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Tag Archives: 1970s
F.O.O.M. Friends Of Old Marvel
When Doc Banner gets that funny look in his eye, RUN!
Posted in What I Miss About Comics
Tagged 1970s, comics, fan club, FOOM, Gene Colan, Hulk, John Severin, mail, Marvel
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38 Days ‘Til Christmas
Get crackin’!
Posted in Crafts, Mrs. Crankipants
Tagged 1970s, American Thread, crochet, humor, knit, Mrs. Crankipants
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Vampire Blood!
This was sort of a forbidden fruit for kids growing up in the early 1970s.
Posted in What I Miss About Comics
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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What I Miss About Comics Martial Arts Lessons on 12″ Long Playing Records
Learning the martial arts and becoming a Master of Men was within your grasp thanks to a correspondence course and a long playing 12″ 33 1/3 RPM instructional record which could be had for unbelievable price of 16¢ a lesson! … Continue reading
From the Disco to the Outer Limits of Space!
It’s an ad from an old Creepy magazine which was a Warren publication. Warren also published Famous Monsters and Eerie which, like spinning racks of comic books in drug stores, are in the dustbin of history.
Posted in Blast from the Past, Curious Clutter
Tagged 1970s, ad, Battlestar Galactica, Creepy, disco, geek cred, jacket, street cred, Warren
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Dawn of the Home Video Revolution…Kingdom of the Spiders
This one is for frequent visitor and commenter JT who mentioned this cinematic marvel in the comments section of my last Dawn of the Home Video Revolution post. As luck would have it, Kingdom of the Spiders is one of … Continue reading
Dawn of the Home Video Revolution or Ernest Borgnine Made Me Do It!
The great Ernest Borgnine as the devil in The Devil’s Rain from 1975. This was one of those typical 70’s films that featured stalwart veterans like Mr Borgnine and Keenan Wynn, up-and-comers like John Travolta and down-and-outers like Ida Lupino … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, Curious Clutter, Stuff Joe Likes
Tagged 1970s, Ernest Borgnine, horror, Piper Laurie, Ruby, schlock horror movies, The Devil's Rain, Tower of Evil, VCR, VHS, William Shatner
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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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