"I don't think the real Batman wears a rubber mask with his symbol on it." "He would on Halloween!"

Time is ticking away...do you have your Halloween costume yet? If not, don't panic: just set your time machine for the Marvel Comics of the early 1980s and order yourself up a handy cheap rubber mask of your favorite Marvel (and DC) characters:



Golly, $3.99? As Alfred E. Newman would say, "Cheap!" (Buy all four and save a whole buck...whoop-de-doo!) But what's with that Red Skull mask? Were kids really clamoring for this character molded in stinky, malleable thin rubber? "Hey Mom, can I dress up as a Nazi for Halloween this year?" "No, Mikey...you can be a hobo or a ghost again if you like." "Aw, Mom!"

And I like that "Please list alternate selection." Which means all they had to do was produce several thousand Spidey masks, since those seem the simplest mold. "Sorry, kid, you can't be a former bellboy turned Hitler's superhuman henchman this year...how about the guy who accidentally killed his girlfriend when she was plummeting off a bridge, huh?"

If it's cold outside, why not spring the extra two bones for the Spider-Man Ski Mask ("Look just like Spidey...except Spidey doesn't have a mouth, does he? Oh well!"):



With the Spider-Man Ski Mask, every Halloween is a dog day afternoon!

Well, I'm off to get into my Hulk mask and green body paint for tomorrow's candy gatherin' festivities. Whatever you go as, play it safe and don't eat any suspicious candy...

...send it to me!