1959

All these of these genuine "Coming Super-Attractions" ads were sent to me by Robby Reed of Dial "B" For Blog. Thanks Robby!


And now its time to call it a day at Coming Super-Attractions! I deeply appreciate everyone who stopped by here and checked out what I was doing, and those who left comments.

While this blog was always the least popular of all my comic blogging efforts, there was a core audience who stopped by every day, and it was for that audience--you--that I kept it going for as long as I did.

If/when CSA returns, I think I'll be adding some of the other bizarre and/or fun material you'd find in between the story pages, like Cap's Hobby Hints, Reader Surveys, Public Service Annoucements, and the like. And since most of my current blogs are "limited run" blogs, I do think I'll be returning to CSA at some point down the line.

Until then, if you don't already, you should check out Allan Harvey's blog Gorilla Daze--he regularly posts DC house ads, many even more obscure than the ones I got to.

Thanks everyone, and keep watching the newsstands!

5708

A DC house ad...from the future!!

1980

I had this sitting in my files for a while, figured this is as good a time to use it as any...I used to love this book!

1961

DC has reinvented Adventure Comics, House of Mystery, and House of Secrets...where's My Greatest Adventure?!?

1975

Why do I get the feeling that when they made this ad, DC didn't know whether Atlas was getting his own title or just a First Issue Special?

1970

1957

This cool ad was sent to me by Robby Reed of Dial "B" For Blog. Too bad Sgt. Rock never crossed over...

1966

Oh man, what I wouldn't have given to see a Metamorpho cartoon...

1980

I have to say, "Dagon the Avenger" looks like a pretty tough character. I should pick that issue up some day and see what its all about.

DC house ads--still working, twenty-nine years later!

1970

1969

I wonder if DC ran the above ad in their romance titles?

1969

1977

1981

As you could probably guess, this is an ad from another foreign DC comic, this time a German edition Wonder Woman.

Who knew Deadman had his own series in 1981?

1970

Recognize most of these characters but not the titles? That's because these are house ads from an Australian comic, called Wonder Comics, that featured an amalgam of DC characters.

I would love to know why some American titles made it over to other countries, and others were created especially for those markets.

And I'm intrigued by the title Bumper Western Comic.

1966

This bottom ad is unusual, in that you've got Superman and Lois flying in just to promote Scooter! Ah, the stuff The Man of Steel had to do in those days...

1969

1976

I love any ad that features a comic book spinner rack. Bonus Gorilla points, too.

1965

I don't think I've ever seen an ad just for Sugar and Spike and Fox and Crow...where are the Absolute Editions of those books?

1974

1978

Here's an unusual ad--advertising a title that never actually got published!

So, was this ad Vixen's first appearance, or was it when she actually debuted in a story (Action Comics #521)? This kind of stuff used to bug me when I was a kid...