Wednesday, October 05, 2011

DC Ads of the Golden Age, Day 3: One of these things is not like the other


Ad from Detective Comics #40 (June 1940)


Hey, wait a minute...what's that guy doing there?!? Yeah, you...yes, you know I'm talking about you. G'wan, get along, nobody cares about you. Get lost, pallie! Sheesh. Can we get a real star in here?


Ad from Detective Comics #41 (July 1940)


Ah, good. There we go.

(Click to read pal Andrew Weiss's forensic dissection of Ultra-Man at Armagideon Time!)


4 comments:

BigFella said...

He might not have made it in the USA, but I hear tell he's big in Japan.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rClDI3yWG94

Super-Duper ToyBox said...

Never knew of that american version of Ultra Man- before the Japanese?

Jay Zigleraf said...

I love how the Spectre is in "Fun Comics."

Bully said...

The Righteous and Swift Justice and Vengeance of the Almighty not fun enough for you, Zerne?

Hey look, Spectre's got a chain saw.