Tag Archives: Marvel

A James Bond Bait and Switch

Posted on September 27, 2023 by Joe

I remember seeing this issue of The Deadly Hands of Kung Fu back in 1975 sitting on a shelf among lurid detective magazines and other black and white comics like Creepy and Eerie at Davis Drug in Westville, NJ. I … Continue reading →

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Chasing the Cool Kids

Posted on May 17, 2023 by Joe

Back in the 1970s Marvel Comics was trying to chase an audience beyond the typical comic reader which was comprised chiefly of seven to twelve year old boys. Somebody thought a rock album based on their most popular character would … Continue reading →

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Social Isolation for 88¢!

Posted on February 8, 2023 by Joe

This ad is a clearing house of school house contraband that would inevitably be confiscated by the teacher. I always wanted to order at least a couple of these items, but I was always talked out of it by a … Continue reading →

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Marvel Treasury Editions

Posted on July 6, 2022 by Joe

80 glorious over-sized pages of Hulk stories by some of the greatest members of Marvel Comics’ legendary bullpen of writers and illustrators. The treasury editions were printed on newsprint like the regular comic books, and they were usually sold at … Continue reading →

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What I Miss About Comics – Perfectly Legitimate Ads

Posted on June 22, 2022 by Joe

This along with a number of other classified style advertisements for perfectly legitimate products and services appeared in Marvel Spotlight No. 25 published by Marvel Comics in 1975. It was a comic adaptation of Ray Harryhausen’s 1958 fantasy epic The … Continue reading →

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Confronting Destiny

Posted on March 3, 2022 by Joe

It’s not necessarily a ringing endorsement of the product that Chipper is selling, but it seems he has come to a greater understanding of human nature and of himself. I wonder what else he tried to peddle.

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Getting Out of Dodge for a Day

Posted on February 13, 2022 by Joe

My son and I wanted to take in the latest Spider-Man movie, but we decided a change in venue was in order. We decided to take a short commuter train trip to the township of Narberth in Montgomery County to … Continue reading →

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