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For me, part of the enjoyable experience of reading a new
comic book fresh off the newsstand was finding the unexpected
features containing characters created to promote a brand or
product...characters like CAPTAIN TOOTSIE.

CAPTAIN TOOTSIE (for TOOTSIE ROLL)



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RED RYDER for DAISY AIR RIFLES.



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VOLTO FROM MARS (For GRAPE NUTS FLAKES)



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"PEPSI" THE PEPSI COLA COP



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SAM SPADE (From WILDROOT CREAM OIL)



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SPEEDY WHEELER (For SCHWINN BIKES)



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BIT-O-HONEY (For SCHUTTER'S CANDY)



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R.C. & QUICKIE (For ROYAL CROWN COLA)



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BAZOOKA "THE ATOM BUBBLE BOY" for BAZOOKA BUBBLE GUM



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JIM WISE for "P-F" CANVAS SHOES (B.F.GOODRICH & HOOD RUBBER CO.)



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Those are cool, but nothing can compare to the absolute 1970s madness of the superhero Hostess ads.


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Great topic. Thanks for the memories!
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Have you ever heard of Seanbaby? He's a writer for Cracked.com and he's got tons of this stuff on his site.

http://www.seanbaby.com/hostess.htm
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BUBBLES & YANKS (For YANKS BUBBLE GUM)



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U.S. ROYAL (For The UNITED STATES RUBBER CO.)



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THOM MCAN (For THOM MCAN SHOES)

As a kid all my shoes and socks came from THOM MCAN.



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Who could forget the Dingo Kid?

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Or the Harvey Comics Jack-in-the-Box?
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RAY & MACK (For RAY-O-VAC BATTERIES)



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