Comic books in 'Promotional'

Discover how much fun you can have learning to play the accordion with this eight page full color promotional comic. Published circa 1955. 8 pages, full color. Produced by Feature Publications.

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Universal Studios/Coca-Cola/Walmart Exclusive Edition. Written by Michael Stewart. Layouts by Sal Buscema. Pencils and inks by Steve Pugh. 16 page promotional comic, full color, standard dimensions and format. No cover price.

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $11.00

Master Lock Presents the Incredible Hulk (2003). Story by Robin Laws with art by M. D. Bright and inks by Rick Perrotta. 50,000 copy promotional edition featuring an all new story where Master Lock products Sphero, a combination lock, and Street Cuff, "the toughest bike lock on the block," join the Incredible Hulk, Elektra, Captain America, Daredevil, Ross Guildenstern, and the Kingpin in a fast-paced cross-country adventure. Ross Guildenstern gets caught up in a deadly game of cat and mouse when Wilson Fisk sets his sights on the contents in Ross' mysterious box. What is in Ross' box? A box protected by a heavy-duty Master Lock Sphero. And, why does the Kingpin of Crime want it so badly? Includes full-page pin-ups featuring the Hulk vs. the fantastic from the Fantastic Four (1961-1996 1st Series) #12 and the cover for that issue; the cover of Incredible Hulk (1962-1999 1st series) #1; and includes seven full-pages ads starring Captain America, Iron Man, Hulk, and Daredevil alongside Master Lock products. Full color, 36 pages including cover, slick paper stock, standard comic format, no cover price.

Retailer preview for Marvel's Infinity Crusade. Features rough draft pages and layouts. 26 pages, B&W.

Add to cart VF+ 8.5 $50.00 or Best Offer View scan Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Promotional comic from Marvel, sponsored by Microsoft for WiredSafety.org to educate kids about internet safety. Written by C.B. Cebulski with art by Scott Hepburn. Full color, 16 pages, slick paper stock.

Interstate Theatre's Fun Club Comics (circa mid-1940's) was a promotional comic book published by Interstate Theatres. Cover features MLJ characters looking at a copy of Top-Notch Comics, but contains an early Detective Comic on the inside; many combinations possible. 48 pages, full color, B&W cover, card stock cover with newsprint interior, 6.5-in. x 10-in. Cover price $0.10.

1953. Promotional item for Art Instruction, Inc. school, showing staff and instructors, examples of work, and famous former students. 10" x 12.75". 40 pages. Mainly black and white with occasional color.

Royal Purple Iron Man Custom Comic. Released as a promotional item from Royal Purple Synthetic Oil for the Iron Man 2 motion picture. Full color, 12 pages, slick paper stock.

Written by Donny Cates. Art by Rhoald Marcellius and Val Staples. Cover by Rhoald Marcellius and Carlos Cabrera. Iron Man battles MODOK in the promotional comic produced in conjunction with DJI.com! 8 pages, full color.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $75.00 View scan Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Diesel Promotional Giveaway Variant. Comic received with purchase of Diesel's Only The Brave Iron Man Limited Edition Fragrance. Flipbook with 4 page reprint of Tales of Suspense #39.
Written by BRANNON BRAGA and MARC GUGGENHEIM. Art by PHIL BRIONES. Cover by BRANDON PETERSON. It's the beleaguered Iron Man vs. the all-new, all-deadly Whiplash in a brutal fight to the finish! But how can there be a victor if both men need each other to defeat the menace of the Iron Axis? 28 pages, full color.

Canadian Edition with new cover art and no cover price. Anti-Communism in Canada propaganda comic published by the Catechetical Guild. 48 pages, full color.

10c cover price in large black circle. Is This Tomorrow - Written by F. Robert Edman and Francis McGrade. Art by Charles M. Schulz (of Peanuts fame) and unknown. A polemic warning of a future subversive revolution by American communists under orders from the Soviet Union. Plus: 1-page editorial "To Make You Think" on inside front cover; 1-page article "Incredible?" on inside back cover; and "Fight Communism with - Ten Commandments of Citizenship" on back cover. 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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C. I. Hood's Sarsaparilla Advertising Promo with Illustrations. by Charles Follen Adams. 4-in. x 4 1/2-in. 20 Pages B&W.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $9.00

It Happened to Alice (1985 promotional) was distributed by Alcoholics Anonymous World Service, Inc. It happened to Alice, but it could happen to any woman. Alice, like thousands of other women, had a special kind of trouble. This is the story of how she found a way out. 24 pages, full color, 6.5-in. x 3-in.

Add to cart CGC 9.6 $569.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: White Label #0162062003 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Safety-themed promotional comic featuring popular comic strip and cartoon characters in new stories drawn by their creators. Standard comic-sized, 16-pages, full color, quality white stock paper (not the typical newsprint of most promotionals), no cover price. Comic strip and cartoon characters such as Henry, Bugs Bunny, The Berrys, Dixie Dugan, Elmer, Tim Tyler, Bruce Gentry, Abbie and Slats, Joe Jinks, The Toodles, and Cokey. 16 pages.

It's Simply Celestial (1947) was a promotional comic book published by Sealtest Ice Cream. We are introduced to "Ginny, the cutest little trick this side of a dream" (it was a much more innocent time). We soon learn that in order to have lovely hair, beautiful teeth, clear eyes, and fair skin you need the basic foods found in ice cream, and that butter has been proved by scientific research to stimulate the appetite and delight the taste-buds (huh? Butter taste good...what a novel idea), as well as all sorts of other good news about Sealtest products. Definitely a fun read for the entertainment value alone if for nothing else. 24 pages, full color, card stock paper, 5.5-in. x 7.5-in.

It's the Work that Counts: A New Concept of Gasoline (circa 1958) was a promotional comic book published by Johnstone and Cushing and prepared from a study by the Ethyl Corporation. This comic discusses the use of gasoline and how much gas is needed to operate automobiles. It shows that in the 1930s gas was 16.2 cents a gallon and by the time the late fifties rolled around the cost was up to 31 cents pre gallon (kind of puts modern day gas prices in perspective now doesn't it). 8 pages, full color, newsprint, 7-in. x 10-in. with no cover price.

Jack Armstrong Tru-flite News (1944) is a promotional news paper published by General Mill, Inc. This newspaper contains 5 articles about model airplanes and coupons (expired) to send away for the complete series of Jack Armstrong Tru-Flite Model Planes. 4 pages, text with B&W pictures, 10-in. x 11-in., newsprint, with no cover price.

Add to cart Good $7.20

Promotional Story Book from Palmolive. Saddle stitched, 5-in. x 7 1/2-in., 12 Pages, PC/PB&W.

Classic Fairy Tale stories by E. Veale "Jack the Giant of the Sea", "A Thanksgiving Tale", "Yellow-Back, the Spider". Palmer Cox Art - Text with B&W Illos - Hunter Shoe Co Giveaway. 16 Pages B&W with Color Cover

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $195.00 or Best Offer View scans 1/4" spine split. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

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Add to cart VG 4.0 $42.00 View scan Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Jawbreaker Promotional Comic. Features 4 different stories starring Hulk, Spider-Man, Captain America, and Thor. Reprinted from Savage Hulk (1996) #1, Amazing Spider-Man #248, and Marvel Fanfare #29. FC, 36 pages.

Jiffy Pop Promotional Booklet. 3-in. x 2 1/2-in. 12 Foldout Pages Full color.

Jiffy Pop Promotional Booklet. 3-in. x 2 1/2-in. 12 Foldout Pages Full color

Jiffy Pop Promotional Booklet. 3-in. x 2 1/2-in. 12 Foldout Pages Full color

Jiffy Pop Promotional Booklet. 3-in. x 2 1/2-in. 12 Foldout Pages Full color

Jiffy Pop Promotional Booklet. 3-in. x 2 1/2-in. 12 Foldout Pages Full color

Jiffy Pop Promotional Booklet. Story and art by Bud Sagendorf. Bluto thinks he can best Popeye by eating spinach - in fact, twice as much spinach as Popeye eats. Plus a geometric puzzle, and other activities and games. 3-in. x 2 1/2-in. 12 Foldout Pages Full color

Jiffy Pop Promotional Booklet. 3-in. x 2 1/2-in. 12 Foldout Pages Full color

Jiffy Pop Promotional Booklet. 3-in. x 2 1/2-in. 12 Foldout Pages Full color

Jiffy Pop Promotional Booklet. 3-in. x 2 1/2-in. 12 Foldout Pages Full color

Jiffy Pop Promotional Booklet. 3-in. x 2 1/2-in. 12 Foldout Pages Full color

Jiffy Pop Promotional Booklet. 3-in. x 2 1/2-in. 12 Foldout Pages Full color

Jimmie Allen Richfield Oil Promo. Softcover 5-in. x 6 1/2-in. 8 pages B&W.

Companion book to the Jimmy Jet table top flight simulator toy manufactured between 1963-1966. Book includes activities as well as information about being a pilot. Newsprint, 7" x 10", 16 pages, full color.

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Add to cart Very Fine $2.65

(W) Gabe Soria (A) Sandy Jarrell (CA) Sandy Jarrell

Vintage coloring book from 1974. Ads feature Stingray bikes and a Rock-Em Sock-Em toy plus many others. 6 3/4-in. x 10 1/4-in., 16 pages, black and white.

Cover by Ham Fisher (credited). Stories and art by Al Avison (credited as Ham Fisher). Ham Fisher's legendary comic-strip boxer Joe Palooka salutes the American family, in this World War II-era Red Cross giveaway. Joe and Ann return to Joe's family home for his father's birthday. Produced by "the Armed Forces Education and Information Division, Office of the Secretary of Defense." 16 pages, Full Color.

Written and illustrated by Ham Fisher. Fold out booklet promoting the Ideal Toys Joe Palooka Bop Bag. Teaches basic boxing and self defense techniques and the importance of proper diet and exercise. 5.5-in. x 8.5-in. 8 fold-out pages, text (with B&W illustrations).

"You Kin Take it From Me!" Art by Sergeant Bill Maudlin. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 3 1/2-in. (horizontal format), 12 pages, B&W

This edition of Johnson Makes the Team was originally an insert released with Practical English Vol. 12, #13. The BF Goodrich promotional insert "Johnson Makes the Team" was published not long after World War II ended, with this version reprinted in 1952. It tells how rubber played a key role in American progress both in times of war and peace. Practical English was a National Magazine of English and the Communication Arts designed for high school students, business, or vocational courses. Full color, 32-pages, 7-in. x 10-in., all newsprint.

Illustrated medicinal Almanac advertising Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup, interspersed with cartoons, stories, testimonials, hints to health, etc. 4-in. x 5 1/4-in. 32 pages B&W.

Mansmann's Department Story Giveaway. This promotional activity book was presumably a giveaway from their TOYLAND toy department. Filled with Christmas themed dot-to-dot, puzzles, mazes, stories (including the text of "The Night Before Christmas"), games, and more. 7.75-in. x 10.75-in.; color; 16 pages; color; no date (late 1940s?).

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $17.00 View scan Water damage.

No issue number, 1970. Free promotional giveaway with Fairmount's line of snacks. "Eat Treat" stars Jughead. 6 3/4-in. x 3 1/4-in., 8 total pages, full color.

Add to cart NM 9.4 $3.00 View scan

Add to cart Very Fine $3.40

"Unstoppable Forces" This promotional Justice League comic was packaged inside specially marked boxes of General Mills cereals. 5"x7" FC. Comic is still in original poly bag.

Add to cart FN/VF 7.0 $3.80

Add to cart FN 6.0 $3.30

"Unstoppable Forces" This promotional Justice League comic was packaged inside specially marked boxes of General Mills cereals. 5"x7" FC. Not in original poly bag.

Add to cart NM 9.4 $7.00 View scan

"Artificial Invasion" A mysterious robotic horde is menacing Metropolis and even the combined powers of the Justice League cannot halt their sheer numbers. How can Superman and Wonder Woman prevail when facing such an implacable foe? This promotional Justice League comic was packaged inside specially marked boxes of General Mills cereals. 5"x7" FC. Comic is still in original poly bag.

Add to cart Fine $3.60

"Artificial Invasion" A mysterious robotic horde is menacing Metropolis and even the combined powers of the Justice League cannot halt their sheer numbers. How can Superman and Wonder Woman prevail when facing such an implacable foe? This promotional Justice League comic was packaged inside specially marked boxes of General Mills cereals. 5"x7" FC. Not in original poly bag.