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, [...]
Check out this old 1977 Hampshire advertisement for Spider-man and friends pool products. Vintage Marvel airheads, … for fun just add water. Is that a young Gilbert Gottfried? If so, wheres the AFLAC duck?
This 1978 Viewmaster featuring Spider-man graphics on the box is a decade to late. It is clearly based on the 1967 Spider-man cartoon series from Grantray-Lawrence. There wasn’t alot of merchandise during the late sixties based on that cartoon. Oddly enough, once the series was syndicated overseas, we did begin to see foreign merchandise based [...]
The top Spider-man action figure of the seventies was definately the Mego Spider-man. I often wonder just how many of these were produced during that decade. While it was not the first action figure to don a Spider-man costume (Captain Action owns that title during the 60s), it was the most popular. There were plenty [...]
I think someone might want to tell Spider-man that shooting table tennis balls is only going to make Hulk angry. The “pop” “pop” on the package is only going to refer to Spidey’s bones being popped out of joint by the Hulk if he catches him. Yep, it definately looks like Hulk is not happy [...]
Even back in the early seventies there was package, and toy variations. Here is Durham’s 1973 Spider-man squirt gun in all of it’s different variants. The hardest one of these collectibles to find is the small size squirt gun featured in the upper right corner of the photo. The main difference between the two larger [...]
The Spider-man Sponge Boat! Just what I want to cruise down the river in, a boat that absorbs water. Makes no sense, but if you’re trying to get your kid to bath, … it just might. The box says its “safety tested”, I wonder what criteria they used to get it to pass. I can [...]
Larami, the makers of many a rack-toy came out with yet another Spider-man offering in 78 called the Jet Mobile. The mobiles were based on a boat, and the other was in the shape of a plane. While with most of these rack based toys, the only thing it has with Spidey on it is [...]
A talking Spider-man car was made in 1978 by Nasta, and it needed no batteries. Yes, no batteries! Ah, those were the days! Of course it only said a total of 6 phrases, and nowadays with the multiple Gigabyte storage available,…it probably could recite the Bible, or the entire Spider-man comic series. What were the [...]
At least this is a “blaster”, and not a “buster”. I’ve been married *insert rimshot here*, but I digress. To get back on subject, this basic ping pong ball shooter was produced in 1978. The toy company Gordy made various rack toys based on Marvel characters, and Spider-man was probably the most popular besides the [...]
He may not be the Spider-man we are all used to, but this art book from Japan is quite fun to look at. From the looks of the cover, he looks like the webhead we all know and love, but visit this blog later this week for the very different content within this volume. It’s [...]
Ahi had released the first Official Spidercopter back in 1974. Ahi continued to make these throughout the seventies, and revised the blister card design quite often. At first the graphic was altered very little with a blurb about the “New Launcher”, and the yellow background replacing the hot pink backing. The main difference between the [...]
Toy makers don’t give a hoot whether a comic character had a vehicle, or device in the actual storyline of the comics. Kids will pretty much want anything with Spider-man plastered on it, with the exception of broccoli, and horse hockey pucks. This toy is a bit more exciting than the previous choices. Remote control [...]
An AHI CSF Jr. Spider-man Copter, Spider-man fan, Blowpipe, Super top, and film cassette. Various items from the Azrak Hamway catalogs of the late seventies, and early eighties. If you have these please contact me, as I am paying top dollar for these.
Ok, I’ll admit it, I can’t read japanese. I have no clue what these cards say on the back, but it sure looks like alot is going down. 5 Menko cards from Japan feature once again that Spider-mobile, and another gigantic villian from the land of the rising sun. Check them out!
