Super Juniors Rodeo Fabric and Superman/Batman Intercom!

Sometimes I look at this Super Juniors stuff and think, "Aw, how cute!" and other times I look at it and think, "Wow, that's disturbing." Sometimes for the same items!



I believe this is the same intercom set I showed you before in the package, but since I have a loose set to show here, you get to check it out again!

Comics Ads!

This ad is from DC's September, 1977 cover-dated books... I think these items have appeared in other ads I've posted before, except the sweatshirts!



This October, 1975 cover-dated DC ad is a pretty nice-looking piece to promote The Amazing World of DC Comics' 7th issue!



And we wrap up this installment with this Special Olympics PSA from the October, 1977 cover-dated DCs!

Comics Ads!

Here's a house ad from the September 1976 cover-dated DCs, promoting the TV Comics line, which didn't work out quite so well for them... it helped keep Shazam! going for a little while longer, but neither Isis nor Kotter lasted very long. The Super Friends title was probably the most successful of DC's 1970s new titles, at least until Warlord!



The t-shirts in this September, 1976 cover-dated DC books ad should all be reissued and kept in print, if you ask me!

Movie Viewer and Argentina Temporary Tattoos!

It's kind of hard to imagine these days, but before home video really hit the mass market, movie viewers were a fairly popular toy! The original "movie viewers" were basically a small filmstrip viewer , and those had been produced since the 1940s or so. But in the 1970s and beyond, actual movie viewers with moving pictures started to hit the market, and briefly were all over the place (actually, Kenner had their Easy-Show Projector since the mid 1960s or so, but that required a dark room to view it in).

Galoob's "Sneak Previews" was one of the late entries into this market, with a motorized viewer (unlike the Kenner or Fisher-Price versions that required you to crank it by hand). I'm guessing it's Filmation's Superman cartoons that were used for this!

Next up today is this set of temporary tattoos from Argentina!




Not too bad looking, I'd say... could've used more solid coloring, though!

Stamps and Ideal Super Queen!

These super-hero stamps have always struck me as a bit odd... I've always theorized that someone figured comics were popular, stamp collecting was popular, how can we hit both markets? And this was the result. Of course, the stamp collectors ignored them completely, as they weren't really stamps. These show up on eBay fairly regularly, given there were quite a few DC and Marvel sets made!



Ideal's Super Queens line was kind of a tie-in with Captain Action, barely... they were the same scale, and even shared some similar accessories (Supergirl here also came with the same Krypto that came with the Superboy Captain Action costume). The line was also apparently supposed to get some of the Barbie market (a similar item from Hasbro, the GI Nurse, that tied in with GI Joe, did about as badly). The next Supergirl figure in toy history would be Mego's 1970s "World's Greatest Superheroes" one, and then nothing until the 1990s or so, with the animated series version of Supergirl!

Supergirl Underoos and Greeting Cards!

Wow, um, those Supergirl Underoos don't really look like they were designed for little girls, do they? I'd imagine that more than a few guys were bummed they couldn't find this set in a size their girlfriends (or theoretical girlfriends) could wear for them, eh?



Those are some definitely oddball cards... the text on them looks to me more like what you'd find for more "adult" themed birthday cards, and doesn't seem to fit, does it?

Super Friends Model Sheet and Blanket!

Yeah, we're back to some Super Friends stuff again, having finished off the Super Powers line!



First up is this model sheet for "Challenge of the Super Friends," which is at least based on the designs of Alex Toth, if not done by him!



Here's a rather poor photo of a Super Friends blanket... or is it just a DC Superheroes blanket, given the presence of Captain Marvel?