Monday, March 03, 2008

Super Heroes Vitamins Ad - 1977

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"When will these hallucinations stop?"

I saw someone selling this ad on eBay, I kinda love how eBay has almost single-handedly turned anything--anything--into a potential revenue stream. A vitamin ad from an musty old magazine? Let's put it up there and see who salutes(if I may mix my metaphors)!

I have yet find a box of the actual vitamins on sale on eBay, but now that I know the Sea King is on the package(and maybe even--dare to dream--there's Aquaman-shaped vitamins?) I desperately want one!

Notice how they have Aquaman in the center of the ad, because he is the most important.

8 comments:

  1. What she doesn't know is... that Ray is in her coffee.

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  2. Anonymous4:29 AM

    No Superman on the packaging or ad? Maybe a legal matter what with the film being so close to that time?
    Thoughts?

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  3. Anonymous7:17 AM

    The original sketch for this can be found in one of those Neal Adams Treasury books. I saw this there and nearly had a heart attack. I never, EVER saw the actual vitamins, though.

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  4. I remmeber having the vitamins. Damned if I can recall the pose Aquaman was in for the vitamins, but yes, he was one of the shapes.

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  5. i think Superman had his own vitamins, so this was a "rest of the DCU" brand.

    there were Aquaman vitamins??? i will not rest until i get my hands on them!

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  6. Anonymous9:33 AM

    "Notice how they have Aquaman in the center of the ad, because he is the most important.'

    Or the most orange!

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  7. I'll admit that I have a Jenna Fischer obsession but doesn't the mom in this ad look like Pam from "the Office"?

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  8. Anonymous1:18 PM

    Man, I would SO have taken these vitamins! Where were they when I was a kid?

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