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Category Archives: What I Miss About Comics
Whatever Happened to that Guy?
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Posted in What I Miss About Comics
Tagged 1976, ad, Black Widow, Champions, comic book, comics, Crimson Dynamo, football, Hercules, murder, OJ Simpson, shoes, Titanium Man, vintage
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Buried in a Piano Case
For kids who grew up in a certain era, this photo is probably more familiar than anything Diane Arbus or Ansel Adams may have shot.
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Tagged 1973, Bill Everett, Boris Vallejo, horror, John Buscema, Marvel, Stan Lee, Voodoo, World Records, zombie
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Comics Will Rot Your Brain!
Despite my love of comic books, there used to be a breed of comic magazines with lurid covers that Dr. Frederic Wertham was probably right about. They probably would rot your brain.
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Posted in What I Miss About Comics
Tagged Bill Cucinotta, black and white, blood, bottom feeder, Eerie Publication, horror, Monsters, reform school, switch blade, trash, Witches' Tales
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Attaining the Unattainable
Did you know you could sleep with Raquel Welch for $1.98?
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Posted in What I Miss About Comics
Tagged 1972, ad, Carcharodon carcharias, comic book, fantasy, Jaws, Joe Kubert, pillow, Raquel Welch, sex, shark, submarine, The Losers, vintage, What I Miss About Comics, World War II
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I Was a $1.98 Werewolf
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Posted in Halloween, What I Miss About Comics
Tagged 1972, ad, comic, monster, rubber mask, vintage, werewolf
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Vampire Blood!
This was sort of a forbidden fruit for kids growing up in the early 1970s.
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Tagged 1970s, 1972, ad, bat, Charlton, comic, comics, Dr. Shock, gag, Halloween, horror, humor, monster, Philadelphia, prank, Steve Ditko, The Many Ghosts of Doctor Graves, Vampire Blood, vintage, WPHL
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Wear the Dirt of Dracula!
Not just any dirt! No! This tiny coffin shaped charm contains one gram of actual earth from the grounds of Castle Dracula in Transylvania. It comes with a Certificate of Authenticity GUARANTEEING you that the dirt is real and it’s … Continue reading
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Scary, Life Size MONSTER GHOST
If it’s a ghost, shouldn’t that be Death Size?
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Tagged 1960, 1971, ad, beach, ghost, Jack Kirby, kite, Marie Severin, Marvel, monster, New Jersey, Paul Reinman, shore, Stan Lee, Steve Ditko, tacky, vintage, Where Monsters Dwell
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Fissionable Material Not Included
I know that all the kids out there who came across this ad lusted after the idea of becoming the envy of the neighborhood with this baby. I think I begged my parents for this more than once, but their … Continue reading
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Posted in What I Miss About Comics
Tagged 1971, ad, comic book, nuclear, Polaris, SGT. Fury, submarine, torpedo, vintage
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