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Retro Commercials: Dr. Pepper ‘Be a Pepper’

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

Check Out Those Ads! – Ghost Rider #15

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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

Retro Commercials: Seagram’s Wine Coolers with Bruce Willis

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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

Check Out Those Ads! – The Fury of Firestorm #22

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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

Check Out Those Ads! – The Flash #256

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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.

Check Out Those Ads! – Alf #8

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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

Check Out Those Ads! – The Savage She-Hulk #9

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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