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TwitterBatman and Superman knew that Muppets were cool before Sesame Street ever aired. My oldest son, who is not yet two, loves Sesame Street so I occasional sit down and watch it with him. I know that I used to love Sesame Street when I was a kid, but it wasn’t until having kids of my own [...]
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1978: Spidey’s Utility Belt
Last week in Trinity #9 Batman pulled a spare Utility Belt from a compartment in a tree behind Wayne Manor and it made me wonder “How many utility belts does Batman have?” While pondering a possible answer to my rhetorical question, it reminded me of an ad in a 1978 Marvel Team Up comic I [...]
Be A Skilled Locksmith
With the price of gas and the state of the economy I present you a possible solution from 1978: This comic book ad deals with issues that are still relevant today: 1978: What if I am laid off? 2008: “Employment continued to fall in construction, manufacturing, and employment services” (THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: JUNE 2008). 1978: [...]
Blue Déjà Vu
Last night while looking through comics for Friday Night Fights I found this ad that made me wonder why not change the text at the bottom:
Before the Chia Pet there was…
Growing plants to represent hair must be a popular concept, look at the Chia Pet success. This I would buy! A Mr. T Chia Head
Sunday Sales: One of a Kind… until Target finds out
Did anyone other than me notice that the person running from Supes (in the bottom left corner) is different on both shirts… Makes me wonder how “handsome” of a reproduction the shirt actually is. I have it all wrong I have been getting all my Comic related “throwback” t-shirts at Target and Steve and Barry’s. [...]
New Floor and a Paper
No “Last Week In Comics” tonight, instead it will be posted tomorrow. Right now Sara is proofing a paper I just finished and have to turn in tonight for my graduate class. I am a procrastinator, but I do have a liable excuse for waiting until the last minute to write my paper. For my [...]
Sunday Sales: Tight Pants
This seems has all the making of a great selling ad: Famous sports star – “Big Joe” Heroic Act – Saving of a damsel in distress And, a seemingly common boy ending up fitting in with the cool crowd. But… …I think though that this heroic act by Jim Driscoll was staged, and this was [...]
September 10th – Tomorrow
September 10, 1983 I was about a week away from turning 8 years-old… So why do I not remember some of these shows. I remember Pac-Man, the Moonchhices, and of course Scooby Doo… Menudo is another story for another time, but the Rubik’s Cube had his own show? I love the Rubik’s Cube and the [...]
Saturday Sales: Bicycle Windshield
from Mystery in Space #68 1961 Yea, I am probably intoxicated, making this image even more funny, because Friday Night I left for my bachelor party in Put-In-Bay Ohio. It’s the Bourbon St. of Ohio! I’ll be back Sunday… and probably wont post anything until Monday.
