Comic books in 'Promotional'

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#30 1988. Promotional comic featuring stories, nautical facts, games and puzzles. Standard size comic, full color, 16-pages, all newsprint, no cover price.

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Add to cart VG 4.0 $4.00

Promotional comic featuring stories, nautical facts, games and puzzles. Standard size comic, full color, 16-pages, all newsprint, no cover price.

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Promotional comic featuring stories, nautical facts, games and puzzles. Standard size comic, full color, 16-pages, all newsprint, no cover price.

Add to cart FN/VF 7.0 $7.00

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Promotional comic featuring stories, nautical facts, games and puzzles. Standard size comic, full color, 16-pages, all newsprint, no cover price.

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Promotional comic featuring stories, nautical facts, games and puzzles. Standard size comic, full color, 16-pages, all newsprint, no cover price.

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Add to cart Very Good $4.00

1999. Promotional comic published by Bayer to encourage kids to check and maintain healthy blood sugar levels with their glucose meter. 6.5" x 10.25". 10 pages. Full color.

Add to cart Near Mint $2.65

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Captain Marvel Start Here Sampler was produced to help promote the Captain Marvel movie. Includes a preview of Captain Marvel #1, history of Captain Marvel, greatest moments of Captain Marvel and news of upcoming graphic novels and comics. 6 1/2-in. x 10 1/4-in., 28 pages, full color.

Add to cart NM- 9.2 $3.00 View scan

Add to cart NM- 9.2 $3.00 View scan

Casper and the Friendly Dentist (1967) is a promotional comic distributed by the American Dental Association and published by Harvey Comics. Casper comes to the aid of a dentist who has two children as patients. They discuss their baby teeth and how adult teeth will follow. Brushing and proper eating habits are among the items discussed. NOTE: The majority of these issues display a minor printing defect that resembles soiling or ink transfer.

Add to cart Very Fine $5.60

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $4.49

Promotional comic published by Culver Publications covering the impact of Thomas Edison's inventions on modern society. Possibly produced for the Florida Power & Light Company. 16 Pages, Full Color.

Add to cart VF+ 8.5 $449.95 or Best Offer View scans Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

"Piracy on the High Cheese" is a Kraft Cheese promotional comic book. (W) Jim Shooter (P) Wanderlei Silva (I) Bob Layton. Cover price $1.00.

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Promotional booklet produced for Chick-Chick Easter Egg Colors (HCA Food Corp.) and its coloring contest. Includes two pages to color, a dot-to-dot page, and a game. Copes are folded horizontally. 5-in. x 6.75-in.; part black and white, part color; 8 newsprint pages. No date (1960s?).

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $26.50 View scan Interior activities completed. Store stamp. Pencil markings. Water damage.

Toytown Store giveaway featuring coloring pages, puzzles, and games for children. 8" x 10.5", 12 pages, B&W.

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Bound Volume (file copies) of five promotional public service armed forces government giveaway comics published by Harvey Harvey Comics. The Man Who Wouldn't Quit (1952), Kerry Drake in The Case of the Sleeping City (1952), Joe Palooka in It's All in the Family (1945), Strong for the People (1950), & Steve Canyon's Secret Mission (1951). Art by Alfred Andriola, Ham Fisher, Milton Caniff. The comics have been professionally trimmed and bound into book form. Hardcover, 80 pages, FC.

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Promotional piece published by Diamond Comic Distributors in 1989 to promote DC graphic novels for sale. 7 3/4-in. x 10 1/4-in., 12 pages total, full color.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $14.00

Stacey's Department Store Classics Illustrated Merry Christmas (1969) Giveaway "A Christmas Adventure." Join Santa as he travels around the world and learn how Christmas is celebrated in other countries. Reprints Picture Parade # 4 (1953), with new cover. 1 of 5 ad. variations. 24 pages. Some may include an added .25c New Price sticker. Cover price $0.25.

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Advertising Broadside issued in 1939 to promote Click Magazine. Printed on heavy cardstock. 10.5" x 13.5", single-sided, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Add to cart GD 2.0 $6.40

Booklet on the history of transportation. Produced for the United Transportation Union. Text with illustrations. 5.5-in. x 8.5-in.; black and white; 64 pages on white paper with cardstock covers. No date (1970s?). Similar text but different art from "Cliff Merritt's Scrapbook People on the Move."

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Booklet on the history of transportation. Produced for the United Transportation Union. 5.5-in. x 8.5-in.; black and white; 64 newsprint pages with cardstock covers. No date (1980s). Similar text but different art from "Cliff Merritt's Scrapbook of Man on the Move."

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $1,200.00 View scans Paper: Off white Label #4465051002 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Add to cart Coverless $124.95 or Best Offer View scan Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Jack Cole, Charles Biro, Bob Wood, Fred Schwab, Fred Guardineer, Rafael Astarita, Frank Frollo, Maurice Gutwirth, Jack Romer, Richard Dean, George Nagle, Ken Fitch, Joe Penner, Hal Raynor, Will Harr, Claire Moe, Dick Ryan, and Bob McCay (credited as Winsor McCay, Jr.). An early comics anthology published by Harry Chesler, as a giveaway for Cocomalt, a powdered-drink company. Cocomalt sponsored a popular radio show featuring comedian Joe Penner, who appears here in short comic strips. Early stories and art by comics legends Jack Cole (creator of Plastic Man) and Will Eisner. featuring radio comedian Joe Penner. A rare Little Nemo in Slumberland strip drawn by Bob McCay, son of original Nemo artist Winsor McCay (credited here as Winsor McCay, Jr.), plus a one-page strip featuring Little Nemo's Impy. Also featuring early stories by Charles Biro and Bob Wood, later the minds behind the notorious Crime Does Not Pay comic. Cover is also by Biro. Little Nemo in Slumberland; Insurance Ike; Officer Skelly; Tommy the Bear Scout; Cowboy Joe Penner; Put On Your Own Radio Show; When the Berry Blossoms; Boodini the Great; The Wild Cat; Lucky Coyne; Impy; Myrth-Parade; Spots; Sky Menace; Senior Symphony; Brain Teasers; Bib and Tucker; Round Table Adventures; Dan Hastings; Adventures In Goobyland; King Kole's Kourt; Animal Crackers; Laughing At Life; Don't Look Now; Nothing But the Truth; Tell Me? Mr. Wise Guy. 48 pages, Full Color.

Add to cart VF+ 8.5 $595.00 View scans Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

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Add to cart FN 6.0 $350.00 or Best Offer View scans Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

1981 yellow background variant. Promotional educational brochure published by Harvey Comics for the Comics Magazine Association of America and distributed to comic book publishers, covering the innovative new color coding technique about to be implemented in the industry. The inside of the brochure explains the advantages of using the system, the one-inch color coded stripe being added to the top of every page of a comic magazine, and how the process works to simplify rotating comic stock magazine. The backside provides a handy sample calendar for publishers. The front cover features the top stars of the major comic book publishers, Superman, Archie, Casper, Dennis the Menace, Spider-Man, and Bugs Bunny. 6 3/4" x 10 1/4", primarily b&w/text interior, 4 pages.

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Add to cart VG 4.0 $7.20

Consumer Comix (1975) is an educational giveaway used to promote awareness against consumer fraud and for better consumer awareness. This booklet was produced by Dennis Kitchen in conjunction with the Wisconsin Department of Justice. Art by Dennis Kitchen, Petre Loft and Peter Poplaski. The stories are funny, entertaining, and educational. 24 pages, B&W, slick cover.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $5.20

Pillsbury Flour Mills 1944 Giveaway. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 22 Pages Brown and Blue Text with Illustrations

Add to cart VF/NM 9.0 $15.00 View scans

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Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $9.00 View scan Paper: Off white

Copper...the Oldest and the Newest Metal (1954) is a promotional comic book published by Commercial Comics. Miss Adams teaches her class of students about the ancient and modern uses of the metal copper. 16 pages, full color, 7-in. x 10-in., newsprint, with no cover price.

Add to cart FR 1.0 $2.65 6" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached.

Thom McAn shoes. Full color, 16 pages, 7-in. x 10.25-in., all newsprint, no cover price.

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1st Printing - Written by Justine Korman, Illustrated by Dean Yeagle. Free premium published exclusively for General Foods Corp. found in specially marked boxes of Post "Crispy Critters" Cereal. Softcover, 6.5" x 8", 32 pages, full color.

Add to cart CGC 9.6 $64.00 or Best Offer View scan Paper: White Custom Edition. Label #1249470004 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by SamsCGCgoodies

Add to cart CGC 9.4 $48.00 or Best Offer View scan Paper: White Custom Edition. Label #1249470003 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by SamsCGCgoodies

Custom Edition Captain America is a promotional Chevrolet giveaway produced for the 2014 Detroit auto show. It reprints Captain America 4th series (2005) #8 "The Winter Soldier" Part 1, with the cover from #1. Bookend double-page ads for Chevrolet. FC, 28 pages.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $118.00 View scans Staple rust. Rust migration. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Bud Plant

DAISY HANDBOOK # 2, published 1948 by the Daisy Manufacturing Company. Daisy Air Rifle ads were very frequently and prominently featured in comic books for many decades starting in the 1940's. This book is very unusual, because it has comic book features from several different publishers: DC, Fawcett, Dell and True Comics (Parents Magazine Institute). It also has a 10 cent cover price, rather than being a promotional giveaway. The book was primarily sold through the mail. The book is pocket digest size and 132 pages, including covers. The comics are in black and white. Features include Captain Marvel (Shazam), Robotman (who was a backup feature in Action Comics with Superman), Red Ryder by Fred Harman, the Boy Commandos, Ibis the Invincible, and the humorous "Culture Corner" by Basil Wolverton. There are also real fact features on Leonardo Da Vinci, Rudolph Diesel, and Cleveland Indians Hall of Fame baseball player Bob Feller. The center is an 8 page full-color Daisy catalog, featuring Red Ryder and showcasing such products as the 1000 shot repeater cowboy carbine, the number 118 pistol target set, the daisy pump gun (king of all air rifles), daisy bullseye shot, the Buck Rogers U 238 Atomic Pistol Holster Set, the Number 71 Daisy Repeating Water Pistol, and more. The back cover has an ad for a poster - "The American Boys' Bill of Rights", featuring a kid holding a rifle. Cover price $0.10.

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Dangerous Playgrounds (1966) promotes safety around railroads. Distributed by the Association of American Railroads. 20 pages, full color, slick cover with newsprint interior, 5-in. x 7-in., no cover price. Includes eleven safety rules to be observed around railroads, and gives graphic examples of the physical harm and even death that may result from playing on or near railroad equipment and freight.

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One-shot. Fire Safety Education giveaway sponsored by Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association & Consumer Product Safety Commission on the dangers of gasoline. "A Season For Tears" (W) Mindy Newell (A) Mike Harris (I) Don Hudson. FC, 20 pages. Cover price $1.50.

Add to cart VF+ 8.5 $45.00 View scans Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

New Dimension Comics Signed Edition. Signed and re-marked with Daredevil sketch on back cover by artist Don Hudson. Limited to 99 copies and includes a numbered certificate of authenticity from New Dimension Comics.

2nd printing. One-shot. Fire Safety Education giveaway sponsored by Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association & Consumer Product Safety Commission on the dangers of gasoline. "A Season For Tears" (W) Mindy Newell (A) Mike Harris (I) Don Hudson. FC, 20 pages. Cover price $1.50.

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Stories and art by Fred Toole and Al Wiseman. A promotional comic featuring Dennis the Menace from Parke-Davis, producers of pharmaceuticals like Caladryl. This originally came free with the purchase of Caladryl (better known as calamine lotion). Dennis and his parents go on vacation on a houseboat, and must use the first-aid kit (filled with Parke-Davis products) multiple times. NOTE: issues under this listing are missing the two Readi-bandage band-aids that originally came attached to inside back cover. And Away We Go!; How to Identify Poison Oak and Poison Ivy. 32 pages, Full Color.

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Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $2.50 View scan 0.5" spine split from bottom.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $7.49

Dennis the Menace Takes A Poke at Poison (1961) is a promotional comic book published by Field Enterprises. Dennis learns about poisons and always to be sure of what is in a box or bottle before eating or drinking. 16 pages, full color, 6.5-in. x 10.25-in., newsprint, with no cover price.

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Add to cart Very Good $3.20

Add to cart Very Good $3.20

Dennis the Menace Takes A Poke at Poison Revised (1975) is a promotional comic book published by Field Enterprises. Dennis learns about poisons and always to be sure of what is in a box or bottle before eating or drinking. 16 pages, full color, 6.5-in. x 10.25-in., newsprint, with no cover price.

Add to cart CGC 9.4 $150.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: White Label #1305221012 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Add to cart CGC 9.0 $90.00 View scans Paper: White Label #1245153024 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Add to cart VF- 7.5 $39.90 View scan Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Full size promotional comic given away by Zeller's Store in Canada. 36 pgs.

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Add to cart Fine $6.00

Mattel Facsimile Edition. Exclusive promotional comic packaged with DC Super Heroes Series 1: Batman Action Figure.
"Rocket Scientist!" Story by Chuck Dixon. Art by Graham Nolan and Tom Palmer. A small time hood's fumbling exploits are legendary in the Gotham underworld. When he gets another chance to correct his life will he do what is right or will he end up right back where he started...jail. 36 pgs.

Auction Item: CGC 9.8 View scans Auction opens February 2 Paper: White Reprint. Label #1618534039	Add to cart NM 9.4 $77.00 View scans	Add to cart VF 8.0 $47.00 View scans	Add to cart CGC 9.8 $150.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: White Reprint. Label #1618534043 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
Add to cart CGC 9.8 $150.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: White Label #1618534020 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.	Add to cart CGC 9.8 $160.00 View scans Paper: White Reprint. Label #0141064011 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.	Add to cart CGC 9.8 $190.00 View scans Paper: White Reprint. Label #1618534083 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.	Add to cart CBCS 9.8 $265.99 or Best Offer View scans Paper: White Oreo Cookies Giveaway. Label #0002095-AA-003 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
Add to cart CGC 9.8 $284.99 or Best Offer View scans Paper: White REPRINT. Label #4341318001 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.	Add to cart NM- 9.2 $75.00 View scans Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.	Add to cart VF/NM 9.0 $60.00 or Best Offer View scans Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.	Add to cart VF/NM 9.0 $64.95 or Best Offer View scans Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
Add to cart VF+ 8.5 $59.95 or Best Offer View scans Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Oreo Cookie promotional comic from 1984. Reprints Batman cover and story from Detective #27, plus Robin origin from Detective #38, and first Joker appearance from Batman #1. 32-pages, all newsprint, full-color standard comic book size.

Add to cart Very Good $8.00

Toys 'R' Us special replica edition of Detective Comics # 38 (1st app of Robin).

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Stories and art by Chester Gould. Reprints of the original comic-strip adventures of legendary tough cop Dick Tracy and his rogues gallery of freakish enemies. This issue reprints Harvey Comics Library #2, which in turn reprints strips from June 22 - December 13, 1950. Young Sparkle Plenty becomes a TV star, but this attracts unwanted attention from protection racketeer T.V. Wiggles. Vitamin Flintheart alerts Tracy to T.V. Wiggles' threats against Sparkle Plenty. Wiggles scuffles with Tracy and gets away, then plots a terrible revenge against Sparkle Plenty. Promotional giveaway comic for Motorola televisions, with ads showcasing classic TV sets of the black-and-white era. Dick Tracy in the Case of the Sparkle Plenty T.V. Mystery: A Star Is Born; Blackmail; The Threat. 32 pages, Full Color.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $27.00	Add to cart VG- 3.5 $18.00	Add to cart VG- 3.5 $18.00	Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $16.00 View scan 1 1/2" cumulative spine split.
Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $10.50 View scan 5 1/2" cumulative spine split. Splitting on interior wraps. Cover oxidation.

1940 reprint. 16 pages color. Gould art. All newsprint comic

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Tip Top Bread Giveaway. Dick Tracy cover variant. Not a comic book. Features, games, puzzles, etc. but no comic characters except Dick Tracy on the cover. All newsprint. 16-pages, 5.5-in. x 8.5-in.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $17.50

Dick Wingate of the U.S. Navy (1951, unnumbered 1st edition), a Toby Press promotional giveaway comic distributed by Navy recruiters. Standard 32 page, full color comic format. The story: After graduating from high school, Dick Wingate joins the Navy. We follow Dick through boot camp, exams, and further training as he prepares for a secret mission. The mission, to make "sub-hunting by planes an exact science," leads to espionage, attractive women, double-crossing spies, and kidnapping, as Dick does his part to win the Korean War and defeat the godless commies.

Add to cart VF- 7.5 $15.00 View scans Minor staple rust.	Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $13.00 View scans	Add to cart FN 6.0 $11.00 View scan	Add to cart VG 4.0 $3.00 View scan
Add to cart VG 4.0 $8.00 View scan Water damage.

Did you know THIS about Pennsylvania (circa 1950's) is a sequel-companion book to "Quaint and Interesting Cartoons about Pennsylvania". Sub-titled "A Second Book of Cartoon Sidelights of the Keystone State". Both are promotional booklet's distributed by the Pennsylvania Department of Commerce. There are 2 or 3 cartoons on each page with some really neat facts about Pennsylvania regarding industry (agriculture, energy, tourism), the people (Pennsylvania Dutch, Quakers etc), the land, historical persona and locations, etc. Some great stuff here. 32 pages, B&W, art and done in the Ripley's Believe It Or Not style of comic art.

Add to cart FN 6.0 $6.00

1998 Holiday Season catalog for the online and local Walt Disney store. Clothes, prints, statues, plush, toys and more. 7 1/2" X 10 1/2". 132 pages, full color.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $10.00

Donald Duck and the Buccaneers Mini Comic. Wheaties 1950-51 32-page promotional comic, 6-7/8 x 3-1/8, Issue #B-3. An original set of 8 mini comics cost 15c plus one Wheaties box top. Four sets of 8 were made, Series A, B, C and D.

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Add to cart Fine $3.90

One-Shot. August 1998. Promotional comic to herald a new series that was never published. Written by Kym Dray and Robert Loren Fleming, and illustrated by Marat Mychaels. 6.5" x 10.25". 32 pages. Color.

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Add to cart VG 4.0 $11.00 View scans Small cover-to-cover edge tear.	Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $6.00 View scan 3" spine split.	Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $6.00 View scans Paper: White

Promotional comic, as young Tommy learns about the drawbacks of driving in urban traffic and the advantages of public transit, specifically Greyhound buses. Includes many safe-driving tips, such as keeping ones eyes on the road. Included in Paul Gravetts 2008 book The Worlds Weirdest Comic Books. 16 pages, full color, 7-in. x 10-in., newsprint, with no cover price.

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Add to cart GD 2.0 $8.00

Published in 1959 by Cities Service Petroleum. Full color 32 page promotional comic with games, Activities, etc. for children.

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Proof cover for Eager Beaver in the Land O' the Pioneers, produced by Cities Service Petroleum. 4 pages, full color.