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Category Archives: What I Miss About Comics
What I Miss About Comics: Three Days That Won’t Go Away
Three days of peace, love and music. An eternity of crap celebrating it.
Posted in Blast from the Past, What I Miss About Comics
Tagged 1971, ad, Batann, comic, hippies, music, rock, Sgt Fury and His Howling Commandos, smell, vintage, Warner Bros, Woodstock
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What I Miss About Comics – Harry Says
I couldn’t find a more pleasant way of earning money. -HARRY KEVORKIAN, Mich.
Posted in What I Miss About Comics
Tagged ad, comics, easy money, humor, nerd, vintage
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What I Miss About Comics – Long Distance Calls from Castle Grayskull
Yeah, I know that this was well before Masters of the Universe, but it was too good of a joke to pass up.
Posted in Curious Clutter, What I Miss About Comics
Tagged 1971, ad, comic, He-man, Masters of the Universe, vintage, voice
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What I Miss About Comics – Hippie Posters
Button, button, who’s got the button? This was the last thing Alice saw.
Posted in Curious Clutter, What I Miss About Comics
Tagged 1970s, 1971, 1973, ad, Captain Kirk, comic, comicbook, dope fiend, drugs, freak out, Go Ask Alice, hippies, humor, made-for-television, movie, op-art, paperback, Star Trek
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What I Miss About Comics…Celebrity Endorsements
Before anybody knew who they were. Do you know this couple?
Posted in Curious Clutter, What I Miss About Comics
Tagged 1971, ad, Arnold Schwarzenegger, babe, bikini, body builder, broad, comic, Marvel, muscle, Nick Fury, SGT. Fury
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What I Miss About Comics…What’s a Demographic?
I’m not sure why this ad was in an issue of All New Fightin’ Marines, but it was. My guess is that the Charlton boys had advertising space to fill and they filled it!
Posted in Blast from the Past, Curious Clutter, What I Miss About Comics
Tagged before and after, comic ad, finger nails, vintage
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What I Miss About Comics – Credit Where Credit is Due
Happy Memorial Day!
Posted in Blast from the Past, Curious Clutter, What I Miss About Comics
Tagged ad, comic, diamonds, engagement, jewelry, lady, Memorial Day, military, vintage
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What I Miss About Comics – Untold Riches!
Jiminy Cricket on a CRUTCH!!! Would you just look at that fat wad of cash that chubby kid is flashing! Cripes, I’m going to give up my meth lab and get me a paper route!
Posted in Blast from the Past, Curious Clutter, Stuff Joe Likes, What I Miss About Comics
Tagged 1973, CO2 Comics
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What I Miss About Comics…The 98lb Weakling Epidemic
I don’t think First Lady Pat Nixon fretted about this particular plague at the time. This is also from Charlton’s All New Fightin’ Marines No. 116 which has been a positive treasure trove for these terrific ads!
Posted in Blast from the Past, Curious Clutter, What I Miss About Comics
Tagged ad, bodybuilder, Charlton, comic, Connecticut, Derby, gain, muscles, weight
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