Found on eBay: Batman Stuff!

And here we are again with another edition of "Found on eBay," the recurring feature of this blog in which I, ye humble blogger, share photos with you of items that have been offered for sale on eBay. As with all other posts in this series, I'm not promising that any of these items are still available, and if they are, I make no promises about the sellers.

Now, let's get on to some cool Batman stuff!



Check out this 1966 Batman insulated mug! Looks like Carmine Infantino artwork on the Dynamic Duo, but it appears that a Golden Age logo has been used!



That's a nice-looking Batman watch from the 1960s there... too bad the bat-emblem got covered up, though!



This Batman coin bank has a 1966 copyright date on it. There have been a fair amount of different Batman banks produced over the years!



Here's a reversal on the mug art/logo dichotomy: This card for the Batman pin uses a then-modern 1966 Batman logo, but the figure art is definitely Golden Age (with the circle added around the bat-emblem). So far as the pin goes, it bears a resemblance to the bat-logo on the doors of the 1966 Batmobile... but I can't imagine why someone would've paid the licensing fee to manufacture this when they might've gotten away with just calling it a bat pin!



This Batman figure, which looks just like Adam West playing Batman, was a foreign-produced figure, and is probably a bootleg, to boot!



Here's another of those AHI 1970s items, and I wish I had a better photo of it, too. If I recall, this Bat-Copter toy had some kind of spring-loaded system, so that you'd pull a string to uncoil the spring, and then it would wind back, spinning the propeller so the Bat-Copter could fly!



Ah, and here's an AHI Bat-Cycle that uses that same zip-cord gyro "technology" I was writing about earlier today with Kenner's SSP cars!



AHI also produced several Batmobiles, and this one was battery-powered. Note the Golden Age-styled artwork on the box.

Now, those AHI Batman items are all pretty cool, and all make sense... but check this out:



Yes, it's a Batman Lantern! Just the thing for that camping trip (although I suppose I shouldn't talk, because I just remembered that I own a 1970s DC superheroes sleeping bag, and this lantern would make a nice accessory with it).



This is another AHI Batmobile, and it also is gyro-powered! You can even see the gyro pretty well in this photo.



Yes, it's the Aurora Batcycle kit! And I don't even want to think what this closed for...



You don't see too many head-to-head Batman games (or any other superhero games, for that matter)... but here's one, the "Baterang Bagatelle" game! I guess you can probably figure out how it's played for yourself.



Hadn't had a Batboat yet in this entry of Bat-toys... so here's the Corgi one...



...and here's an inflatable one for your pool!

More Bat-toys in the next edition of... "Found on eBay"!

Jon

Comics Advertising: Charlton Oct '76, DC Jan '76

This was the only ad of interest from Charlton's October 1976 comics... and it's almost too cool to be from a Charlton comic, eh? If you ask me, those monster iron-ons are just the absolutely best thing I've ever seen advertised in a Charlton book, bar none!

Can you imagine how much a set of those would go for on eBay these days?



Now, on to a few ads from DC's January 1976 cover-dated books, like the above ad for Kenner's Six Million Dollar Man action figure! And it reminds me of two things:

1. That I really need to get to some of the Six Million Dollar Man photos in the "Found on eBay" collection...

2. This story about the Six Million Dollar Man action figure from my childhood.

My family -- especially my siblings and I -- were huge fans of the Six Million Dollar Man, and when Kenner came out with this action figure, my brother Jeff absolutely had to have one. And I'm pretty sure that he got one for his birthday that year. I don't think he even had to unwrap a package, because it was purchased at Kmart for him while we were all there!

So, we get home, and he opens up the box and pulls the thing out... looks through the "bionic eye", that's cool... but then he puts the engine block on Steve's hand and starts pressing the button on the back...

...and nothing happens. His arm doesn't move at all.

He tells our mother, and the whole thing goes back in the box, and back to Kmart for an exchange.

While they're out... I find the instruction sheet that was in the box, but fell out and onto the floor when Jeff pulled Steve out of the box. The sheet that tells you that in order to make Steve Austin lift the engine block, you have to turn Steve's head to one side.

Naturally, when Jeff and mom got back from Kmart with the replacement for the "defective" toy, I had to point that out to them. And just as naturally, when following the directions, it worked perfectly.

I don't think Jeff got any more of the Six Million Dollar Man items, though.



The second ad from the January '76 DC books is another Kenner ad, for the TTP toys that, as I recall, pretty much flopped. TTP, as you might be able to read, stands for "Turbo Tower of Power." These motorcycles kind of worked like Ideal's Evel Knievel motorcycle toy, in that you'd put the motorcycle on the tower/ramp, and then crank the thing up, and when you stopped, the motorcycle would go.

This was kind of the follow-up to Kenner's more successful SSP car line, which used a gyroscopic "motor" that you activated with a T-strip which had teeth (something that was also copied by AHI for at least one line of motorcycle toys) which engaged the gears of the single real wheel in the center of the toy.



Speaking of Evel Knievel, here's a back cover ad for that Ideal line, which is another toy line I have lots of pics to share with you guys as soon as I get to 'em!

Brother Jeff also had the Evel Knievel figure with motorcycle, but had no problem making it work right.

Jon

Give-A-Show Slides Up on eBay!

If you're looking to complete your Give-A-Show Slide collection, want to start one, or just want to see what I've got duplicates of, just go to eBay and do a search for "give-a-show" and you'll find not only my listings, but all the others, too!

Jon

Link Alert!

Plaid Stallions has posted a Remco Catalog from 1979 for your enjoyment! Many of the items there will appear in future "Found on eBay" posts!

Jon

Found on eBay! Movie Posters and Models!

As I said, I'm a huge fan of the Marx Brothers, and so there's some Marx items appearing in the "Found on eBay" posts here and there!

I think I've only seen "At the Circus" just once, and it was so long ago I barely remember more of it than Groucho singing "Lydia the Tattooed Lady." I should really rectify that one of these days!



This reminds me of one of the stories about the making of "At the Circus" that I've read. It seems that the gorilla costume that was used at the beginning of filming wasn't the same costume used at the end of filming! You see, back when At the Circus was filmed, gorilla portrayers apparently didn't own their own gorilla costumes! The studios had to hire them separately. So the actor playing the gorilla wasn't happy with the gorilla suit the studio rented for him, since that suit had no ventilation in it. After one particularly hot, sweaty day, the actor took an ice pick and made ventilation holes in the gorilla suit!

Well, when the owner of said suit found out, he hit the roof, and refused to let them use the gorilla suit again.

Rather than scrap the entire movie, the studio decided to rent an orangutang costume (apparently there were no gorilla costumes available), figuring audiences would never notice the difference!



This lobby card is from the second Superman serial starring Kirk Allyn... and one I've never seen!



When Aurora decided to reissue their 1960s comic book model kits in the 1970s, they also decided to get all-new art done by the current comic creators... hence, Herb Trimpe had the honors for the Hulk box art, as well as the comic accompanying the instruction booklet!

I used to have this version of the Hulk kit!



Here's the Captain America box art from the same series release, and I'm guessing that's John Romita, Sr. doing the art duties here!

Too bad they didn't get Kirby to do the artwork... that would've been truly awesome.



I think Jazzy Johnny did the art for the Spidey box art, too!



Jumping back in time with the Aurora kits, here's the Spindrift from Land of the Giants, my favorite Irwin Allen TV series, bar none. (If you're curious, Time Tunnel is my second favorite... and wouldn't an Aurora kit of the Time Tunnel complex have been cool as heck?)



Flying Sub above... you know, I don't know how long I convinced myself that the Spindrift and Flying Sub were the same vehicle, painted differently!



I always wondered why Aurora did a Penguin model kit... did any other Batman villains get made into model kits? I would've thought that Joker and Catwoman kits would've sold better.



I'm pretty sure that in the 1970s, most of the money I spent on model kits went into Aurora's coffers... and what they didn't get, MPC did! The Prehistoric Scenes were one of my favorite series, after the monster and superhero ones, naturally! I never had the Cave Bear one...



I had no idea that this kit had been made! The Voyager is from Fantastic Voyage. No, not the movie. The Filmation animated series!



I've got to imagine that the Wonder Woman kit was probably the poorest-selling Aurora comics-based model kit... it was never even reissued in the 70s, so far as I know!

Next up in "Found on eBay" -- more Batman collectibles!

Jon

Give-A-Show Friday: The Updated Checkist!

Here's the list I have so far:

Year - Color - Number - Character - Title
1960 - Red - 1 - Popeye - Popeye To The Rescue
1960 - Red - 2 - Three Stooges - Moon Man Moe
1960 - Red - 3 - Yogi Bear - All At Sea
1960 - Red - 4 - Woody Woodpecker - Go, Go, Goat!
1960 - Red - 5 - Huckleberry Hound - Jinks' Surprise
1960 - Red - 6 - Quick Draw McGraw - Two Heads are Better Than One
1960 - Red - 7 - Oswald - Bug Game Hunter
1960 - Red - 8 - Buffalo Bill - Sknis the Thieves
1960 - Red - 9 - Wild Bill Hickock - Deadly Ambush
1960 - Red - 10 - Kit Carson - Indian Attack
1960 - Red - 11 - Maverick - Take a Gamble
1960 - Red - 12 - Wyatt Earp - Gunman's Choice
1960 - Red - 13 - Annie Oakley - Shoot-Out
1960 - Red - 14 - Classics - Hansel & Gretel
1960 - Red - 15 - Classics - Pinocchio
1960 - Red - 16 - Classics - Cinderella
1961 - Blue - 1 - -
1961 - Blue - 2 - Popeye - A Day at the Seashore
1961 - Blue - 3 - -
1961 - Blue - 4 - -
1961 - Blue - 5 - Rocky and Bullwinkle - A Ball for Boris
1961 - Blue - 6 - Lassie - Urgent Message
1961 - Blue - 7 - Mighty Mouse - Canaveral Capers
1961 - Blue - 8 - -
1961 - Blue - 9 - Casper the Friendly Ghost - He Who Laughs Last…
1961 - Blue - 10 - Heckle and Jeckle - Rough Stuff
1961 - Blue - 11 - -
1961 - Blue - 12 - Baby Huey - Wreckless Driver
1961 - Blue - 13 - Kenner Kids - The Haunted Mine
1961 - Blue - 14 - Roy Rogers - Trigger Has a Close Call
1961 - Blue - 15 - Captain Kangaroo - Bunny's Crazy Crop
1961 - Blue - 16 - Bozo - Bozo Booms a Bum
1961 - Blue - 17 - Classics - The Wizard of Oz
1961 - Blue - 18 - -
1961 - Blue - 19 - Classics - Tom Sawyer & Huck Finn
1961 - Blue - 20 - Classics - William Tell
1961 - Blue - 21 - N/A - Stowaway in Space
1961 - Blue - 22 - Aesop's Fable - The Lion and the Mouse
1961 - Blue - 23 - N/A - Deadly Boomerang
1961 - Blue - 24 - N/A - Union Drummer Boy
1961 - Blue - 25 - -
1961 - Blue - 26 - Popeye - Big Top Bullseye
1961 - Blue - 27 - Woody Woodpecker - Whew!
1961 - Blue - 28 - Three Stooges - Where There's Smoke… There's Fire?
1961 - Blue - 30 - Rocky and Bullwinkle - Bully for Bullwinkle
1961 - Blue - 31 - Roy Rogers - Headache for the Horse Thieves
1961 - Blue - 32 - Bozo - Joy Ride for Jumbo
1961 - Green - 1 - Huckleberry Hound - Huck's Magic Show
1961 - Green - 2 - Yogi Bear - Flying High
1961 - Green - 3 - Quick Draw McGraw - The Cannoneer
1961 - Green - 4 - Pixie & Dixie - Painting the Town
1961 - Green - 5 - Ruff & Reddy - Ruff Gets Rough
1961 - Green - 6 - Snooper & Blabber - The Bear Facts
1961 - Green - 7 - Auggie Doggie - Daddy Rings the Bell
1961 - Green - 8 - Flintstones - A New Twist
1961 - Green - 9 - Snagglepuss - Soars to New Heights
1961 - Green - 10 - Flintstones - Fred Bowls a Boomerang
1961 - Green - 11 - Aggie Doggie - Daddy Builds a Beauty
1961 - Green - 12 - Huckleberry Hound - Huck Uses His Head
1961 - Green - 13 - Yogi Bear - Unfunny Honey
1961 - Green - 14 - Quick Draw McGraw - Mirror, Mirror on the Wall…
1961 - Green - 15 - Ruff & Reddy - Whale of a Time
1961 - Green - 16 - Flintstones - Double Trouble
1962 - Green - 1 - Huckleberry Hound - Huck's Magic Show
1962 - Green - 2 - Yogi Bear - Flying High
1962 - Green - 3 - Quick Draw McGraw - The Cannoneer
1962 - Green - 4 - Pixie and Dixie - Painting the Town
1962 - Green - 5 - Ruff & Reddy - Ruff Gets Rough
1962 - Green - 6 - Snooper and Blabber - The Bear Facts
1962 - Green - 7 - Auggie Doggie - Daddy Rings the Bell
1962 - Green - 8 - Flintstones - A New Twist
1962 - Green - 9 - Snagglepuss - Soars to New Heights
1962 - Green - 10 - Flintstones - Fred Bowls a Boomerang
1962 - Green - 11 - Auggie Doggie - Daddy Builds a Beauty
1962 - Green - 12 - Huckleberry Hound - Huck Uses His Head
1962 - Green - 13 - Yogi Bear - Unfunny Honey
1962 - Green - 14 - Quick Draw McGraw - Mirror, Mirror on theWall…
1962 - Green - 15 - Ruff & Reddy - Whale of a Time
1962 - Green - 16 - Flintstones - Double Trouble
1962 - Red - 1 - Popeye and Olive Oyl - Victory at Sea
1962 - Red - 2 - Three Stooges - Monster Monkey Business
1962 - Red - 3 - Kenner Kids - Dive into Danger
1962 - Red - 4 - Rocky and Bullwinkle - The Astronut
1962 - Red - 5 - Woody Woodpecker - Jetty Propulsion
1962 - Red - 6 - Roy Rogers - Mark of the Big Cat
1962 - Red - 7 - Kenner Kids - Everglades Adventure
1962 - Red - 8 - Huckleberry Hound and Yogi Bear - Poor Picnic Pickin's
1962 - Red - 9 - Mr. Magoo - Magoo Gets a Checkup
1962 - Red - 10 - Classics - Aladdin's Lamp
1962 - Red - 11 - Dick Tracy - Case of the Missing Masterpiece
1962 - Red - 12 - Mr. Ed - A Hitchin' Ed's Plans
1962 - Red - 13 - Fury - Adventure With an Outlaw Stallion
1962 - Red - 14 - Deputy Dawg - Bait From Outer Space
1962 - Red - 15 - Mighty Mouse - A Whale of a Job
1962 - Red - 16 - Classics - The Boy Who Cried Wolf
1962 - Silver - 1 - -
1962 - Silver - 2 - Rocky and Bullwinkle - Misguided Moosile
1962 - Silver - 3 - -
1962 - Silver - 4 - -
1962 - Silver - 5 - -
1962 - Silver - 6 - -
1962 - Silver - 7 - -
1962 - Silver - 8 - -
1962 - Silver - 9 - -
1962 - Silver - 10 - -
1962 - Silver - 11 - -
1962 - Silver - 12 - -
1962 - Silver - 13 - -
1962 - Silver - 14 - -
1962 - Silver - 15 - -
1962 - Silver - 16 - -
1963 - Green - 1 - The Flintstones - All'sWell That Ends Well
1963 - Green - 2 - Huckleberry Hound - Smile, You're on TV!
1963 - Green - 3 - Yogi Bear - Woodsman, Spare That Tree!
1963 - Green - 4 - Jetsons - Rosie Gets Repaired
1963 - Green - 5 - Quick Draw McGraw - Fastest Guitar in the West
1963 - Green - 6 - Hokey Wolf - An Actor's Life
1963 - Green - 7 - Touche Turtle - Blast Off For Balloon
1963 - Green - 8 - Wally Gator - Wally Saves His Skin
1963 - Green - 9 - Lippy Lion - The Dragon's Shadow
1963 - Green - 10 - Auggie Doggie - Daddy Tries His Wings
1963 - Green - 11 - Flintstones - Fred Thinks Big
1963 - Green - 12 - Huckleberry Hound - The Right Caliber
1963 - Green - 13 - Yogi Bear - His Kind of Hat
1963 - Green - 14 - Jetsons - Elroy's Secret Weapon
1963 - Green - 15 - Quick Draw McGraw - Gold Fever
1963 - Green - 16 - The Flintstones - A Record Catch
1964 - Red - 1 - Popeye - Popeye Booms Back
1964 - Red - 2 - Dick Tracy - A Real Pepper-Upper
1964 - Red - 3 - Mr. Magoo - Out of Step
1964 - Red - 4 - Alvin and the Chipmunks - Fractured Football
1964 - Red - 5 - -
1964 - Red - 6 - -
1964 - Red - 7 - -
1964 - Red - 8 - -
1964 - Red - 9 - Fury - Firey Rescue
1964 - Red - 10 - -
1964 - Red - 11 - -
1964 - Red - 12 - -
1964 - Red - 13 - -
1964 - Red - 14 - -
1964 - Red - 15 - -
1964 - Red - 16 - -
1965 - Red - 1 - Flintstones - A Sneeze to Please
1965 - Red - 2 - Yogi Bear - Rocket Riding Ranger
1965 - Red - 3 - Huckleberry Hound - Barrel Peril
1965 - Red - 4 - Magilla Gorilla - Hare Raising Robber
1965 - Red - 5 - Peter Potamus - Brainless Buccaneer
1965 - Red - 6 - Jetsons - Supersonic Sissy
1965 - Red - 7 - Jonny Quest - Warehouse Rescue
1965 - Red - 8 - Quick Draw McGraw - Clobbers a Robber
1965 - Red - 9 - Yogi Bear - A Punch for a Lunch
1965 - Red - 10 - Huckleberry Hound - BarnStorming
1965 - Red - 11 - Flintstones and Hoppy - Mammoth Dilemma
1965 - Red - 12 - Quick Draw McGraw - Out of the Frying Pan
1965 - Red - 13 - Magilla Gorilla - Sled Snack
1965 - Red - 14 - Peter Potamus - Watta Melon
1965 - Red - 15 - Flintstones and Hoppy - Kitchen Concert
1965 - Red - 16 - Yogi Bear - Yogi's Buzz Bomb
1966 - Blue - 1 - Superman - Race Against Danger
1966 - Blue - 2 - Three Stooges - Aqua-Nuts
1966 - Blue - 3 - Popeye - One Track Mind
1966 - Blue - 4 - Mighty Mouse - Good Noose
1966 - Blue - 5 - Lassie - Lassie the Game Warden
1966 - Blue - 6 - Secret Squirrel - Shrink in the Drink
1966 - Blue - 7 - Mr. Magoo - Abused Car Lot
1966 - Blue - 8 - Fury - Fireman Fury
1966 - Blue - 9 - Alvin and the Chipmunks - Moon Munks
1966 - Blue - 10 - Captain Kangaroo - Acrobunny
1966 - Blue - 11 - Roy Rogers - Nellybelle to the Rescue
1966 - Blue - 12 - Rocky and Bullwinkle - Alley Antics
1966 - Blue - 13 - Bozo - Shoe In
1966 - Blue - 14 - Casper the Friendly Ghost - A Frosty Friend
1966 - Blue - 15 - Heckle and Jeckle - Double Play
1966 - Blue - 16 - Stingray - Stingray's Secret Weapon
1967 - Blue - 1 - Frankenstein Jr - Frankie, Jr Saves a Satellite
1967 - Blue - 2 - Yogi Bear - Crunches a Lunch
1967 - Blue - 3 - Huckleberry Hound - Hot Puck Huck
1967 - Blue - 4 - Flintstones - The Purloined Sirloin
1967 - Blue - 5 - Magilla Gorilla - Drive-In Ape Wash
1967 - Blue - 6 - Secret Squirrel - Smells a Rat
1967 - Blue - 7 - Atom Ant - Supermarket Showdown
1967 - Blue - 8 - Quick Draw McGraw - Female Felon
1967 - Blue - 9 - Space Ghost - Puny Pirates
1967 - Blue - 10 - Dino Boy - Whale of a Tail
1967 - Blue - 11 - The Impossibles - The Formless Foe
1967 - Blue - 12 - Space Kidettes - Frozen Assets
1967 - Blue - 13 - Precious Pupp - The Fortuitus Flue
1967 - Blue - 14 - Maw & Paw Rugg - All Tire(d) Out
1967 - Blue - 15 - Hokey Wolf - Art Thief Grief
1967 - Blue - 16 - -
1968 - Red - 1 - Superman - Asphault Ambush
1968 - Red - 2 - Lone Ranger - Tunnel of Terror
1968 - Red - 3 - Three Stoogets - Firehouse Frenzy
1968 - Red - 4 - Captain Kangaroo - Mower Mayhem
1968 - Red - 5 - Off to See the Wizard - Enchanted River
1968 - Red - 6 - Lassie - Anchor Man
1968 - Red - 7 - Casper - Postal Poltergeist
1968 - Red - 8 - Spider-Man - The Frustrated Phantom
1968 - Red - 9 - Fantastic Four - Vicious Vine
1968 - Red - 10 - Rocky and Bullwinkle - Slingshot Sleuth
1968 - Red - 11 - Gentle Been - Midnight Fright
1968 - Red - 12 - Bozo the Clown - Salty Solution
1968 - Red - 13 - Popeye - Deep Sea Dilemma
1968 - Red - 14 - Thor - Melt the Monster
1968 - Red - 15 - King Kong - Erroneous Eruption
1968 - Red - 16 - Aquaman - All Clammed Up
1974 - 006 - 491-02 - Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids - Tomato Catch-Up Part 2
1974 - 006 - 491-01 - Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids - Tomato Catch-Up Part 1
1974 - 006 - 492-02 - Scooby Doo - Seize and Freeze Part 2
1974 - 006 - 492-01 - Scooby Doo - Seize and Freeze Part 1
1974 - 006 - 493-02 - Josie and the Pussycats - Candy Landing Part 2
1974 - 006 - 493-01 - Josie and the Pussycats - Candy Landing Part 1
1974 - 006 - 494-02 - Speed Buggy - Speed Trap Part 2 (mislabeled as "Speed Buggs")
1974 - 006 - 494-01 - Speed Buggy - Speed Trap Part 1 (mislabeled as "Speed Buggs")
1974 - 006 - 495-02 - Charlotte's Web - Some Pig Part 2
1974 - 006 - 495-01 - Charlotte's Web - Some Pig Part 1
1974 - 006 - 496-00 - Help! It's the Hair Bear Bunch - Hat Whack
1974 - 006 - 497-00 - Star Trek - Space Cowboy
1974 - 006 - 498-00 - Archie - Ladder Splatter
1974 - 006 - 499-00 - Goober and the Ghost Chasers - Giving up the Ghost
1974 - 006 - 501-00 - Robin Hood - Hood-Winked
1974 - 006 - 560-00 - Bugs Bunny - Wabbitt to the Wescue
1976 - 686 - 606-02 - Land of the Lost - Grumpy's Rescue Part 2
1976 - 686 - 606-01 - Land of the Lost - Grumpy's Rescue Part 1
1976 - 686 - 608-02 - Shazam - Cliff Hanger Part 2
1976 - 686 - 607-00 - Far Out Space Nuts - Lunch Launch
1976 - 686 - 608-01 - Shazam - Cliff Hanger Part 1
1976 - 686 - 609-00 - Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids - Hole in One
1976 - 686 - 610-01 - Scooby-Doo - Mystery Train Part 1
1976 - 686 - 610-02 - Scooby-Doo - Mystery Train Part 2
1976 - 686 - 611-00 - Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm - Scary Staircase
1976 - 686 - 612-00 - Josie and the Pussycats - A Feather in Her Cap
1976 - 686 - 613-00 - Great Grape Ape - Snow Foolin
1976 - 686 - 614-00 -
1976 - 686 - 615-00 - Hong Kong Phooey - Clothesline Catapult
1976 - 686 - 616-00 - Speed Buggy - Sky High Scramble
1976 - 686 - 617-00 -
1976 - 686 - 618-00 -
1976 - 686 - 619-00 - Bugs Bunny - Fishing Frenzy
1976 - 686 - 620-00 - Harlem Globetrotters - Super Stuff
1978 - Black - 1-16 - Star Wars - Scene 1-16

You'll notice that I've gone ahead and put in "placeholders" for the slides I'm missing so far. The slides that are listed are all in my collection, although I should admit that I'm missing three or four of the slides from the Star Wars set.

Every time I get a new batch of slides in the mail, I'm always amazed at what I find... characters I had no idea had been featured as Give-A-Show slides!

Jon

Cover Gallery: More Strange Transformations!

Lots of bonus posts tonight to make up for last night's missing a post!





This post isn't much of a bonus, though... since there's only two "strange transformation" covers left in the queue for me to post!

Next cover gallery: Amusement Park Covers!

Jon

Ads from Marvel Comics Gallery!

From November, 1977!



I love these Superhero Merchandise/Heroes World ads... just checking out all this merchandise being offered, and now especially hoping to find someone selling these items on eBay so I can snag a pic for future "Found on eBay" posts! Haven't seen anyone selling those wrist radios so far!



Pizzazz was Marvel's answer to "Dynamite Magazine" from Scholastic and "Kids Magazine," which was created by kids and for kids. By all rights, Pizzazz should've been a huge hit, because it featured Marvel characters, Star Wars (which Marvel had the rights to), and more... and it was promoted pretty heavily, too! But apparently it flopped bigtime.

From September, 1976:



I just saw a copy of this record at last weekend's Portland Comic Book Show, among many, many other comics-related records (I was tempted to purchase quite a few of 'em, even though I don't have a turntable).

From July, 1977:



Yes, I have posted Sky Heroes ads before. Yes, I will probably do so again. And finally, yes, I do have a pic for a future "Found on eBay" post of one of these things!



I have photos of some of those patches coming up for "Found on eBay" posts, too!

Jon

Give-A-Show Fridays: Double Feature!

OK, so now I'll be posting the Give-A-Show slides in order... beginning with slide #1 in the first 1960 release (at least, I'm pretty sure it's the first release!)...



It's Popeye the Sailor Man in "Popeye to the Rescue"!

















And for the second feature, the Three Stooges in "Moon Man Moe"!















Jon