Favorite comic book ads

[bigbud]

I got suckerd in with the ad on back of alot of comics that got you about 100 toy soldiers and vehicles for $1. When I got them they were hard, extremely flat and thin plastic things that hit the trash pronto!  Buddy

[Hepcat]

I think those sets were called penny flats. This was my favourite ad:



I didn't know it at the time but the artwork was by the incomparable Russ Heath!

[Hepcat]

These two ads were powerful contributing factors in the warping of my impressionable young mind:

[Wicked Lester]

Great stuff Hep.
This has to be one of my fave ads from that era. I remember having the Woods Edge set and being pretty disappointed when it showed up over a month after sending away for it.

[Gillfan]

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[FACTO2]

Always wanted these except I wanted a version that actually worked...

[Gillfan]

[Gillfan]

If only x-ray specs worked, our airport security woes would be over.

[Gillfan]

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[Monster Bob]

[monsterphile]

I think I tried to talk my parents into letting me send away for this:



Apparently this is what looked like in person (made of cardboard) and apparently it does NOT use Nuclear power.  lol



Similar items that probably didn't live up to the hype:




...or this contest...



Yeah, a baby raccoon is bound to head into a disaster just klike the monkey. 

Rob

[Mike Scott]

Apparently this is what looked like in person (made of cardboard) and apparently it does NOT use Nuclear power.

That's not the Polaris Sub. It's some kind of jet, but they were both made of printed cardboard.

I wish somebody would turn up a news story on the winner of the Gemini craft!

[Hepcat]

I sent away for the Jiu-Jitsu booklet on this page because I too wanted to be tough.



It didn't work, primarily I imagine because the buggers didn't send it. That's what comes of stuffing Canadian money into an envelope addressed to a dodgy U.S. company.