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1972 Marvel Poster - Yes, Thank You!

Here is a poster that comic shops would get to try and advertise Marvel comics. This was acquired at Comically Speaking during my last visit – how could I not pick this up? I asked around and am pretty sure this was a piece cobbled together from different artists. For example, I’ve heard names thrown out there like John Buscema and Sinnot. The Hulk looks like Rich Buckler’s handy work – but the Spidey was argued to be a Romita – but then again could be Busema’s as well…

Close up of the Hulk - is this Buscema's or Buckler's?

All in all this was an amazing catch – one that will have a special place in the Hulk room because it’s just that freakin’ cool! Vintage finds like this will always be high on my list of greatest things ever – they just have such a quality that today’s items don’t have. Classic all the way!

Circuit City Standee

I have a few of these things now – pretty happy with the haul. Most of the people I talked to gave me a strange story of how they “donate” all this stuff to children’s charities or schools. Most of which was baloney. The BK guy told me that he gives it to a school in Plymouth. I asked which one and he said the Elementary one. There is about a dozen Elementary Schools in Plymouth. He didn’t know which one he gave it to. Listen, If you’re not going to give me the stuff – just say no – don’t concoct some elaborate lie about how you’re a good guy donating to schools.

Blockbuster Standee

But some of the people I talked to were extremely pleasant and didn’t have a second thought about giving the promo stuff (which happens to be thrown away when they are done with it) giving this stuff a second home! In my collection! The people at Circuit City – who had no clue about what there exclusive Hulk DVD did – were very happy to hand this over. I was psyched!

Blockbuster Backer Card and Comic

The man who runs the Blockbuster near me was very glad to save the Hulk stuff for me. He was such a nice guy and even gave me a few of those little backer cards as well. He saved the display and the advertising standee for their DVD exclusives.