Save Me From the WEED! ...and other oddball images from the 50's

Save Me From the WEED!

There's so much fun stuff on Flickr!

Check out some deliciously oddball images

in the slideshow below...

Joe Blow

I love the crook’s line: “Ha – a customer!”

You like that “cloud of thought” in the first panel?

I can’t quite explain why the third-string semi-pro quality of these comics is so appealing to me. Maybe it’s the humanity of it. It’s more than halfway between a clunky amateur job and a respectable pro story. Not quite there yet…but he’s reaching for that goal!

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Scans from Jack In The Box #12 1946
Thanks to http://digitalcomicmuseum.com – a fantastic source of vintage public-domain comic book scans! Just make sure to register before you try download.

Great eye-catching cover! Nothing more fun than drowning your friend in a frozen lake ;)

“Fury Commands…And NO man Can Refuse!” 1950 Comic Book Perfume Ads

Perfume ads from Avon Comics
“Underworld Story” #32 1950

The text on these ads is a scream…
and those illustrations are wonderful!

Not quite sure why this ad
was running in a crime comic…

Those guys sure knew how to write lurid, sensational and salacious ad copy in those days.
Gimme that order form…I wanna try them all!

Here’s the whole enchilada…
all on one eye-punishing page: