Bronty Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 (edited) As a collector of both comics and vintage games I really enjoy all the video game related ads in books and back covers from the early 80s to the early/mid 90s. Rake a closer look at some of your books from this era , there’s a lot of great ads from classic games. Attached, I recently received a nice little package of thanks from Tom Dubois who signed his Castlevania 3 ad (he was also the box artist for the actual game box) that I thought I would share. Please post your cool copper back covers and ads Edited August 19, 2018 by Bronty ADAMANTIUM and Martin Sinescu 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creaturefan95 Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 (edited) From the first book I ever posted in "Hey buddy, can you spare a grade?": Edited August 19, 2018 by creaturefan95 war is hell ADAMANTIUM and Bronty 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockMyAmadeus Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 There are a TON of great video game back covers from this era. Just off the top of my head, I would say that well over 50% of the back covers for comics published from 1982-ish to 1996 were for video games. They replaced the basektball, baseball, Slim Jim, and even movie back cover ads of the 70s. Here's a classic that appeared on the back cover of Mar, 1983 books, including ASM #238 and New Mutants #1: Bronty, shiverbones and ADAMANTIUM 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RockMyAmadeus Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 There were several for Frogger: And even Frogger II! creaturefan95 and Bronty 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockMyAmadeus Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 Here's a rare Frogger one from a magazine: creaturefan95 and Bronty 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockMyAmadeus Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 Then there's this weirdo: Bronty and creaturefan95 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockMyAmadeus Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 And, of course, who could forget this classic, and several like it: creaturefan95, Bronty and Brandon Shepherd 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockMyAmadeus Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 (edited) Useless (?) trivia dept.: So Marvel reprinted GI Joe #3, #4 and #5, but didn't note it anywhere on the books. #3 and #5 have obvious tells, but the only way to tell if you have a second print #4 is to either compare the font in the price box of the original and the reprint...or look at the back cover ads: That's the back cover to the first print of GI Joe #4... ...and the second is the Jedi Arena pictured above! Edited August 19, 2018 by RockMyAmadeus creaturefan95, Bronty and Brandon Shepherd 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted August 19, 2018 Author Share Posted August 19, 2018 Love all the posts and info already! Thanks for sharing guys! I’ll share some more later as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeksAreMyPeeps Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 6 hours ago, creaturefan95 said: Would this be your copy of New Mutants 98? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creaturefan95 Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 (edited) Just now, GeeksAreMyPeeps said: Would this be your copy of New Mutants 98? No, it's just the back cover to this: Edited August 20, 2018 by creaturefan95 war is hell ADAMANTIUM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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