Back to menu comic book mail order ads offered toy selections for all ages. Look at some inside pages by clicking customer images under the cover. Mans account of ordering a live monkey from comic book ad. Adventures in horror magazine 1970 stanley publications. Your source for new and back issue comic books and collectibles. Young boys reading superhero comics saw a lot of body building ads and ads to get taller, thinner, and richer. Vintage comic book ads of the 1970s page 3 comic book ads of the 1970s. One recurring and ubiquitous ad was for the magazine grit. Grit is a newspapermagazine with roots as far back as the 1880s, and. How many of us who grew up in the 1960s and early 70s were. In todays comic books you dont see the advertisements you used to no ads with outrageous promises to be taller or more muscular. Joe, and now i cant get my scanner to work, so were stuck with 60s. One of my favorite ads thats on the back of at least 75% of my comic book collection. Grit and atlas and other comicbook ads the classic.
Every gallerys images are by their original company or artist. Being born and raised in scotland meant an intermittent supply of such comic books capers. 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. Approximately 30,000 children collected dimes from more than 700,000 american small town. A all supervillains really wanted was a cold schlitz.
Most of these magazines way back then were brought over to. The ads also included recruitment of youngsters to act as salespeople for products such as greeting cards and the national newspaper grit. List of comics magazines published by magazine management in. The strange history of comic book advertisements syfy wire. Comic book ads from the1950s and 1960s barrys pearls of. Simulates the mass destruction of civilians and their homes. I agree about grit, though, and really think you should have included one of. Comic books published between 1970 to 1985 belong to the bronze age of comics. Top 147 books published in 1970 that people have added on goodreads. Many of these erotic comics are quite explicit, depicting sexual intercourse and intimate parts of human body. Mar 14, 2007 a 16 you know youd buy a series about their zany adventures in the big city. Top 10 super embarrassing superhero movies youtube.
But if you look in older comic books youll see a treasure trove of sneaky ads. Continue reading the 6 greatest magazines for 1970s. Thanks, wikipedia, who goes on to say regarding their ads in comic books. I saw those ads alot and even met kids that sold it. From the 40s to the 70s, ads for grit would appear regularly in comics, not necessarily offering. Wonder woman comic book lots 1970s, 1980s comics market. 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. The first time i ever saw comics for sale was in 1979, when the. Nov 03, 2008 comic book resources has a fantastic firsthand account of ordering a live miniature monkey from a comic book advertisment. Thats why we want you to save money and trees by subscribing to grit through our automatic renewal savings plan. The first time i ever saw comics for sale was in 1979, when the place we called the icee shop got a comic rack.
This was a 32 part series which occupied the back page of an otherwise pretty dull finding out magazine in the mid 60s between issues from volumes 15 through to18. Grit newspaper hey lady, hey mister, wanna buy a grit. Mar 29, 2017 the sexiest erotic novels of all time. Weve been selling comics since 1961 our first sale. His first comic book though actually was a propaganda piece, releasing right in the thick of 1941, where the captain spends 45 pages beating up nazis.
Mile high comics your new and collectible comic book store. Some of the most beautiful pieces of vintage erotica can be found in adult comics. Jason sacks and keith dallas coordinate this volume on the 1970s, covering all the pivotal moments and behindthescenes details of the emerging bronze age of comics. Decades before the internet, kids of the 1970s soaked up their pop culture entertainment from magazines. Charles atlas one of the most famous comic book ads in existence. Comic book value guide how to value your comics in 3 easy steps. Products offered included novelty items, toys, and selfimprovement courses such as drawing and body building. Zers accuse us baby boomers of being cynical and distrustful, well, i for one blame it all on comic books. Grit is a magazine, formerly a weekly newspaper, popular in the rural u. The ad was completely drawn in the style of regular richie rich comics, so its understandable if kids of that time were confused and mistook it for a normal comics page. Sep 20, 2011 mailorder mysteries presents original comic book ads alongside photos of what actually arrived in the mail, accompanied by some clever descriptions of what the purchaser imagined and what the manufacturers sent. This is why as kids, every so often wed come across an ad in a.
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. Its been so long since ive opened up a new comic book, i dont even know if they still run ads anymore. Vintage comic book ads that were total scams 20 photos the funny pictures for those of us who grew up in the and we know that toys back then were simple, yet lots of fun. In case these new comics are too good to include cheesy toy ads anymore, heres a handful of vintage advertisements to fill the void. The period was marked with complex stories that had more realistic character conflicts, as well as some moral ambiguity. These comic book mailin toys were a remarkable mix of toy army, navy, and air force figurines. See more ideas about vintage advertisements, vintage ads and ads. Comic book advertisements are a common feature in american comic books mainly from the. If you want to sell comic books for cash, then we can help you to get the most money for your rare comics. This ones from the august 1961 issue of amazing adventures. Live the good life with grit at grit, we have a tradition of respecting the land that sustains rural america.
Comic book ads have taken a dramatic shift over the past several years. Its always fun to find a reallife connection to something that seems so abstract and distant like an ad in a 1956 comic book. It was rare continue reading comic book adverts of the 1960s70s. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Adult comics are comic books, comic magazines, comic strips or graphic novels that contain content that appeals to adult readers. Generations of comic book readers remember the tantalizing promises of vintage novelty advertisements that offered authentic lasergun plans, xray specs, and. Almost every comic book in the 1970s had ads recruiting boys to sell grit newspapers in their hometowns to earn a little money. New listing pre code horror 1951 this magazine is haunted issue 1 fawcett comic book 10 cent. Comic book resources has a fantastic firsthand account of ordering a live miniature monkey from a comic book advertisment.
Multiplatform usb flash drive contains more than 19,000 articles and web posts, published from 1970 to 2016, in an all new format that can be viewed on your pc, mac, ipad, smartphone, kindle and more. Mile high comics provides new, used, and collectible comic books, trade paperbacks, hardcovers, and statues for comic book collectors seeking new and back issues. The comics come out of her first series from the 1970s and 1980s eras. Richie rich characters sell grit newspapers, and you can. The street style, high fashion, and legendary music of the 1970s tannenbaum, allan, harry, debbie, occhiogrosso, peter on. In the early 1930s, it targeted small town and rural families with 14 pages plus a fiction supplement. Jul 24, 2014 a lot of ads in old comic books just wanted your money. 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.
The company was eventually renamed archie comics to reflect archies importance, and still operates under that name today. That s why we want you to save money and trees by subscribing to grit through our automatic renewal savings plan. If they dont, its a shame, because a lot of the enjoyment came from these strange little adverts directed at kids. A comical ad in richie rich comic books aimed to recruit more young salesmen, suggesting that richies. Mlj magazines, founded in 1939, was the publisher of pep comics. Barcalounger must soon discover the rough reality of forty grit lovemaking. No advertisements to own a nuclear sub or army tank can be found nowadays. At grit and mother earth news, we have been educating folks about the benefits of selfreliance for 50 years. After it became apparent that archie was going to be the companys biggest moneymaking character, he was given his own title in 1942.
I was in the first grade, and i decided to spend my candy money on a micronauts comic book instead. 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. 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. The american comic book chronicles continues its ambitious series of fullcolor hardcovers, where twomorrows top authors document every decade of comic book history from the 1940s to today. Other genres like horror became widespread during this period, beginning the transition to the current tone and trends in comic. Back then, there were a handful of mags which hit a sweet spot for elementary and middle school kids combining humor, monsters, tv personalities, cartoons, and popular movies into a heavenly hash no 810 year old could deny.
Gallery of mechanix illustrated magazine 1950s at joes. A lot of ads in old comic books just wanted your money. These classic ads in the back of comic books tricked kids from the 50s through the 80s. Anybody remember that newspaper that used to advertise in comic books in the 60s and 70s, trying to get kids to be paperboys for them. Michel choquette, the book s editor, describes it as a time capsule, and its hard to decide what. Comic book advertisements are a common feature in american comic books mainly from the 1940s onwards. Mad began as a comic book published by ec, debuting in august 1952 cover date octobernovember. George has the story of one fan who bought one, which resulted in an er visit and 28 stitches. The archive content is now available on usb flash drives.
Oct 28, 2011 robbins was active in the early underground comics movement, creating the first allwomen comic book, it aint me, babe, and has written several books on the history of comics, including. Gone are the days of ads for tv star posters, bubble gum and various and sundry gimmick products. The street style, high fashion, and legendary music of the 1970s. Joe, and now i cant get my scanner to work, so were stuck with 60s and 70s for the time being. These ads were in almost every comic book i remember. Many times, these are even more memorable than the comic book itself. Vintage comic book ads that were too good to be true. A smithsonian book of comic book comics hc 1982 abrams books. Wonder woman book and record set 1978 dcpeter and pan. Magazine management, the magazine and comic book publishing parent of marvel comics at the time, released a number of magazine format comics in the 1970s, primarily from 1973 to 1977, in the market dominated by warren publishing.
The mad office was initially located in lower manhattan at 225 lafayette street, while in the early 1960s it moved to 485 madison avenue, the location listed in the magazine as 485 madison avenue. Clicking on the thumbnail picture of any item gives you a larger picture of that item. 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. Mark cohens photographs of people in his native wilkesbarre and other workingclass pennsylvania locations were taken fast and surreptitiously he held the flash light in one hand and the camera away from his face. A comical ad in richie rich comic books aimed to recruit more young salesmen. Wtf maybe this should have come with a free tube of cube lube. Sure, they were almost certainly ripoffs, but who cares. Did you ever sell grit or order 200 plastic army men. 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. 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. Probably because its drawn by mad magazine superstar jack davis.
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. 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. But still, wed put money in an envelope and four to. Comic books from the 70s, 80s and 90s do you remember. Over 19,000 boys are now making money and winning prizes. See full local business information including address and phone. Boys sell grit earn cash, also a watch, rifle, glove, wagon, knife, scooter and many more free prizes. From many of the comic book lists on this site you can tell is big supporter of comic books. It carried the subtitle america s greatest family newspaper. Vintage 100piece toy soldier set with footlocker storage. That includes researching and sourcing the best books and products to help individuals master the skills they need in times like these and beyond. This one is actually pretty stripped down compared to the others, without very much text at all, and this is the first ad of theirs ive seen where theyve used a cartoony character rather than a photo or realistic drawing. Grit called itself americas greatest family newspaper.
After seventeen issues of steadily declining quality and basically the same story over and over, this series was limping to an end by 1970. 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. That is about 5,000 comics including the reprint comics and black and white magazines. Mailorder mysteries and hey skinny are both instant nostalgia. Weve arranged the rare comic books by series or main character. Simply click any of the links below to see more details of the rarest comics featuring that character, and the minimum they. Spalding street ball ad originating in the 70s, this ad could be found in comics all the way into the mid 80s. 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. Mego action figures the world s greatest superheroes helped make mego a memorable company in the 1970 s. 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. Sold in a comic book presumably to kids because i dont know that many men read comic books in 1970. Fellows, you can have a paying business of your own by selling grit on saturdays. I also started scanning some of the advertisements found within the comic books. To order an item from joe s paper shack, just click on the add to cart button.
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