Monday, July 08, 2013

365 Days of DC House Ads, Day 189: People in the comic, hot hot hot


House ad for Showcase #1 [Fireman Farrell] (March-April 1956); printed in Detective Comics #229 (March 1956)
Comic cover art: pencils and inks by John Prentice
Ad designed and lettered by Ira Schnapp

The first three issues of Showcase faithfully pretended to print printed themed stories based on readers' demands:


Until they pretty much threw up their hands and said "the heck with it" by issue #4...


...thank goodness.

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1 comment:

  1. Blam7/15/2013 1:13 PM

    "I request thrilling ladder rescues with butt shots, naked mare torsos, and crotch shots underwater.
    "Sincerely,
    "Craig Sh— er, Name Withheld"

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