Popular Post Hepcat Posted April 16 Popular Post Share Posted April 16 (edited) I'm a great fan of the house ads comic publishers once ran to promote other issues from their own comic line. In particular the ones that letterer and logo designer Ira Schnapp did for DC between 1940 and 1967 were works of art and very often left me with a palpable desire to acquire and read that particular comic. So show off your favourite house ads by any publisher here with your present day copy of that same comic if possible! I'll start. I still remember the day in 1964 that I first saw this ad in an old Blackhawk comic in the waiting room of the Ontario Conservatory of Music on Dundas Street in London prior to my weekly accordion lesson: It left me longing for a copy of Justice League 3 but at the time I thought that particular issue was gone forever in the mists of time. I've had that issue now since 1980-81 but I'd still like a better copy! Edited April 16 by Hepcat grendelbo, Hibou, Dr. Balls and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Get Marwood & I Posted April 16 Popular Post Share Posted April 16 Charlton's Horror Monsters magazine... ...advertising Charlton's Monstrous Comics.. ...and here's my Konga! Although it looks like Kongo in the ad ADAMANTIUM, Hepcat, ganni and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Get Marwood & I Posted April 16 Popular Post Share Posted April 16 Better order an industrial size box of Kleenex.... OtherEric, ganni, ADAMANTIUM and 5 others 4 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post grendelbo Posted April 16 Popular Post Share Posted April 16 (edited) From Daredevil 115. Spoiler Edited April 16 by grendelbo Hepcat, Dr. Balls, Get Marwood & I and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post grendelbo Posted April 16 Popular Post Share Posted April 16 (edited) From Tales of the Zombie 1. Spoiler TOD 10 is probably tops on my wish list. Edited April 16 by grendelbo Mmehdy, Larryw7, ADAMANTIUM and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post grendelbo Posted April 16 Popular Post Share Posted April 16 (edited) From Incredible Hulk 2. Spoiler Don't got it. The "first appearance in ad" will do. Edited April 16 by grendelbo Larryw7, Hepcat, ADAMANTIUM and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendelbo Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 (edited) From ASM 299. Spoiler Edited April 16 by grendelbo ADAMANTIUM, aardvark88 and ganni 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post GawkHawk Posted April 16 Popular Post Share Posted April 16 Dr. Balls, ADAMANTIUM, sfcityduck and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADAMANTIUM Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 (edited) From a different issue than @grendelbo From Marvel Premiere #19 Spoiler Edited April 16 by ADAMANTIUM Larryw7 and grendelbo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADAMANTIUM Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 (edited) From Dark Wolverine #81 Spoiler Edited April 16 by ADAMANTIUM grendelbo and ganni 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADAMANTIUM Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 (edited) From Wizard #83 Spoiler Edited April 16 by ADAMANTIUM ganni, grendelbo and Hepcat 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post dover Posted April 16 Popular Post Share Posted April 16 I started a Journal about house ads that included Neal Adams covers. aardvark88, ADAMANTIUM, Hepcat and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post dover Posted April 16 Popular Post Share Posted April 16 grendelbo, evilskip, Larryw7 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibou Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 Sorry about this not being a comic but it was Street & Smith's cross marketing for their Shadow Detective Monthly Magazine that was found in their February 13th, 1932 issue of Love Story Magazine. The image is that of James LaCurto who was the first to voice the narration of The Shadow on the Detective Story Hour radio show in 1930. (Sadly, not my copy...) Larryw7 and Hepcat 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Hepcat Posted April 17 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 17 (edited) My earliest memory of being captivated by any house ad was in late May of 1961 when I saw these ads in Adventures of the Fly 13 heralding the introduction of Fly Girl and Jaguar respectively: The Adventures of the Jaguar 1 hit newsstands a few weeks later: Northland copy I was spellbound by this dashing new hero! The issue also included this tantalizing ad for the mysterious Fly Girl: Fly Girl made her first appearance a few weeks thereafter in Adventures of the Fly 14: Bethlehem copy Edited April 17 by Hepcat Get Marwood & I, Ken Aldred, ganni and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaylam Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 Larryw7, Hepcat, grendelbo and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Hepcat Posted April 17 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 17 (edited) Here's my own copy of Flash 105: As a kid I used to admire this later variant of the "Just One Second" ad: As a result some twenty years ago I had this variant of the ad: Plus a scan of my copy of Flash 106: Printed on to a T-shirt front-and-back! Edited April 17 by Hepcat royaluglydudes, ADAMANTIUM, Ken Aldred and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hepcat Posted April 18 Author Share Posted April 18 This is another Ira Schnapp ad I admired so much as a kid that I had it and the featured comic printed on a T-shirt front-and-back some twenty years ago: Get Marwood & I, ganni, Unca Ben and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...