Released in 1944, shop keepers decided not to stock it, due to its offensive cover, which featured a woman about to be attacked by hooded assailants bearing swastikas. Those little soldiers from the backs of comic books. The great comicbook scare and how it changed america, were unlike. Heath was always one of the finest draftsmen in comics, and he let it all out on this book. Lots of dell painted and photo covers and also comics from charlton and marvel. List of important comics from the 1970s rare comics. Sell my comic books helps you sell comic books you have inherited, bought, or found in your home for the maximum return. When i was a kid, my brother collected comic books. Top 10 most influential comics of the 1980s culture lifestyle.
How many of us who grew up in the 1960s and early 70s were lured by those enticing ads promising. Other genres like horror became widespread during this period, beginning the transition to the current tone and trends in comic books. Mans account of ordering a live monkey from comic book ad. I was never really a fan of the stories except superman and richie rich, but for some reason i loved the advertisements. First, a brief history of comic books from their origins to the late 1940s. A lot of ads in old comic books just wanted your money.
The premier online comics price guide free comic book values. Comics and graphic novels have given us many famous and notable advertisements through the years. The largest online source for comic book pricing in the world. Comic book advertisements atop the fourth wall youtube. Furthermore, i intend to examine many other comics from that same year, each of them important and memorable, to depict the creative ferment in the comics, both mainstream and alternative, in that year, and to identify the themes and. Comicbook controversy is a cautionary tale nbc news. By 1938 mounting debts forced wheelernicholson to sell his share of detective comics, inc. While i was growing up, we had a set of world book encyclopedias i think they were from 1967 or 68, so not too far off from when this set was around.
Sea monkeys are scientifically classified artemia salina. Aaaand thats where you get into comic book quickies, but thats a story for another day. My enthusiasm for imitating peter parker always ended in disaster and bruised limbs. One of the staples of mainstream western world comics has been the sometimes funny, sometimes strange, almost never genuinely useful ads. We spoke to russ directly on 1804 to talk about his classic comic book ads. Western comic books 1950 1975 on ebay comics market. The period was marked with complex stories that had more realistic character conflicts, as well as some moral ambiguity.
A lot of us just looked at them and wished we had the scratch to get them. The below images are ads for martial arts courses that appeared in comic books and other magazines of the late 50s through the early 80s. Posted in comics tagged 1970s, 1970s comic book ads, monster fan club 70s, moon monster, retro, vintage horror leave a reply nontoy ad tuesday. Top 10 outrageous comic book advertisements from many of the comic book lists on this site you can tell is big supporter of comic books. 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. Look at some inside pages by clicking customer images under the cover.
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. Comic book resources has a fantastic firsthand account of ordering a live miniature monkey from a comic book advertisment. It is amazing they got away with half what they were doing in a 1970s era comic, but this book is really something, in large part due to the amazing art of russ heath. Top 10 outrageous comic book advertisements youtube.
Precode issues refer to comic books published prior to marchapril 1955. When it comes to rare comic books, few are as important as the origin and 1st appearance of batman. It seems as though all of the advertising, that fill up the comics ive been reading lately, are just slick ads that are made up of a single full page image with some slogans or tag lines attached to them. With ebay, you dont have to choose sides, because we have plenty of any option.
George has the story of one fan who bought one, which resulted in an er visit and 28 stitches. Old comic books vintage comic books vintage comics vintage labels vintage ads vintage newspaper old advertisements advertising ads classic comics. The grand compendium of 70s comics martial arts instruction ads. Sep 15, 2014 comic book ads from hostess, super cobra video game by konami, kenner mask toys, nbc saturday morning cartoons and mpc star wars model kits category entertainment. 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. Guns, counterfeiting machines, and cayman island accounts. The strange world of comic book ads say no to crack. In this book i intend to examine them in the context of the spectrum of american comic books in the year 1986.
Weve arranged the rare comic books by series or main character. The comics come out of her first series from the 1970s and 1980s eras. Comic collector live buy, sell, organize comic books. I picked this collection of the seventies because thats when i started reading comic books. German soldiers always came molded in a sort of bluegray color and the u. I was in the first grade, and i decided to spend my candy money on a micronauts comic book instead. And when i thought about it further it seemed a rather silly career optionthere was no pay, no pension. Here are a 10 crazy vintage comic book ads i recently stumbled across. With the headline instant live sea animals i initially assumed it was some generic knockoff of seamonkeys but then i noticed that it actually used the term seamonkeys in the description. Comic book covers presented at cover browser are republished within a fair use context. Neither of them, though, has what we now call precode issues. Many times, these are even more memorable than the comic book itself.
This ad actually turned out to be more educational for me than i was expecting. The supply of particular old comic books is important to figuring value as well. Jan 21, 20 within the comic book industry, it goes all the way back to the early 1950s. Comic book adventures of the banana splits, fleegle, bingo, drooper, and snorky, from the saturday morning show the banana splits adventure hour which aired from 1968 to 1970. The banana splits in mad mad movers, plumbers friends, to the rescue, and fun and feuds. Vintage comic book ads that were too good to be true. The ads were usually over the top in their promises to teach you how to smash bricks with your head, turn invisible, fight 12 attackers at. America was known as the land of plenty, and going by the vast range. See more ideas about comic books, vintage ads and vintage advertisements. Sea monkeys are sold in hatching kits as novelty aquarium pets.
With that caveat stated, without further ado, here is a list of 50 important. 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. 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. Vintage 100piece toy soldier set with footlocker storage. Notable comic book advertisements concept notable comic book advertisements appears in 15 issues. What was even better was the fact that the army set came with a german army set as well. You can follow any responses to this entry through the rss 2.
As we all know from reading comic books and watching movies, the 1970s were a time when lethal ninjas and clubwielding goons lurked. Librarything connects you to people who read what you do. 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. Comics price guide was the first online price guide for comic books back in 1995. Cheesy ads promoting all sorts of questionable items have appeared throughout the history of comic books. As a comics anthology it serialises stories in each issue known as progs and was first published by ipc magazines in 1977, the first issue dated 26 february. Obviously being a superhero was not all it was crackedup to be. Joe, and now i cant get my scanner to work, so were stuck with 60s. Turns out russ created the two most famous comic book toy soldier ads and they are probably among the most widely remembered and most reprinted ads ever seen in comic books of the era. If there are 15,000 copies of the comic in perfect condition, it is going to be less desirable than one with only 100 known copies in mint condition. 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. From our humble beginnings, we have grown to the largest, most complete comic book price guide with well over 1,000,000 comics in our database. Old comic books vintage comic books vintage comics comic book covers classic comics classic cartoons vintage advertisements vintage ads batman art gi joe, black perfume, old comic books, what is the secret, pin up posters, cat ring, old comics, print ads, getting old. Comicbook controversy is a cautionary tale does every generation have a form of entertainment that adults dont get.
Its in this ad for spalding basketballs that he shows his skill at sequential storytelling. These 19 images are but a small sampling of the comic treasure to be found in the someday funnies. I really loved the backs of comic books almost as much as the book itself. 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. 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. I was never going to be spidermanno matter how i tried to swing from washing lines or scale neighborhood walls or tumble out of trees. In the 1980s, with the advent of the home video game console, comic books became valuable marketing. Sure, they were almost certainly ripoffs, but who cares.
Remember those wacky ads in comic books from the 50s, 60s and 70s. Dec 01, 2017 i put up some new ebay auctions today, including two different wonder woman comic book lots, each containing 50 issues of her series. In case these new comics are too good to include cheesy toy ads anymore, heres a handful of vintage advertisements to fill the void. I felt that this collection fell short from being the vintage batman of that decade in spite of the fact that most stories were from dennis o neil, and they were entertaining. Some of the military ones, like the ad for revolutionary soldiers, were drawn by a famous comicbook artist named russ. Every inch of ad space and illustration was taken up with everything important to a kid. Michel choquette, the book s editor, describes it as a time capsule, and its hard to decide what. See more ideas about vintage comics, vintage comic books and comic books. The brand advertised heavily in comic books and on tv and led many unsuspecting unathletic kids to believe that all they needed to not be chosen last in gym class was a pair of expensive sneakers.
Jan, 2017 with that caveat stated, without further ado, here is a list of 50 important comics from the 1970s. As game advertisements in comics continue to this day, you can actually trace the history of video games through reading comics from the mid70s into the modern era. 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. Simply click any of the links below to see more details of the rarest comics featuring that character, and the minimum they. We have values for any marvel, dc, image, idw, darkhorse, or dell comic book that is in your collection. The 20 most expensive comic books in the world 2020. There were 24 issues in all and the series ran from sept. Unfollow 1950s comic books to stop getting updates on your ebay feed.
The strange history of comic book advertisements syfy wire. I also started scanning some of the advertisements found within the comic books. Perhaps the pictures above will bring you back in time. Just as supply and demand work for any retail product, the less supply of a particular comic, the greater the demand. Notable comic book advertisements concept comic vine.
Comic books published between 1970 to 1985 belong to the bronze age of comics. Posted on january 16, 2017 by the vintage toy advertiser. These classic ads in the back of comic books tricked kids from the 50s through the 80s. Jan 20, 2018 i dont usually sell comic books on ebay but i did recently buy 849 western comic books from about 1950 to the mid 1970s. Awesome comic book ads of the past informations about retrospace.
If you want to sell comic books for cash, then we can help you to get the most money for your rare comics. Ipc then shifted the title to its fleetway comics subsidiary, which was sold to robert maxwell in 1987 and then to egmont uk in 1991. With that caveat stated, without further ado, here is a list of 50 important comics from the 1970s. Weve been selling comics since 1961 our first sale. In the lavish mailorder mysteries, demarais supplies a chronicle of the more popular and infamous products. Wonder woman comic book lots 1970s, 1980s comics market. War machine judge dredd 2000 ad justice league kingdom come lassie looney tunes magazines 1895 after dark ainslees magazine american girl american heritage american magazine american motorcyclist. Batman is one of the worlds bestknown and mostloved superheroes. The debut of the new superhero the flash in 1956 is generally considered the beginning of the silver age of comic books.
The 1970s were a big decade for big introductions so many of marvels most popular characters made their first appearances during this. The first time i ever saw comics for sale was in 1979, when the place we called the icee shop got a comic rack. Mailorder mysteries and hey skinny are both instant nostalgia. Great advertisements from the golden age of comic books miles beller, jerry liebowitz on. Earths mightiest show has a quick explainer of the bossest era of marvel comics in the video above and now has the reading guide to go with it. In the eyedancers, mitchell brant is a comic book collector. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. By this point, i knew where the entity storyline was going and wanted to start laying the groundwork. If youve stumbled across a treasure trove of comics, then sell my comic books is a great place to find out what you have. The xray spex in particular were drawn by a professional daredevil named henri lamothe, who is the in the guinness book of world records for making the worlds highest shallow dive, from 28 feet into 12 inches of water. These comic book mailin toys were a remarkable mix of toy army, navy, and air force figurines. That was 5 candy bars, or 3 candy bars and a comic book, or a toy off the rack. Jack davis was a very prolific artist in the 1970s, especially in comic book advertisements.