Lobo hit the scene in 1990 with a bang! He is a brash talkin’ foul mouthed killing machine! To be fair, Lobo made his first appearance in 1983 in the Omega Man comic. Lobo started CONTINUE READING…
There are all sorts of Halloween treats popping up on the The Retro Network. Keeping with the Halloween season the comic ads we’ll be looking at come from a horror comic book. Unfortunately the ads CONTINUE READING…
I originally planned to showcase ads from the Shadow of the Bat issue #1 for this installment, but when I looked through the comic the ads were less than memorable. I guess a good story CONTINUE READING…
I don’t know about you, but commercials can often take me back to my formative years as quickly as any song or movie can. That is why we will continue this semi-regular feature on ’80s commercials CONTINUE READING…
Over on the Wizards Podcast, Adam and Michael will occasionally extoll the virtues of comics with gimmick covers from the 90’s. I thought I’d dig out one such comic and see what the ads looked CONTINUE READING…
I don’t know about you, but commercials can often take me back to the ’80s as quickly as any song or movie can. That is why we will continue this semi-regular feature on ’80s commercials that CONTINUE READING…
In the last article we looked at ads from an issue of The Flash published in 1977. For today’s article we’re jumping ahead a few years to 1984, looking at another DC title, The Fury CONTINUE READING…
For today’s comic book ad we are jumping back to one of the infamous dirty dozen comics I received from a friend of my dad. This week we’ll look at The Flash #256 from 1977. CONTINUE READING…
There’s been a lot of Alf material on The Retro Network lately. On a recent episode of Wax Pack Flashback Jason opened a set of Alf trading cards and over on RD’s Retro Detention Alf CONTINUE READING…
Comics have been a part of my life since early childhood, 5-6 years old. I started out with Bugs Bunny comic books and other ‘kid’ friendly titles. It was a few years later when I CONTINUE READING…
Being a big wrestling fan growing up, I bought all of the “Apter mags” I could get my hands on. They were great for the news, which was already 3 months old by the time CONTINUE READING…
1979: Coca-Cola and “Mean” Joe Green An iconic ad, and an early example of commercials becoming a highlight of the Superbowl. 1984: Wendy’s – Where’s the Beef? Clara Peller went on to become a minor CONTINUE READING…
Pac-Man has been a constant part of our pop culture lives since 1980. Take a look back at some memorable ads featuring the yellow hero we all love. CONTINUE READING…
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