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Post by MRPs_Missives on May 9, 2024 13:29:56 GMT -5
So I saw this at my lcs on FCBD but was on the fence, but when I got home, I regretted not picking it up. When I went today to pick up my pulls, it was still there, so I grabbed it. It's copyrighted 1978 to DC Comics, has a Pepsi logo and Pepsi trademark notices on it. The cover is from one of the Treasury editions, but I a trying to figure out where it came from. My best guess is a fast food chain or restaurant rather than retail because of the Pepsi logo and info, but does anyone have any idea which chain it might have been or if not a restaurant, where it might have come from? Comic Strip origin of Captain Marvel side...  Treasury cover side...  Pepsi logo and trademark 1978 DC Comics Inc.  Pepsi Trademark info  Thanks, -M |
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Post by zaku on May 9, 2024 16:13:31 GMT -5
If anyone was interested, I've just found how Superman's cape was attached to the costume (hooks)  |
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Post by codystarbuck on May 9, 2024 22:24:57 GMT -5
So I saw this at my lcs on FCBD but was on the fence, but when I got home, I regretted not picking it up. When I went today to pick up my pulls, it was still there, so I grabbed it. It's copyrighted 1978 to DC Comics, has a Pepsi logo and Pepsi trademark notices on it. The cover is from one of the Treasury editions, but I a trying to figure out where it came from. My best guess is a fast food chain or restaurant rather than retail because of the Pepsi logo and info, but does anyone have any idea which chain it might have been or if not a restaurant, where it might have come from? Comic Strip origin of Captain Marvel side... Treasury cover side... Pepsi logo and trademark 1978 DC Comics Inc. Pepsi Trademark info Thanks, -M Google-Fu is strong, tonight. It appears that in 1978, Pepsi licensed several DC characters for promotional giveaways, for placemats, as well as drinking glasses. I've found some eBay and Etsy listings for the Shazam one, and another for a Superman one, that says the series included Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Shazam and Aquaman. The Superman one features the Kryptonite No More cover, with a Curt Swan-drawn origin story. That Shazam one looks like Kurt Schaffenberger , to me. There was also a Pepsi-produced Shazam glass, which was part of a similar series. I have seen one in an antique store. I have seen reference to one as a Burger King giveaway, which sounds about right. Here's the info on the Superman placemat.There also seems to be a Flash one, as I found an image from Worthpoint. Pepsi also had a series of glasses for the Superman movie, of that year. I think they did the Looney tunes promotion, at either Hardees or Burger King, around the similar time frame, in the 70s, as I had a Speedy Gonzales glass that I got, as a premium, when we ate there, once. Or, at least, it was the same glass company supplying them to the franchises and Pepsi. |
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Post by codystarbuck on May 9, 2024 22:30:59 GMT -5
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Post by MRPs_Missives on May 9, 2024 22:33:26 GMT -5
Google-Fu is strong, tonight. It appears that in 1978, Pepsi licensed several DC characters for promotional giveaways, for placemats, as well as drinking glasses. I've found some eBay and Etsy listings for the Shazam one, and another for a Superman one, that says the series included Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Shazam and Aquaman. The Superman one features the Kryptonite No More cover, with a Curt Swan-drawn origin story. That Shazam one looks like Kurt Schaffenberger , to me. There was also a Pepsi-produced Shazam glass, which was part of a similar series. I have seen one in an antique store. I have seen reference to one as a Burger King giveaway, which sounds about right. Here's the info on the Superman placemat.There also seems to be a Flash one, as I found an image from Worthpoint. Pepsi also had a series of glasses for the Superman movie, of that year. I think they did the Looney tunes promotion, at either Hardees or Burger King, around the similar time frame, in the 70s, as I had a Speedy Gonzales glass that I got, as a premium, when we ate there, once. Or, at least, it was the same glass company supplying them to the franchises and Pepsi. I was aware of the glassware, and I even had some as a kid-Looney Tunes was definitely Hardees as that's where I got them. I think DC too, but that I don't know for sure. McDonald's had their Mcdonaldland glasses at the time, and Welches also had Looney Tunes on the jars for their products that you could use as glasses afterwards. BK was doing their Star Wars glasses give-aways at that time, so I doubt they would have been doing DC too. But I never saw the placemats as a kid (not sure fast food had much use for placemats, so I was thinking it could have been someplace like Bonanaza or Ponderosa or some such where you actually got plates with your food for a placemat to be relevant. -M Edit to add: Thanks for the info codystarbuckI found an ebay listing for the same Shazam placemat I have, bit not the others, and the listing gave no info as to the provenance of the placemats. My google fu must be weaker than yours today. |
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Post by tartanphantom on May 9, 2024 23:14:52 GMT -5
Google-Fu is strong, tonight. It appears that in 1978, Pepsi licensed several DC characters for promotional giveaways, for placemats, as well as drinking glasses. I've found some eBay and Etsy listings for the Shazam one, and another for a Superman one, that says the series included Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Shazam and Aquaman. The Superman one features the Kryptonite No More cover, with a Curt Swan-drawn origin story. That Shazam one looks like Kurt Schaffenberger , to me. There was also a Pepsi-produced Shazam glass, which was part of a similar series. I have seen one in an antique store. I have seen reference to one as a Burger King giveaway, which sounds about right. Here's the info on the Superman placemat.There also seems to be a Flash one, as I found an image from Worthpoint. Pepsi also had a series of glasses for the Superman movie, of that year. I think they did the Looney tunes promotion, at either Hardees or Burger King, around the similar time frame, in the 70s, as I had a Speedy Gonzales glass that I got, as a premium, when we ate there, once. Or, at least, it was the same glass company supplying them to the franchises and Pepsi. I was aware of the glassware, and I even had some as a kid-Looney Tunes was definitely Hardees as that's where I got them. I think DC too, but that I don't know for sure. McDonald's had their Mcdonaldland glasses at the time, and Welches also had Looney Tunes on the jars for their products that you could use as glasses afterwards. BK was doing their Star Wars glasses give-aways at that time, so I doubt they would have been doing DC too. But I never saw the placemats as a kid (not sure fast food had much use for placemats, so I was thinking it could have been someplace like Bonanaza or Ponderosa or some such where you actually got plates with your food for a placemat to be relevant. -M Edit to add: Thanks for the info codystarbuck I found an ebay listing for the same Shazam placemat I have, bit not the others, and the listing gave no info as to the provenance of the placemats. My google fu must be weaker than yours today.
My first guess would be Pizza Hut. They were the only sit-down restaurant owned by PepsiCo back then, and served Pepsi products exclusively.
Also, Pizza Hut was responsible for these "Collectors' Editions" back in 1977 (the year they were purchased by PepsiCo). This would indicate that Pizza Hut already had an established license agreement with DC. Some sort of agreement for the place-mats in 1978 (and possibly drinking glasses as well) would not be a big lift for them--
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Post by MRPs_Missives on May 9, 2024 23:42:13 GMT -5
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Post by Cei-U! on May 10, 2024 0:26:15 GMT -5
Does anyone else remember the Marvel Super-Heroes Slurpee cups that 7-11 was offering back circa '75 or so? There were 60(!) of them in all, of which I managed to snag six (Captain America, Doc Savage, Hercules, Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch, Thing). I might've gotten more but I wasn't a big Slurpee fan. Unfortunately, it only took two or three washings for the pics to wear off so I chucked 'em all decades ago.
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Post by MRPs_Missives on May 10, 2024 0:42:20 GMT -5
Does anyone else remember the Marvel Super-Heroes Slurpee cups that 7-11 was offering back circa '75 or so? There were 60(!) of them in all, of which I managed to snag six (Captain America, Doc Savage, Hercules, Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch, Thing). I might've gotten more but I wasn't a big Slurpee fan. Unfortunately, it only took two or three washings for the pics to wear off so I chucked 'em all decades ago. Cei-U! I summon the summer I graduated from high school! I have one, Clea, that I picked up at a flea market about 10-15 years ago for like $4. Never got them as a kid, but I do remember them. This is the one I have seen in an old pic of an old display (since changed) of Dr. Strange related stuff.  -M |
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Post by Prince Hal on May 10, 2024 10:02:17 GMT -5
Thanks, Cei-U! and codystarbuck . I agree that it looks like an attempt to draw a panther and that it resembles Golden's style, but there are so many artists who draw like this today whom I just don't know... |
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Post by MRPs_Missives on May 10, 2024 22:54:48 GMT -5
Regarding the placements, I've found there were sets of Disney and Looney Tunes placemats similar to these also from Pepsi Co in '78. These only had art on 1 side though, the back was a red and white gingham check style pattern (similar to a tablecloth pattern you might see at an Italian restaurant of the period).
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Post by MDG on May 11, 2024 11:32:38 GMT -5
Does anyone else remember the Marvel Super-Heroes Slurpee cups that 7-11 was offering back circa '75 or so? There were 60(!) of them in all, of which I managed to snag six (Captain America, Doc Savage, Hercules, Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch, Thing). I might've gotten more but I wasn't a big Slurpee fan. Unfortunately, it only took two or three washings for the pics to wear off so I chucked 'em all decades ago. Cei-U! I summon the summer I graduated from high school! Here's a poster listing the cups in the '75 series.
And Cei-U! it says right on there not to put them in the dishwasher!
There was a DC set as well...
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Post by Confessor on May 13, 2024 4:09:01 GMT -5
Does anyone else remember the Marvel Super-Heroes Slurpee cups that 7-11 was offering back circa '75 or so? There were 60(!) of them in all, of which I managed to snag six (Captain America, Doc Savage, Hercules, Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch, Thing). I might've gotten more but I wasn't a big Slurpee fan. Unfortunately, it only took two or three washings for the pics to wear off so I chucked 'em all decades ago. Cei-U! I summon the summer I graduated from high school! Here's a poster listing the cups in the '75 series. And Cei-U! it says right on there not to put them in the dishwasher! There was a DC set as well... I bet these cups -- especially a full set -- are worth a pretty penny these days on the collector's market. |
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Post by wildfire2099 on May 13, 2024 7:15:11 GMT -5
looks like recent ebay sales would indicate 10-15 each, with some lots that were a lost less (under 5 bucks per) There seems to be a 2nd set in 1977 that had more backgrounds and not just the character on a white cup
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Post by MRPs_Missives on May 13, 2024 11:04:37 GMT -5
So a couple of updates on the placemat source search. I've had one person contact me to tell me they got the Looney Tunes mats at Burger Chef, and another contact me to tell me they got an Uncle Scrooge mat at Pizza Hit in the late 70s. Haven't gotten any info on the DC mats though.
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