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Showcasing real ads from my personal comic book collection ranging from the 60s up to the modern day. Run by @doctorwattson.bsky.social

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Vintage Comic Ads @vintagecomicads.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

It's neat seeing a Final Fantasy VII ad from back when it was just the new Final Fantasy game and not the cultural behemoth with its own spinoffs, sequels, prequels, movies, remakes, spinoffs from remakes, ect. (Final Fantasy VII, 1997)

Final Fantasy VII ad featuring an aerial shot of Midgar with the text "It's to a human what headlights are to a deer."

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Vintage Comic Ads @vintagecomicads.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Every "new" "Tobacco is whacko (if you're a teen)" ad I find makes me more convinced it's supposed to be a reverse psychology thing. (anti-smoking ad paid for by a tobacco company, 2000)

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Vintage Comic Ads @vintagecomicads.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Everyone's bonked out. (Chocolate flavored Bonkers candy, 1986)

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Vintage Comic Ads @vintagecomicads.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

That (if you're a teen) bit at the end seems a little out of nowhere until you see who sponsored this. (double faced smoking PSA, 2000)

Tobacco is whacko if you're a teen

Sponsored by the Lorillard Tobacco Company's Youth Smoking Prevention Program

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Vintage Comic Ads @vintagecomicads.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

"You know what the kids in 2001 love and will definitely understand? The satirical writings of Jonathan Swift." (Reebok, 2001)

A giant leg wearing a Reebok shoe is tied down on a basketball court

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Vintage Comic Ads @vintagecomicads.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Long love apple and cherry! (Hostess Fruit Pies, circa 1977)

Panel one: Batman villain The Penguin has living cuckoo clocks causing havoc saying "fly, you cuckoos, fly! With my umbrella directing you to rob, pillage, peck, and annoy, we'll soon have 'em all cuckoo. Then I'll take over the whole city."

Panel two: The Penguin with one of the living clocks. The clock says "Well, Penguin, I guess we'll feather our nests after this." The Penguin replies "We? What we? The Penguin is never a 'we'. It is I who shall profit most handsomely from this Caper. If you think you're on the same plane as me, you must be a cuckoo, cuckoo."

Panel three: Cop 1: "there's gotta be a way to stop these vultures. I know--hey, you birds! Look! Delicious Hostess® fruit pies..."
Penguin: "No! No!! Not real fruit filling!! Tender, light crust!! Luscious apple and cherry! My clocks are not that cuckoo that they'd pass up delicious Hostess Fruit Pies!"
Cop 2: "That's right! They'd even desert you, Penguin, for law, order, apple, and cherry!"

Panel four: The Penguin has been arrested as three on-lookers say "We're crazy about Hostess Fruit Pies! Long live apple and cherry!"

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Vintage Comic Ads @vintagecomicads.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

"Mommy, how did you and daddy meet?" "Well honey, I paid $3.00 for a dating guide I saw in a comic book." (dating guide, 1983)

Comic book ad reading "Lonely? Don't Be. Proven methods, sound advice for both guys and girls on how to meet and keep girlfriends and boyfriends, regardless
of shyness, looks, inexperience. For your privacy, envelope marked only: The Golden Institute (Send $3.00)"

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Vintage Comic Ads @vintagecomicads.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

An ad that screams "we want to keep riding the massive wave of publicity we got from ET, but we don't want to actually bother to license ET." (Reese's Pieces, 1985)

"Etagramulfabetz" (the taste that's out of this world.)

A large eared bluish gray alien holds a pack of Reese's Pieces.

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