Archive for Comics
Automotive Toys as Advertised on the Backs of Comics
The Imposters from Aurora. Like Transformers only cool. I think they all ran those zoomy pipes. Zingers! Man I loved Zingers from MPC. I never had enough of them. The oversized monster engines just like a Big Daddy Ed Roth picture. Then some Monogram Snap Tite snap-together models of construction equipment that’s been all hot rodded.
Ghosts – True Tales of the Weird and Supernatural
If you don’t believe in Ghosts, we challenge you to read True Tales of the Weird and Supernatural! DC Comics, From the lineup of DC Ghosts, or DC Super-Stars. No 29, no. 9, and 21. I never read these as a kid, I could watch the old Universal horror movies, or maybe even a Hammer horror, but reading a comic like this was out of the question. Way too freaky.
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1950s Tarzan Photograph Cover Comic from Dell
Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Tarzan, The Mysterious Valley of the Monsters! Dell, August, 10 cents. Does not have the comics code on it.
Jimmy Olsen becomes The (not so) Jolly Green Giant!
Superman’s Pal, The New Jimmy Olsen. DC Jimmy Olsen, 15 cents. March, no. 136. Jimmy Olsen the D. N. Alien! circa 1970. Looks bad for Superman. This new wimpy Superman wouldn’t stand a chance.
What Evil Lurks in the Hearts of Men?
The Shadow, DC Comics, No. 5, July, 30684 (Does anyone know what these numbers mean?), STILL ONLY 20 Cents! Cover art by Frank Robbins. The Line of DC Superstars. I can’t figure out the date here, I’m guessing 1970s. What is this with The Shadow rising out of the water? And are those supposed to be Nazi SS soldiers? And that poor lady.
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The Phantom Stranger No 20 DC Comics
The Phantom Strranger, DC Comics, No. 20, Aug. 30615. 20 cents. 1972. You probably wonder why I put the price on here, it’s because I think it gives a clue to dating the comic.
