Tag Archives: Marvel

Magical Marvel Mood Rings!

Posted on February 19, 2008 by Wim Lockefeer

From Jeff Heerman‘s collection of paper ephemera.

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Promotional Card Sheets (2)

Posted on January 5, 2008 by Wim Lockefeer

These promotional card sheets were for sets that Marvel published themselves in 1994, about the Marvel universe in general, and Spider-Man in particular. I particularly like the way the cards on the second sheet match like a jig-saw puzzle.

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Marvel Comics is coming !

Posted on November 29, 2007 by Wim Lockefeer

This ad for Marvel Mystery Comics was drawn by Carl Burgos, and ran in Marvel Stories in may 1040. (thanks, Golden Age Comic Book Stories)

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40 Part 27 – Public Domain X-Men

Posted on May 22, 2007 by Wim Lockefeer

In 1997 Marvel Comics was bankrupt, which prompted Highwater Books to release a benefit issue of their antology Goober Skeber, with alternative and small press cartoonists doing strips featuring Marvel heroes. A sort of Bizarro Comics avant la lettre. Even … Continue reading →

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Comics are just for kids — or are they ?

Posted on March 30, 2007 by Wim Lockefeer

An article from National Geographic Magazine, and an house ad from Marvel Comics, both from the sixties, but from very different worlds…

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Civil War In A Nutshell

Posted on February 24, 2007 by Wim Lockefeer

He did it before with Infinite crisis, and once again Chris’s Invincible Super-Blog saves you a wad of cash, by summing up Marvel’s Civil War “event” in 30 seconds. Neat !

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