Compare these two pages. On the left, a paper toy from Playboy, january 1998 (kindly provided by Mike Rhode) and on the right a similar do-it-yourself toy from DC’s new get-them-while-they’re-young title Super Friends. Ah, nothing new under the sun…
I love these vintage Fleer advertisments. If only they made them like this these days…
From Big Town, issues 3, 18 and 21 respectively, published by DC comics, early 1950’s)
Al Capp’s Fearless Fosdick gets the traditional DC don’t-say-your-name-backwards in this 1955 ad for Wildroot hair products.
In 1980, DC wanted to make some fuzz about the extra content pages they were adding to their books. The back-up stories were supposed to feature a whole stable of regular also-rans (if you don’t count Batman and Robin), and for some reason, it seemed like a good idea to sell all this as a stamp collection. You’ll want to own all backup stories, just like you want to have your collection complete, get it ?
I don’t know whether the inspiration for this were the Marvel Value Stamps of a few years earlier, but in any case, it was only an ad campaign. With cheesy copy to boot.
(via Mike Sterling’s Progressive Ruin)
From Batman #1.
(Thanks, Dave)
DC boasting again. An award for “Constructive advancement in comic books”, imagine that. From Big Town, issue 36 (1955).
Part two of our Gang Busters extravaganza. Enjoy (and thanks to all the scanners) !
Listen to the Teen Titans, and get your books back in time ! This postcard was issued by the ALA as part of their communication programme which also features bookmarks with the Titans, Batman, and others (as blogged before).
From The One That Is Not Mentioned…
This map was published in the official DC Role Playing Game in 1990, and locates all East Coast cities that feature in DC Comics, including Gotham City and Metropolis. No sign of Blüdhaven, though, which miraculously sprouted from the ground in the early 2000’s.
I guess, with the DC titles glut of recent years, a map like this now would have to be some kind of 3D affair, with all earths on different planes.
Just thinking about this gives me a headache. More here.
(Thanks, Tom)
