In the post on the Crestwood Monster series of books I mentioned how I sort of felt like I missed out on the whole monster craze because of growing up in the 80s. One thing I really feel like I missed out on was the fun cheap schwag you could order from a million ads that appeared in comics in the 60s and 70s. In particular the alluring idea of a giant monster for only $2!
I’m pretty sure these are all posters or some variation on a 7′ piece of polyethylene, but they’re all pretty cool. Above there are two variations on Frankenstein’s monster (or a skeleton) posters at various prices (not to mention one being drawn by the supremely awesome Jack Davis.) There are also a couple of monster-ghost/wraiths that might have been die-cut to make them all the creepier.
I wonder how much these go for on eBay these days. I’d be willing to bet the mark up is astounding…
