Grit comic book ads from the 70's

Almost every comic book in the 1970s had ads recruiting boys to sell grit newspapers in their hometowns to earn a little money. Vintage comic book ads that were too good to be true. Because mokf was a damn fine comic book, and really a perfect illustration of why the 70s attitude of real artistic freedom was so important. Being born and raised in scotland meant an intermittent supply of such comic books capers. After it was dissolved, i retained the name and operated it as an adjunct of the original supersnipe. Many of the toy and video game ads are awesome, but you also see many other ads that showed up for decades within many different comics.

Also, your name was added to a watch list of potential superman enemies. Sep 20, 2011 mailorder mysteries presents original comic book ads alongside photos of what actually arrived in the mail, accompanied by some clever descriptions of what the purchaser imagined and what the manufacturers sent. Comic book adverts of the 1960s 70s its been so long since ive opened up a new comic book, i dont even know if they still run ads anymore. In the early 1930s, it targeted small town and rural families with 14 pages plus a fiction supplement. Old comic book ads that were total scams kryptonite rocks guff. I challenge you though to pick up virtually any mainstream comic book from the late 70 s mid 80 s that didnt include an ad for one. May 15, 2008 well, my first time posting on the history forum, but since i did not grow up in the us, i cant contribute much to the presidents thread. How many of us who grew up in the 1960s and early 70s were. Jul 08, 2010 comic book advertisment t shirt designs from the 60s and 70s i have added more comic ad designs from our favorite comic books ads during the 60s and 70s. Underground comic book artists from the late 60s early 70s.

Grit and atlas and other comicbook ads the classic. Its well known, and there is a whole industry that thrives on it. Oct 02, 2019 that, in itself, could be something to celebrate. See more ideas about classic cartoons, childhood memories and saturday morning cartoons.

Everythings going good for them until they meet amy, also a comic book artist. It carried the subtitle americas greatest family newspaper. Todays is from the 60s, then weve got this one from the 70s and this one from the 80s wow, just look at how happy that kid is with his sack full of cash. It was rare continue reading comic book adverts of the 1960s70s. If todays generation y and zers accuse us baby boomers of being cynical and distrustful, well, i for one blame it all on comic books.

This premium ballast would later be sold in the likes of a wee crammed kiosk near queen street station. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. By 1932, it had a circulation of 425,000 in 48 states, and 83 % of its circulation was in towns of fewer than 10,000 inhabitants. Continue reading the 6 greatest magazines for 1970s. Comic book lotearly 80s late 70smarvel and dc aug 26. Bernie wrightson and len wein have made the original swamp thing famous for the great stories and art. Old comic book ads xray specs sea monkeys kit charles atlas workout duration. Approximately 30,000 children collected dimes from more than 700,000 american small town homes during the 1950s when the publication still carried the subtitle. Richie rich characters sell grit newspapers, and you can. Holden falls for her, but his hopes are crushed when he finds out shes a lesbian. On the day that i bought this comic, my mom, my brother pat, and myself all went over to stay overnight at merle s house, my mother s best friend. Aug 15, 2017 richie rich characters sell grit newspapers, and you can too, kids.

From the 40s to the 70s, ads for grit would appear regularly in comics, not necessarily offering subscriptions but recruiting newsboys to sell. Bucky ohare and the toad wars started life as a comic book about the aforementioned individual and his crew who fought toads in an intergalactic space war. This series, along with the comic that comes next in this list, represent good arguments for the timehonored truism of never judging a book by its cover. Its a classic ad that also got a sequel where a new weakling, jack, is bullied at a school dance instead of a beach. Delightful treasures from vintage comic book ads by kirk. If they dont, its a shame, because a lot of the enjoyment came from these strange little adverts directed at kids. Overstreet has been running its publication for over 35 years and is regarding by many as one of the leading sources for backissue comic book pricing. Most of these magazines way back then were brought over to glasgow as ballast on cargo ships delivering goods and produce from america and beyond. Decades before the internet, kids of the 1970s soaked up their pop culture entertainment from magazines. Many times, these are even more memorable than the comic book itself. Formerly known by names including atlas and timely, marvel entertainment is the publisher of comic books featuring iconic characters and teams such as the fantastic four, spiderman, the. Mailorder mysteries and hey skinny are both instant nostalgia. Jun 21, 2011 there was another popular comic book scheme of the dayamerican seeds.

The best of the 80 s thread was so much fun, i thought id start a best of the 70 s thread, ill start with swamp thing. How many of us who grew up in the 1960s and early 70s were lured by those enticing ads promising. Fantastic ads like these ruled the back of my beloved comic books with every issue. The ad was completely drawn in the style of regular richie rich comics, so it s understandable if kids of that time were confused and mistook it for a normal comics page. The book comic book fever by george khoury purports to capture not just the broad spectrum of the comics of the time, but the ephemera which was buzzing in the imaginations of readers couched in the other pages of a typical comic, the ads from entities like heroes world and others. Buddhist legends via old comics, vintage comics, vintage posters, 1970s. See more ideas about vintage advertisements, vintage ads and ads. The subtitle of the supersnipe comic book euphorium, which was totally owned by me, not in partnership with george, was the store with the most comic books in america. Comic book ads 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 next. We now have examples of grit ads from three different decades. A lot of ads in old comic books just wanted your money. Grit is a magazine, formerly a weekly newspaper, popular in the rural u.

Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Danger isnt a quality often found in the sanitized corporatemade movies of today, least of all in the safe, fanfriendly world of comicbook. The grit being published now has almost no resemblance to the grit that was hawked in comic book ads. The strange history of comic book advertisements syfy wire.

Im rereading the original swamp thing issues and im really impressed. These ads were in almost every comic book i remember. I actually sold christmas cards throughout the 70s and 80s, as a kid, answered the ads out of comic books to get my start. Shop by department, purchase cars, fashion apparel, collectibles, sporting goods, cameras, baby items, and everything else on ebay, the world s online marketplace. This is why as kids, every so often wed come across an ad in a. Holden falls for her, but his hopes are crushed when he finds out she s a lesbian. Charles atlas one of the most famous comic book ads in existence.

A comical ad in richie rich comic books aimed to recruit more young salesmen, suggesting that richies. Grit called itself americas greatest family newspaper. I also started scanning some of the advertisements found within the comic books. Every gallerys images are by their original company or artist. Comic books from the 70s, 80s and 90s do you remember. What stands out to you about old comic book advertisements. Christian montone has uploaded 35872 photos to flickr.

Jul, 2014 old comic book ads xray specs sea monkeys kit charles atlas workout duration. Sure, they were almost certainly ripoffs, but who cares. Back then, there were a handful of mags which hit a sweet spot for elementary and middle school kids combining humor, monsters, tv personalities, cartoons, and popular movies into a heavenly hash no 810 year old could deny. I was their top seller in the state of maine for years.

Great advertisements from the golden age of comic books, a large size paperback that reprints in colour comic book ads from the forties and fifties. Sep 10, 2014 its been so long since ive opened up a new comic book, i dont even know if they still run ads anymore. Comic book advertisements the classic comics forum. A comprehensive volume collects some of the man of steels most memoriable appearances from his first forty years. Count dante the deadliest man alive, tank trap war game toy soldier set, polaris toy sub and sea monkeys. These classic ads in the back of comic books tricked kids from the 50s through the 80s. Official overstreet comic book price guide is a yearly publications which details the changes in the resale value of a comic over the last year. There was a time not so long ago when some of those ads were as memorable as the stories themselves, and only partially because they seemed to run every month for years at a time. Superman from the 30s to the 70s hc 1971 bonanzacrown. Travel back to the 70s and 80s with marvel comics wired. They advertised in pretty much every comic book and would send a kid the seed packets on the honor system. Anybody remember that newspaper that used to advertise in comic books in the 60s and 70s, trying to get kids to be paperboys for them. Everything s going good for them until they meet amy, also a comic book artist.

During the first threequarters of the 20th century, grit was sold across the country by children and teenagers, many recruited by ads in comic books from the 1940s to the 1970s. Look at some inside pages by clicking customer images under the cover. This ad introduced the 98 pound weakling, named mac, who birthed the cliche of having sand kicked into his face by a bully. Oh well, that was the charge, and that s what we had to pay. In 1989 it became a tv show and in 1991 hasbro released a. Yet, the feelings from the memories that this book brings back are strong enough to warrant several clips from the original 1964 spread.