Nope, not that Thriller guy, I’m talkin’ Mark “Jacko” Jackson! Straight out of Australian rules football, and onto our television sets….screaming at us to buy Energizer batteries in the mid to late . . . → Read More: It’s Jacko!
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Probably my all-time favorite pen and ink “scratchy” . . . → Read More: Moonshadow House Ad, 1986 Can you name each character (face)? Without reading the significant trademark block on . . . → Read More: Dark Horse “Faces” House Ad, 1989 During the mid-’80s, New England Comics was my back issue mail order retailer of choice. Something about their ads and especially their catalogs (that I wish I had held on to!) that I really liked…maybe it was their monkey mascots. Sure, we’ll have a future blog about The Tick, and how that series . . . → Read More: New England Comics Back Issue Ad, 1985
First issue of DC Comics' Avatar, adapted from the TSR fantasy novels. Huh? Yep, forget the James Cameron movie for a minute, and let’s go back to the first half of 1991; when DC Comics published Avatar, adapted from the TSR fantasy novel trilogy. Well, let’s back-up even more to . . . → Read More: Avatar The pen and ink house ad for the prestige format limited series (that was in actuality, beautifully painted), from late ’88 / early ’89. Not to be confused with the Vertigo continuing series that followed it, later on! (We’ll have a future blog about the three . . . → Read More: Black Orchid House Ad, 1988 We’ll have a future blog on the six-part “Kraven’s Last Hunt,” but for now, hey, there’s the ’87 house ad for it! (It’s also one of our top Copper Age picks, in . . . → Read More: Kraven’s Last Hunt House Ad, 1987 American Comics were a back issue retailer who advertised frequently in mainstream Marvel comics during the Copper Age. Scan below is from one of their 1987 ads, followed by some blow-ups of specific title listings…
More info / resources: Well, I should make clear . . . → Read More: American Comics Back Issue Ad, 1987 |
  
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