Category Archives: What I Miss About Comics

Hypnotize!

Posted on March 8, 2022 by Joe

Posted in What I Miss About Comics | Tagged 1974, comics, hypnotism, Sinbad | 2 Comments

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.

Posted in What I Miss About Comics | Tagged 1974, comic, comic book, Marvel, Sinbad, The Golden Voyage of Sinbad | Leave a comment

Out of Context Comics

Posted on January 26, 2022 by Joe

A panel from The Phantom from March 22, 1980. I’m not sure what’s going on here. I never really got into daily newspaper comic strips preferring comic books instead. I would get a chuckle from the humor strips, but wasn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Curious Clutter, What I Miss About Comics | Tagged 1980, comic strip, March 22 1980, The Phantom | 2 Comments

A Hundred Horrific Pages for Half a Buck!

Posted on January 12, 2022 by Joe

A buddy of mine chased down a well-worn and well loved comic that he had once owned and lost to the vagaries of time and fortune. It’s DC Super Spectacular No. 4 and was published by DC Comics in 1971. … Continue reading →

Posted in What I Miss About Comics | Tagged 1971, Bernie Wrightson, comic, horror | Leave a comment

Mail Order Muscles

Posted on January 5, 2022 by Joe

Charles Atlas is the body builder that everybody knows from comic book advertisements, but if you actually bought and read comic books regularly any time between the 1950s through the 1970s, you would be just as familiar with the name … Continue reading →

Posted in What I Miss About Comics | Tagged 1973, comics, Joe Kubert, Joe Weider, muscles, Tarzan | 2 Comments

Go-Kart or Speed-Bike?

Posted on November 16, 2021 by Joe

So you scraped together the two bucks and waited patiently for the instructions to arrive in the mail while you pictured yourself buzzing the town on your boss GO-KART or sweet SPEED-BIKE! Wouldn’t it be great?! Imagine all of the … Continue reading →

Posted in What I Miss About Comics | Tagged 1973, comics, Fantastic Four, go-kart, Jack Kirby, reprint, speed-bike | 2 Comments

A Familiar Face

Posted on November 4, 2021 by Joe

As is usually the case, I was looking for something else when I came across an old stash of comics books. I immediately forgot about whatever I was originally looking for as I gleefully thumbed through my four-colored, battered beauties. … Continue reading →

Posted in What I Miss About Comics | Tagged 1971, Arnold Schwarzenegger, bracelet, comic, comic book, Conan, Conan the Barbarian, Marvel, muscles, strength | Leave a comment

Fandom Before the Internet

Posted on October 27, 2021 by Joe

This is what Red Sonja looked like back before the internet when comics were sold at newsstands and convenience stores, and the only way to see how comics were made was through obscure, mail-order magazines.

Posted in What I Miss About Comics | Tagged 1976, comics, F.O.O.M., fandom, Marshall Rogers, Red Sonja | Leave a comment

You Look Like a GANGSTER!

Posted on August 17, 2021 by Joe

Here ya go, kid! Do me a favor — run this across the street for me.

Posted in What I Miss About Comics | Tagged 1970, ad, Blair Products, Fantastic Four, Marvel | 2 Comments

A Weighty Request

Posted on August 10, 2021 by Joe

When you have about an inch of column space and are competing for eyeballs with Sea Monkeys, switchblade pocket combs and get-rich schemes, subtlety is a luxury advertisers in comic books could not afford.

Posted in Curious Clutter, What I Miss About Comics | Tagged 105, 1970, color, Fantastic Four, Fat, John Romita, Marvel Comics, newsprint, Stan Lee, weight | 2 Comments

Peace Through Superior Firepower

Posted on November 21, 2020 by Joe

So for a $1.98, am I protecting myself and my loved ones with steely fists or a board I can carry anywhere?

Posted in What I Miss About Comics | Tagged 1975, 25¢, comic, Hulk, Karate, martial arts, Marvel | 2 Comments

2 to 6 Inches Guaranteed

Posted on February 13, 2020 by Joe

I found this unlikely claim in issue #186 of The Incredible Hulk published by Marvel Comics in 1975. I’m wondering what the folks at Tall-Up provided for 35¢ and how they could possibly guarantee results. All ages? No gimmicks? Really? … Continue reading →

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BEYOND the Spinning Rack of Comics

Posted on July 9, 2019 by Joe_Williams

I guess the thing I miss most about comics is the newsstands and druggists that once carried the 4-colored treasures I eagerly plucked from spinning racks or wooden shelves. I would spend what was probably an inordinate amount of time … Continue reading →

Posted in Curious Clutter, Trash or Treasure, What I Miss About Comics | Tagged 1956, Anthony Perkins, black and white, buxom, cheap, cheesecake, detective, Diane Webber, girlie, James Dean, pasties, Psycho, scandal, sex on the campus, SHOW, strippers, tawdry, trash, vintage, vintage ads | 2 Comments

You No Canna Refuse

Posted on October 17, 2018 by Joe_Williams

Back when movies were cultural touchstones made for adults, they were not as heavily merchandised as they are today. A soundtrack album may have been released and a paperback novelization would be on a shelves in bookstores, and that was … Continue reading →

Posted in Blast from the Past, What I Miss About Comics | Tagged 1970s, Cartoon, comics, gangster, iron-on transfer, movies, Sad Sack, tee shirt, The Godfather | 2 Comments

Fat Sacks of CASH

Posted on October 11, 2018 by Joe_Williams

Apparently, some time around the middle of the twentieth century this fellow was making FAT SACKS OF CASH selling America’s Greatest Family Newspaper GRIT. At least that was the potential promise to young entrepreneurs willing to sell this weekly publication … Continue reading →