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Friday, October 07, 2011

DC Ads of the Golden Age, Day 5: DC Presents the New 5!

We've surgically removed the movie from each of these Hollywood stars and drained it into the ink that prints each issue of MOVIE COMICS!

Ad from Detective Comics #26 (April 1939)

We offer you our solemn promise that each story in FLASH COMICS lasts no more than two pages!

Ad from Detective Comics #34 (December 1939)

Also, we've got these two guys. And hey, be patient with Superman's logo, okay? Were still working out the kinks with his management.

Also, we've got these two guys. And hey, be patient with Superman's logo, okay? Were still working out the kinks with his management.

Ad from Detective Comics #41 (July 1940)

Thursday, October 06, 2011

DC Ads of the Golden Age, Day 4: Well, it's just after six o'clock, and time for the Superman on top of your radio set to explode.

Or, you can wait eighty years and download it from the 'inter-net.'

Ad from Detective Comics #40 (June 1940)

All the makers of unlicensed comic books of the New York World's Fair are gnashing their teeth in frustration now.

All the makers of unlicensed comic books of the New York World's Fair are gnashing their teeth in frustration now.

Ad from Detective Comics #33 (November 1939)

'Excuse me, but that's Clark's catchphrase, not mine.'

Ad from Detective Comics #42 (August 1940)

Wednesday, October 05, 2011

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

Imagine if comic books still were distributed on the same casual schedule. 'When is the next Batman coming out?' 'Oh, about the fifth.' 'I KILL YOU NOW!'

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?

'Hh...his ears are even more ostentatious than mine! Oh, wait, that's a helmet.'

'Hh...his ears are even more ostentatious than mine! Oh, wait, that's a helmet.'

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!)

Tuesday, October 04, 2011

DC Ads of the Golden Age, Day 2: Na na na na

Fans complained that they didn't like this series as much as the old one.

Ad from Detective Comics #40 (June 1940)

Monday, October 03, 2011

DC Ads of the Golden Age, Day 1: This guy'll never catch on

The Mid-Day Matinee this week, all week: DC Ads of the Golden Age! Forget the New 52...let's kick it old schoo'! Here's announcements and advertisements for all the comics books that were the rage back in the cheerful, joyous happy days of the Depression and World War II, introducing a few guys who you might remember today, if they could stick around for a while. But now, less talk, more Action...on DC Ads of the Golden Age!

Note there is absolutely NO MENTION in the ad of SUPERMAN.