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Retro Junk Food as Presented in Old Comic Book Ads

Mickey Yarber

Chips Ahoy! Cookies (1987) Nabisco’s Chips Ahoy! cookies have been around since 1963, but I believe it was in the ’80s that they truly started to see their star rise. The Chips Ahoy! brand started CONTINUE READING…

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Check Out Those Ads! – Marvel Holiday Special Mutant Melodies

Pitfall Gary

In the last issue we looked at the 1991 Marvel Holiday Special. It was a good issue but didn’t feature any ads. It did however have great artwork of all your favorite Marvel characters enjoying CONTINUE READING…

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Check Out Those Ads! – Marvel Holiday Special #1

Pitfall Gary

The Marvel Holiday Special kicks of the final month of our 30th Anniversary year for comic book ads. The Marvel Holiday Special is an anthology of sorts. Eight different stories each with a different hero CONTINUE READING…

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Check Out Those Ads! – Spelljammer #15

Pitfall Gary

Spelljammer isn’t my favorite Dungeons & Dragons setting. In fact it’s near the bottom of my list. I don’t know what it is about the setting but I never enjoyed playing it. I wasn’t opposed CONTINUE READING…

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Check Out Those Ads! – 3 Musketeers Adventure!

Pitfall Gary

3 Musketeers Adventure! When it comes to candy bars, 3 Musketeers aren’t the most popular. I loved them as a kid, my kids eat them as a last resort. Not sure why, they are a CONTINUE READING…

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Check Out Those Ads! – Outlaws #2

Pitfall Gary

In the summer of 1991 movie theaters were overrun with outlaws when Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves hit the screen. It was and is a fantastic retelling of the Robin Hood story. It was the CONTINUE READING…

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Check Out Those Ads! – Robin II: The Jokers Wild! #1

Pitfall Gary

In January we looked at the first ever Robin title. It was a five issue limited series. Following the success of Robin I, DC pushed out a second Robin title in October 1991. Robin II: CONTINUE READING…

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Check Out Those Ads! – The Web #1

Pitfall Gary

In 1991 DC resurrected a group of Archie characters from the 1940’s for their Impact Comics imprint. It all started in July 1991 with Legend of the Shield and The Comet. In August The Jaguar CONTINUE READING…

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Check Out Those Ads! – The Incredible Hulk #385

Pitfall Gary

In September 1991 we were in the middle of The Infinity Gauntlet story line. A story that would have a far reaching impact in the Marvel universe. The Infinity Gauntlet was mostly self contained into CONTINUE READING…

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Check Out Those Ads! – Deathstroke the Terminator #1

Pitfall Gary

Slade Wilson enlisted in the Army at 16 years old. He served in Korea and Vietnam, then was selected for a super solider program. In the program Wilson was injected with an experimental drug allowing CONTINUE READING…

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