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Heres a bit of comedic comic book advertising powered by marvel superheroes to tide you over while the hostess company figures out if its going the way of the dodo bird or not. But if you look in older comic books youll see a treasure trove of sneaky ads. But thats fine cardboard craftsmanship if i ever saw it. Obviously being a superhero was not all it was crackedup to be. Namor submariner movie news trailer pictures wallpaper. 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. Namor the submariner marvel comics character profile. Mar 09, 2017 marvel to advertise comic books in theaters. I had and actually still have, but just havent played in years mkii for game gear, and while it was awesome, i dont think i ever got particularly good at it. How a feral squirrelmonkey attacked its new owner, why a submarine disintegrated on the front lawn, how xray specs caused nothing but confusion and other crazy comic book advertising stories. Comic book ads from hostess, super cobra video game by konami, kenner mask toys, nbc saturday morning cartoons and mpc star wars model kits category entertainment. Canton street press flashback replicas are exact reproductions of historically significant or key comic books from the 1940s and.

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. A polaris submarine more than seven feet longwhich i dreamt of traveling in along the forth. Unboxing polaris nuclear submarine houseoftheunusual. Namor the submariner is the superhuman scion of a species of undersea men from atlantis, and something of an antihero with exaggeratedly regal temper. Ask students to identify the sub textual messages they can discern from the various covers. Impress your friends and dazzle your enemies with a nuclear submarine.

In todays comic books you dont see the advertisements you used to no ads with outrageous promises to be taller or more muscular. Low on stan lees usual over worded cover hype, the graphic says it all. The 100 greatest silver age comic book covers of all time. Sep 20, 2011 generations of comic book readers remember the tantalizing promises of vintage novelty advertisements that offered authentic lasergun plans, xray specs, and even 7foottall monsters with glowinthedark eyes. These are posted for the enjoyment of all comic book fans. My enthusiasm for imitating peter parker always ended in disaster and bruised limbs. Submariner, american comic strip superhero created by bill everett for timely later marvel comics. And when i thought about it further it seemed a rather silly career optionthere was no pay, no pension. If they dont, its a shame, because a lot of the enjoyment came from these strange little adverts directed at kids.

The first ongoing series starring namor the submariner. Namor and the android human torch are the 2 seminal marvel comics characters, appearing in 1939. How many of us who grew up in the 1960s and early 70s were. Advertisements in comic books have promised unbelievable products for decades. From many of the comic book lists on this site you can tell is big supporter of comic books. The submariner comic book series followed namor as ceo of oracle, inc. Namor the submariner, a comicbook character in the marvel comics universe. A cover gallery for the comic book submariner 1968. A sincedeleted tweet from doctor strange director scott derrickson has fulled speculation that marvels planned sequel to the sorcerer supremes solo movie could introduce namor. In time for the 50th anniversary of the beatles beloved animated movie yellow submarine, titan comics will release an allnew comic book. Top 10 outrageous comic book advertisements youtube. What kid did not order or dream of ordering such classics as sea monkeys, polaris subs or xray glasses that we saw in the comic books. Take, for example, the sixfoot polaris submarines and rocket ships.

It was rare continue reading comic book adverts of the 1960s70s. No advertisements to own a nuclear sub or army tank can be found nowadays. Growing up in the early 1970s there was nothing more i wanted than the polaris nuclear submarine. Disney has very little incentive to invest in the future of the comicbook industry, or to attempt to help marvel comics reach new audiences, when. The overstreet comic book price guide lists this as the most valuable horror comic. 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. Barnum eluded many years prior dont believe everything you see in a comic book ad, you moron. These classic ads in the back of comic books tricked kids from the 50s through the 80s.

The offspring of a sea captain and an atlantean princess, he has been both a hero and a villain to the surface world. Oral histories of more than fifty black submariners who served in world war ii and postwar form the heart of the book. The series was on a brief hiatus with issue 32 in 1949, in the timeperiod that superhero comics had lost its popularity, but resumed in. Black submariners in the united states navy, 19401975 by. The submariner was created by everett for a promotional comic called motion picture funnies. When i was a kid, my brother collected comic books. In time for the 50th anniversary of the beatles beloved animated movie yellow submarine, titan comics will. The submariner one of marvels oldest superheroes, the submariner, will join his comic compatriots in diving onto the big screen. Jul 10, 2017 the blue meanies are about to invade comic book stores. May 24, 2017 the real reasons for marvel comics woes.

So this is our fourth installment of grit, with the previous ones being from 1963, 1972, and 1980. I dont know about you, but mortal kombat was one of my absolute favorite series of games back in the day. Ahoy comics sets sail in september multiversity comics. Letter from the editor to parents with comic book reading children table of contents. An account of black submariners in postwar service during desegregation, the development of the nuclear submarine, and throughout the cold war follows. Namor the submariner is the ruler of undersea atlantis. I was never really a fan of the stories except superman and richie rich, but for some reason i loved the advertisements.

The real reasons for marvel comics woes the atlantic. Vintage comic book ads that were too good to be true. He continues to appear to this day, often in his own comic book. The blue meanies are about to invade comic book stores. Top 10 outrageous comic book advertisements from many of the comic book lists on this. But still, wed put money in an envelope and four to. Feb 6, 2017 lesson plans, videos, and a collection of amazing primary source documents that students really enjoy working with. And a sevenfoot submarine you and a friend could pilot. While i was growing up, we had a set of world book encyclopedias i think they were from 1967 or 68, so not too far off from when this set was around. This one is actually pretty stripped down compared to the others, without very much text at all, and this is the first ad of theirs ive seen where theyve used a cartoony character rather than a photo or realistic drawing. Shop for submariner comics 1941 comics on, your friendly online comic book store. Sure, they were almost certainly ripoffs, but who cares. A baseball pitcher who pitches with an underhand motion.

Each page is fully restored with careful attention to line work and colors. Mailorder mysteries and hey skinny are both instant nostalgia. Get the best deals on silver age submariner comics when you shop the largest online selection at. The wait could take forevereven upwards to 6 to 8 weeks. Submariner, a 2003 album by experimentalrock band the dead science submariner, a song by helen marnie from the 20 album crystal world. Every gallerys images are by their original company or artist. Perhaps the pictures above will bring you back in time. Giant rockets and subs in comic book ads i remember jfk. That was 5 candy bars, or 3 candy bars and a comic book, or a toy off the rack. Namor the submariner, a comic book character in the marvel comics universe. As a kid that saw this ad in comic books all the time, i wuz always. Price namor is a shortfused halfhumanhalfamphibian. See more ideas about comic books, vintage advertisements and ads. The polaris nuclear sub as advertised in 70s comic books.

Its been so long since ive opened up a new comic book, i dont even know if they still run ads anymore. Comic collector live buy, sell, organize comic books. He entered the comic book medium as it was ascending and was in all likelihood its most competent and thrilling artist, fully realized and firing on all cylinders. These classic ads in the back of comic books tricked kids from the.

Mar 9, 2015 as a kid that saw this ad in comic books all the time, i wuz always gonna order this totally cool sub. Its well known, and there is a whole industry that thrives on it. All portions of the grand comics database, except where noted otherwise, are ed by the gcd and are licensed under a creative commons attributionsharealike 4. Generations of comic book readers remember the tantalizing promises of vintage novelty advertisements that offered authentic lasergun plans, xray specs, and even 7foottall monsters with glowinthedark eyes. This is why as kids, every so often wed come across an ad in a comic book, for something we knew was too good to be true. Comics in my era had classified ads in the back, and they were visually. You may be a member of ussvi, submarine veterans wwii, a member of a submarine boat association or you can be an unaffiliated qualified submariner. This is a website developed for qualified submariners and their families.

If you were a regular reader of comic books in the 60s and 70s, you probably couldnt help but notice the recurring ad that offered you your very. Marvel and hostess had a long running campaign in which supervillains were defeated by great tasting hostess snacks like twinkies and cup cakes, which begs the question how will we take down the forces of evil. Hostess ads from the pages of marvel comics neatorama. Back in my day, when we had to look something up, this is where we turned not that newfangled internet. If you read a comic book between the 1940s and 1980s then you were inundated by cheap looking ads for everything from toy soldiers to girlenticing muscles. A polaris submarinemore than seven feet longwhich i dreamt of traveling in along the. It ushered in an entire new genre as well as a regular series of the same name. Get the best deals on silver age submariner comics when you shop the largest online selection at ebay. Look at some inside pages by clicking customer images under the cover. But if you look in older comic books youll see a treasure trove of.

While a book like this was long, long overdue, it falls short in a couple critical ways. I was in the first grade, and i decided to spend my candy money on a micronauts comic book instead. Sep 15, 2014 comic book ads from hostess, super cobra video game by konami, kenner mask toys, nbc saturday morning cartoons and mpc star wars model kits category entertainment. The first time i ever saw comics for sale was in 1979, when the place we called the icee shop got a comic rack. If you were a regular reader of comic books in the 60s and 70s, you probably couldnt help but notice the recurring ad that offered you your very own kidsized polaris nuclear submarine all for the low price of about seven bucks.

Although it does laud everetts talent, there isnt much discussion of what that talent was. Every time i would open a comic book and i would see that ad, the greatest promise made by. Join retroland as we investigate on of the most intriguing comic book advertisements of all time, the polaris nuclear submarine. Canton street press flashback replicas are exact reproductions of historically significant or key comic books from the 1940s and 1950s. I was never going to be spidermanno matter how i tried to swing from washing lines or scale neighborhood walls or tumble out of trees. Rip kirby, the suave gentleman detective is the right man for his times as thencurrent 1960s culture reflects a new fascination with sophisticated stories. A letter from the editors about the negative attention being paid to comic books, assuring parents that their books are wholesome. Ahoy abundance, humor, originality and yes intends to focus on comic book magazines, including backup material like cartoons, prose and even poetry with regular comic book stories. The strange world of comic book ads say no to crack. Have students note the positive images of allied forces and the negative, stereotyped, and even racist depictions of axis forces. It seems as though all of the advertising, that fill up the comics ive been reading lately, are just slick ads that are made up of a single full page image with some slogans or tag lines attached to them. I still cant decide which hurt most the submarine that was watersoluble. Here are a 10 crazy vintage comic book ads i recently stumbled across. I had a several american marvel comics given to me dating from the in the back were adverts like this.

Its hard to find a more confident looking villain on a comic book cover, and that includes the moderns. These ads are as much a part of the history and lore of comic books as the stories themselves. Debuting in early 1939, the character was created by writerartist bill everett for comic book packager funnies inc. At the hollywood reporter, reporterhumorist hart seely has founded a new comic book publisher, ahoy comics. The characters first appearance to a general audience was in marvel comics no. Original 7foot polaris nuclear submarine the holy grail of mail order.