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Post by jason on Sept 11, 2024 21:26:10 GMT -5
For some reason I've been getting nostalgia for comic book subscription ads. Now, most of them were just stock images, but sometimes you saw ones that actually put effort into them. For example, this image which homages a classic Spider-Man cover:  (sorry for the large size) Any other memorable subscription ads you remember? |
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Post by riv86672 on Sept 11, 2024 21:55:10 GMT -5
This one’s probably a stock image but, I think it went the extra mile, just w. that tagline.  |
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Post by tarkintino on Sept 12, 2024 0:50:04 GMT -5
Great idea for a thread; occasionally, the house ads were more interesting than the stories!
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Post by driver1980 on Sept 12, 2024 2:22:24 GMT -5
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Post by riv86672 on Sept 12, 2024 4:41:17 GMT -5
Great idea for a thread; occasionally, the house ads were more interesting than the stories! ^^^Sometimes they were downright beautiful!  |
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Post by driver1980 on Sept 12, 2024 10:48:41 GMT -5
I expect everyone on this forum subscribed to this title back in the day:  |
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Post by riv86672 on Sept 12, 2024 11:04:56 GMT -5
I expect everyone on this forum subscribed to this title back in the day: ^^^No, I never did, though I love wrestling! Here’s Wonder Girl channeling her inner Mary Jane Watson...:  |
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Post by jason on Sept 12, 2024 12:34:20 GMT -5
An early promotion for Fall of the Mutants  |
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Post by driver1980 on Sept 12, 2024 13:57:29 GMT -5
Are physical subscriptions even a thing now?
Here in the UK, Royal Mail has had a lot of postage stamp price increases, and some publishers have talked about how little they make on mailing out magazines - with one publisher saying they are close to making a loss for any magazines they have to post abroad.
Has the USPS had many postage stamp price increases in recent years?
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Post by shaxper on Sept 12, 2024 14:07:12 GMT -5
If we're talking house ads in general, this is one of my favorites.  |
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Post by Farrar on Sept 12, 2024 16:07:44 GMT -5
...Here’s Wonder Girl channeling her inner Mary Jane Watson...: That's certainly an indisputably great Cardy image...but it's not a DC house ad. This is the final page of the second story in Teen Titans #22; in this story Wonder Girl creates a new costume for herself. |
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Post by Farrar on Sept 12, 2024 16:13:03 GMT -5
Back on topic: IMO the DC subscription ads in the '60s were pretty basic, but it was kind of intriguing to see all the titles they published. Here's an example from a 1965 DC mag:  |
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Post by riv86672 on Sept 12, 2024 16:21:11 GMT -5
...Here’s Wonder Girl channeling her inner Mary Jane Watson...: That's certainly an indisputably great Cardy image...but it's not a DC house ad. This is the final page of the second story Teen Titans #22; in this story Wonder Girl creates a new costume for herself. ^^^Neat! That’s good to know, thank you!  |
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Post by riv86672 on Sept 12, 2024 16:27:01 GMT -5
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Post by riv86672 on Sept 12, 2024 16:34:30 GMT -5
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