Post Your Marvel Bronze Age In-House Ads!

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Here are a few more I found that straddle the line between Silver and Bronze Ages:

 

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Here's a truly climactic confrontation between two of Marvel's all-time baddest baddies:

 

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Betray Tony Stark or Die! - Hmmm, since Iron Man is Tony Stark, then...

 

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Another Iron Man - Daredevil cross-over classic.

 

 

On an interesting side-note Marvel was going to combine these two low-selling books into a single mag circa 1971 or so, but changed this plan at the last minute.

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Another strange double-feature, with the Inhumans and the Black Widow sharing the cover of Amazing Adventures:

 

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Smilin' Stan was never one to let a Harlan Ellison epic go unpromoted, and this Two-Part Triumph crossing over from the Avengers to the Incredible Hulk was certainly worthy of an in-house ad:

 

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This ad is a true classic and pits the Thunder God against everyone's favorite Latverian, Dr. Doom!:

 

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I always liked those little "new character promos" that would appear in the letters pages or bullpen bulletins, and here's a few I scanned:

 

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Iron Fist:

 

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Warlock (gotta love that 'do and arm band):

 

 

And a note to variant hunters, there is a weird "black hair variant" of this ad, but I haven't been able to scan it.

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As you might have noticed from the Warlock promo, these ads were done well ahead of time, sometimes apparently before the final character design is set.

 

Case in point, The Cat:

 

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Sweet Christmas, it's Stan the Man hyping Luke Cage: Hero for Hire:

 

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This is potentially THE worst comic book creation in the history of the medium, and it's hardly a surprise that the 70's iteration of Jack Kirby was responsible:

 

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Another real winner from 1977:

 

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And here you thought that Bruce Banner's "stretchy pants" were at tad illogical:

 

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Let's get back on the horror bandwagon with a couple of kick-hass Monsters Unleashed ads:

 

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Back by popular demand:

 

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Here's a creepy one for the Fearful First Issue of... The Haunt of Horror:

 

 

Adding to the weirdness of the image is the fact that the poor gal doesn't seem to be too worried about the rats knawing on her bare legs and is instead covering up her chest - what are these, pervert rats?

 

"Eeeeeeeee, not my blouse!"

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Yet another killer Conan in-house ad. It is truly amazing how much Marvel was hyping the various Conan comics and mags, and the sheer volume of ads is astounding:

 

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Let's end this segment off with one of the cooler ads of the era, promoting the Holiday Grab-Bag Treasury Edition.

 

I can remember reading this comic myself.