The artist Gil Kane who was already famous from his work at Marvel’s rival DC comics started doing the art to Spider-man during the early seventies. He was responsible for some of Spidey’s landmark issues such as when Spider-man’s girlfriend Gwen Stacy was killed by the Green Goblin. Gil had a style that was unmistakable, [...]
Here’s a huge poster target set from 1976 made by Transogram. It has the Marvel mainstays such as Spider-man, Captain America, Thor, and the Hulk. The villians on this piece are Lizard, Gremlin, Firelord, Red Skull, and last but not least Doctor Doom. This set comes from a time before the toy industry decided that [...]
Spider-man, Green Goblin, Lizard, and the Rhino. I’ll let the commercial say it all. 1976 Spider-man Web Spinning Action Game made by Ideal. You remember Ideal, the one’s who in 1967 brought us the first Spider-man action figure in Captain Action. So without further ado, here is the spot, and the photo.
Classic Aurora Screechers Spider-man racing set “Spider-man Meets the Fly”, and probably the most annoying singing voice in any commercial Simon Cowell has ever heard. One has to hear it to never forget it,…just go ahead and try. The toy itself was an already laid track set into a vacuform scene. You just had to [...]
Episode 2 of the classic 60s cartoon! “Where Crawls the Lizard” and “Electro the Human Lightning Bolt” Click the above main title to watch!
