31 July 2010

What would summer be without booze and projectile weapons?

"This should be easy since there are two targets!"
"The target is BEHIND you, baby..here , you need another beer."

from 1930

They paid back the municipal bonds in short order, seeing as how they charged 25 cents for a barf bag.

30 July 2010

Do ghosts need shuteye?

From the Golden Age run of comicbook mainstay THE SPECTRE, in MORE FUN #90 (65-70 years ago). Why does the omnipontent spiritual being ,who could probably whip Superman's butt, need to sack out in a fluffy bed?

Wow, a free sundae or even a banana split!... Wait a minute, oh jeeze, only the coupon is free!

08 July 2010

Gold Key Informational Page

During the latter half of their work on the Dell Four Color Series and for the first few years of the Gold Key Imprint, Western Publishing often included a one page educational short (usually) related to whatever that particular issue was about.
From The Phantom, #3 May 1963


Art by Jack Sparling