fashion apparel, collectibles, sporting goods, cameras, baby items, and everything else on ebay, the worlds online marketplace. Anyone who spent their hard earned lawn mowing money on any of these products knows that most of the products were definitely not as advertised, but the ads were bizarre enough to make kids. 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. Marvel, dc, dark horse, image and dozens of hard to find smallpress comics. Legendary comic book heroes toys, action figures and collectibles.
May 15, 2009 those little soldiers from the backs of comic books many kids who grew up in the 1960s and 1970s saw ads like this on the backs of comic books. They are the kind of junk gadgets hawked in the back of comic books and other. Those little soldiers from the backs of comic books. George has the story of one fan who bought one, which resulted in an er visit and 28 stitches. These ads are now collectible and sell on ebay and other online sites. Reminiscing with old comic book ads jasonvorheess blog. 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. This is for the later fully round plastic figures, not the earlier flat figures. These classic ads in the back of comic books tricked kids from the 50s.
Perhaps the pictures above will bring you back in time. Whether it was a lowquality toy or a useless gadget, these advertisements. Thinking back on some of the toys that i had when i was younger and how important they were is like yet another trip down memory lane. Oct 17, 2017 every time i would open a comic book and i would see that ad, the greatest promise made by comic books. Jul 23, 2011 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. Toy soldier ad from 1979 comics vintage ad with images old. Jul 01, 2019 if you read a comic book between the 1940s and 1980s then you were inundated by cheap looking ads for everything from toy soldiers to girlenticing muscles. I dont want to burst mr barrys bubble, but there is no way that jump shot was a 30. Cheesy ads promoting all sorts of questionable items have appeared throughout the history of comic books. And have you actually purchased anything from a comic book ad. Seamonkeys are a novelty aquarium pet, a type of brine shrimp that undergoes cryptobiosis. The author, kirk demarais, in the fourth grade, displaying his toy collection.
May 12, 2015 in 1960, seamonkeys began to appear in comic book ads, although without their soontobefamous name. See more ideas about comic books, vintage advertisements and classic comics. So, what were the deterrents to buying these items. Find all the stuff from those old mailorder ads in the backs of comic books and actually post a photo and description of the real thing next to the ad.
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. Vintage comic book ads that were too good to be true. How was a guy supposed to survive something so atrocious as a bath without boats and other floatable toys. If you like looking at these old ads, check these others ive uploaded since these. We are an online store that sell comic books 1930s to the present and vintage toys 1950s to 1980s. We offer modern, bronze age, silver age, and golden age comics.