Sunday, December 29, 2013

365 Days of DC House Ads, Day 363: I am the god of kingdom come / Gimme the prize

Everybody loves DC Comics! Well, it certainly seems that way!


House ad for DC/National's awards (1951); printed in Adventures of Bob Hope #10 (August-September 1951)





House ad for DC/National's awards (1955); printed in Detective Comics #222 (August 1955)



House ad for DC/National's awards (1955); printed in Detective Comics #225 (November 1955), design and letters by Ira Schnapp (?)



House ad for DC/National's awards (1958); printed in Sergeant Bilko #5 (January 1958)



House ad for DC/National's Shazam Award winners (1971); printed in Batman #236 (November 1971), pencils by Neal Adams, letters by Gaspar Saladino



House ad for DC/National's awards (1985); printed in Blue Devil #18 (November 1985)



House ad for Amazing Heroes' Best 10 Books of 1984; printed in Superman (1939 series) #408 (June 1985)


Here's how Amazing Heroes columnist R.A. Jones broke down those Top Ten books. Click on this page to see the rest of the article!
from Amazing Heroes #63 (January 15, 1985)


But of course, as always, the awards DC loves best are probably the ones they give themselves!


"This Famous Symbol" house ad for National/DC comics (1945); printed in Detective Comics #103 (September 1945)

1 comment:

Blam said...

I think you're right about Ira Schnapp lettering those "Hall of Trophies!" pages. Gaspar Saladino definitely did the Shazam Awards page.