It's Krypto's Birthday!

No, not Superman's Krypto... my Krypto!



Krypto is a white boxer, and today is his 5th birthday! This photo was taken in 2006, one of the two years I dressed him as his namesake for Halloween! Sometimes, when I see him running around and jumping over things, I wonder how much like his namesake he thinks he has to be! Anyway, to celebrate Krypto's birthday, here's some Krypto-related merchandise!



Argentina bottle cap!



Krypto and his master(s) page from the Color And Play set by Colorforms!



Krypto appears in the last panel of page 13 from Action Comics 293, by Al Plastino!



The Krypto figure Ideal offered with its Captain Action Superman and Superboy costumes, as well as with their Supergirl figure from the Super Queens line!



Krypto appears on page 24 from Superboy 93, by George Papp!

Steranko History of Comics Posters!

These are awesome, and I wish they would be re-released, because I'd love to have 'em on my office walls!

Slurpee Cups Redux!

Time for another round of 1973 Slurpee Cups featuring members of the Superman Family!







Apparently, when they were choosing the art to use, someone at 7-Eleven said, "Let's pick the kinkiest Lois Lane image we can find for this cup!"

Talking Softee, Weird Japan Toy, and Mirror!

So far, this Superman Talking Softee is the only character in this short-lived Mego line I've seen offered on eBay!



This Japan Superman toy has to be, hands-down, the most weird Superman item ever created!



I have to say I really dig the Superman mirror offered here! Kind of wish I'd put a bid on it now, because I haven't seen one like it offered since!

Fiddlesticks and

Fiddlesticks apparently was an attempt to get part of the Tinkertoy market, but it doesn't seem to have gone anywhere, even licensing Superman, Batman, The Hulk and Spider-Man for their toy line! Can't really tell from this photo how they incorporated those heroes, though!



I love finding new coloring books I haven't seen before offered on eBay... sometimes I even bid on 'em, although mostly unsuccessfully! The Super Friends one above obviously didn't bother following the character designs from the show!

Slurpee Cups!

Ah, fond memories of my childhood, hot summer days when my thirst would be quenched by an ice-cold Slurpee... and for one glorious summer, those Slurpees came in plastic cups featuring Superman and other DC characters!


Jonathan Kent and Perrry White appear in this group of cups!


This group includes Superboy, Lana Lang, Jor-El & Lara, and Jimmy Olsen!

I think these need no further explaining:









Yep, that was the summer of '73!

Merry Christmas!

Here's a selection of Christmas wrapping paper that Superman appeared on!









Of course, with the wrap, you need tags, right?





And here's a Superman nutcracker from 1979! No smarmy comments, please...



And here's Superman decorating a tree, from a dairy company's calendar!

Lois Lane Art!

Kurt Schaffenberger did the art for the cover of Lois Lane 48!



On the other hand, Curt Swan did the art for Lois Lane 102 - and here's page 5!

Jimmy Olsen Art!

We lead off this round of Jimmy Olsen art with page 4 from Jimmy Olsen 152, art by Mike Sekowsky!



And here's page 14 from the same issue!

Cosmic Ball and Sun Visor!

What is it that makes that ball a Cosmic Ball, and what does it have to do with Superman? Rao only knows.



Superman's joined by the Hulk and Spider-Man in this set of sun visors. I don't think I would've thought these were cool at any age!

Popy Superman and Patch!

Popy had the license to do Superman figures in Japan!



It can't just be me who looks at this patch and thinks, "Why is Bizarro operating a snowmobile?"

Monster Times Covers!

For a magazine called the Monster Times, there was a lot of comic book coverage, and a number of cover appearances by Superman!


Issue 12


Issue 16


Issue 25


Issue 29!

Mattel Comic Card Game and

First up today is Mattel's Comic Card Games... the Superman one had art by Jack Kirby!

A short post today, for tomorrow shall be larger!

Montgomery Ward Catalog Items!

Something a bit different today... some selected items from old Montgomery Ward's catalogs!



From the 1966 edition, here's the entry for Captain Action, complete with the Superman costume (which came with Krypto the Superdog!).



From the 1967 edition, it's Captain Action again, but he's been joined by Action Boy, who could be dressed up as Superboy!

Pocket Super Heroes!

I've showed you Comic Action Heroes before, which was Mego's attempt to crack the smaller-scale market popularized by Kenner's Star Wars line, but they also did Pocket Super Heroes, too!



Here's Jor-El!



And Luthor! Never understood why they didn't do an 8" Luthor.



and Superman himself!



And General Zod!