Comic book adverts of the 1960s 70s its been so long since ive opened up a new comic book, i dont even know if they still run ads anymore. The stories in these books, says david hajdu, author of the new book, the tencent plague. Shockingly, there was a series of ads in the late 60s that offered children the. A record revealing the criminal deeds of the counterrevolutionary revisionist and counterrevolutionary zhang wenhai 1966. In todays comic books you dont see the advertisements you used to no ads with outrageous promises to be taller or more muscular. Obviously being a superhero was not all it was crackedup to be. Cover artist nick cardy pencils and inks carmine infantino from beyond the unknown.
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