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Post by Søren on Feb 18, 2018 15:13:24 GMT -5
So was reading some old comics my Uncle gave me and notice some of the free gifts still with them like trading cards, but also all the things use to sell in the comics or you can write it to buy. Saw one that said they make you your own fake ID  Didn't know could get away with things like that lol Anyone here write in to these? Did you get what you want? It not something I see so much now. |
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Post by badwolf on Feb 18, 2018 16:57:45 GMT -5
The only thing I ever sent in for was a poster by Michael Golden of the Marvel heroes, in the early 80s. It was 50c, so I sent two quarters. I didn't get anything back. But it's all good now as many years later they released a color version of it, which is now hanging on my wall.
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Post by Prince Hal on Feb 18, 2018 17:10:25 GMT -5
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Post by EdoBosnar on Feb 18, 2018 17:41:00 GMT -5
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Post by codystarbuck on Feb 18, 2018 23:32:53 GMT -5
It is not illegal to create a fake ID; just to attempt to use it to break the law. That's how they got away with it. Actually, anybody who would ever try one of those kits would be in for a sorry awakening. Most of that kind of thing had generic id templates, which wouldn't fly anywhere. Before technology improved, many IDs were not photo ID and some, like my school ID, was little more than a business card with a photo on it.
I did order one of those military strategy games from the back; Task Force. It sounded like you got all this cool stuff with it; it turned out to be little plastic pieces and a plastic map, on which you essentially played Battleship. My Guns of Navarone playset was way cooler. The only other thing I ever ordered were some treasury comics, from DC (Legion of Superheroes, with Mike Grell's wedding of Lightning Lad and Saturn Girl and Best of DC). By that point, I had learned to get a money order from the post office and send that in, instead of cash.
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Post by Confessor on Feb 19, 2018 2:36:31 GMT -5
As I noted in the other thread that Prince Hal linked to, the only thing I ever ordered from the back of comics were a Dennis the Menace and Gnasher set of badges from the Beano (pics below), and the novelization of The Empire Strikes Back from the still-very-young original Forbidden Planet shop. This would've been circa 1980 or '81, I guess. The badges are long gone, but I still have that original copy of Donald F. Glut's ESB novelization on my shelf today.   In terms of free gifts, back in the late '70s and early '80s, 1st issues of British comics very often had these sellotaped to the front cover as an enticement to buy. The best free gift I ever got was a pair of glow-in-the-dark Dracula fangs that were given away with the brilliant, but short-lived horror comic, Scream! I also got an Adam & the Ants skull and crossbones pendant from Look-In comic magazine that I absolutely loved wearing as a kid. Here's the issue in question, with pendant still attached...  |
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Post by EdoBosnar on Feb 19, 2018 4:29:10 GMT -5
If we're talking about anything we may have ordered from comic books, not just novelty stuff, instructions on how to kill someone with your bare hands or how not to get sand kicked in your face at the beach, then I should note that rather early on, in 1976, when I was in 2nd grade and still pretty new to the whole comics thing, I ordered (or rather my mom agreed to let me order and gave me the money) two DC treasury editions that caught my eye in a house ad:   I still remember when those came in this big cardboard mailer, where I kept them stored as long as I had them. A few years later, when I in about the 7th grade or so, I finally noticed all of those little ads from comics dealers offering to send free catalogs, so I sent away for a few. One of them, a certain little operation in Arlington, TX called Lone Star Comics had the best variety and really good prices, and I started ordering comics - stuff like the complete runs of Black Goliath, Inhumans, Kirby's 4th World stuff or Ragman, usually paying less than cover price for them. So for a few years there, when most of the kids my age were starting to save any money they had to buy their first car, I was blowing any cash I had on back issues. (I also learned, by the way, that Lone Star is still around: mycomicshop.com). |
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Post by Søren on Feb 19, 2018 6:00:34 GMT -5
---- In terms of free gifts, back in the late '70s and early '80s, 1st issues of British comics very often had these sellotaped to the front cover as an enticement to buy. The best free gift I ever got was a pair of glow-in-the-dark Dracula fangs that were given away with the brilliant, but short-lived horror comic, Scream!I also got an Adam & the Ants skull and crossbones pendant from Look-In comic magazine that I absolutely loved wearing as a kid. Here's the issue in question, with pendant still attached... I probably would have brought both just for the free gifts lol But saying before I don't see it much now, just remember couple of the posters I have came from special additions of comics I brought. So guess maybe focus just shifted now to more art things rather then toys and such |
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Didn't know could get away with things like that lol 
