Vampire Blood!
This was sort of a forbidden fruit for kids growing up in the early 1970s. Much like the poisoned Halloween candy stories that have been circulating for decades, I remember a story going around that...
View ArticleI Was a $1.98 Werewolf
This rubber monster mask ad is from an issue of Our Army at War No. 247 published in 1972. The cover is by the great Joe Kubert.
View ArticleAttaining the Unattainable
Did you know you could sleep with Raquel Welch for $1.98? This cheesy ad for an inflatable pillow printed with Raquel Welch’s likeness ran in comics for years, but I scanned it from Our Fighting...
View ArticleThe Three Faces of Bobby Sherman
Hello, dear readers. Mrs. Crankipants here. I’m taking over the comics column this week as we harken back to a time when there were actually comics available and bought by legions of prepubescent...
View ArticleTo Each His Own
Above is the detail from another comic book ad aimed squarely at pimply adolescents with power fantasies. Though 35 days to a Herculean physique seems like an eternity compared to the other fellow’s...
View ArticleWhen a Kid Needs Money
Sung to the tune of When a Man Loves a Woman? What is this remarkable commodity that young Mr. Roy is unloading so quickly and easily? Christmas card packs, of course! This was an ad similar to the ads...
View ArticleRead this students, QUIETLY!
My Weekly Reader from the Spring of 1972. I found this in a crumbling folder of ancient homework and handouts from grade school circa 1972. Teachers would hand these out and make the students read them...
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