365 Days of DC House Ads, Day 257: Alphabet Antics House Ads Week, Day 7

DC Comics alphabet house ads
Y: from Action Comics #114 (November 1947)
Z: from Detective Comics #130 (December 1947)


Bonus Saturday week-end Alphabet Antics wrap-up feature!:

Two-page house ad for Batman and the Outsiders in DC Sampler #3 (Late Fall 1984); script by Mike W. Barr; pencils, inks, and letters by Jim Aparo

(Click picture to Duke of Oil-size)

Bonus Saturday week-end Alphabet Antics wrap-up feature, Part 2! Here's some animals DC didn't think of for their ads:


Splash page from "The Alphabetical Animal Adventure" in World's Finest Comics #42 (September-October 1949), pencils and inks by Al Plastino

Bonus Saturday week-end Alphabet Antics wrap-up feature, Part the Third! And here's the Mystery Science Theater 3000 short that's been running through my mind all week and inspired the title of this feature. Watch out for the plagiarism from Ogden Nash!





Now we know our ABC,
Thank you for the ads, DC.

365 Days of DC House Ads, Day 256: Alphabet Antics House Ads Week, Day 6

DC Comics alphabet house ads
U: from Action Comics #110 (July 1947)
V: from Detective Comics #126 (August 1947)
W: from Detective Comics #127 (September 1947)
X: from Batman #43 (October 1947)

365 Days of DC House Ads, Day 255: Alphabet Antics House Ads Week, Day 5

DC Comics alphabet house ads
Q: from Superman #45 (March 1947)
R: from Batman #40 (April 1947)
S: from World's Finest Comics #28 (May 1947)
T: from Detective Comics #124 (June 1947)

365 Days of DC House Ads, Day 254: Alphabet Antics House Ads Week, Day 4

DC Comics alphabet house ads
M: from Superman #43 (November 1946)
N: from World's Finest Comics #25 (December 1946)
O: from World's Finest Comics #26 (January 1947)
P: from Detective Comics #120 (February 1947)

365 Days of DC House Ads, Day 253: Alphabet Antics House Ads Week, Day 3

DC Comics alphabet house ads
I: from Superman #41 (July 1946)
J: from Detective Comics #114 (August 1946)
K: from Superman #42 (September 1946)
L: from Adventure Comics #109 (October 1946)

365 Days of DC House Ads, Day 252: Alphabet Antics House Ads Week, Day 2

DC Comics alphabet house ads
E: from Superman #39 (March 1946)
F: from Star Spangled Comics #54 (April 1946)
G: from Adventure Comics #103 (May 1946)
H: from Detective Comics #112 (June 1946)

365 Days of DC House Ads, Day 251: Alphabet Antics House Ads Week, Day 1

This week, all week: it's DC Comics Alphabet Antics House Ads Week! Beginning in books cover-dated October 1945 and continuing for the following two years and a month, DC advertised its books through 26 alphabet-animal themed house ads, each spotlighting an unusual critter (sometimes realistically drawn, sometimes very cartoony) representing a letter and accompanied by some light doggeral about how much that animal loved DC Comics. Hey, how come you didn't use B is for Bull, guys? There were usually printed on the inside cover, so most are in black-and-white, but we'll be seeing a few color ones later in the week. Wherever possible, the ads featured a comic beginning with the same letter as the animal, too! And I'll be running you through all of these, all week long! (Some of the ads are in very poor shape and I've done a little reconstructive Photoshoppery on them, but results may vary.) Let's get things kicked off with the letter...um...the letter...let me consult my chart here...okay, the letter A! Take it away, letter A!



DC Comics alphabet house ads
A: from Batman #31 (October 1945)
B: from Superman #37 (November 1945)
C: from Batman #32 (December 1945)
D: from Superman #38 (January 1946)