Wednesday, October 05, 2011

DC Ads of the Golden Age, Day 3: One of these things is not like the other


Ad from Detective Comics #40 (June 1940)


Hey, wait a minute...what's that guy doing there?!? Yeah, you...yes, you know I'm talking about you. G'wan, get along, nobody cares about you. Get lost, pallie! Sheesh. Can we get a real star in here?


Ad from Detective Comics #41 (July 1940)


Ah, good. There we go.

(Click to read pal Andrew Weiss's forensic dissection of Ultra-Man at Armagideon Time!)


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4 comments:

  1. BigFella10/05/2011 4:18 PM

    He might not have made it in the USA, but I hear tell he's big in Japan.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rClDI3yWG94

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  2. Super-Duper ToyBox10/05/2011 5:43 PM

    Never knew of that american version of Ultra Man- before the Japanese?

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  3. Jay Zigleraf10/09/2011 10:00 PM

    I love how the Spectre is in "Fun Comics."

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  4. Bully10/10/2011 12:00 AM

    The Righteous and Swift Justice and Vengeance of the Almighty not fun enough for you, Zerne?

    Hey look, Spectre's got a chain saw.

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