Boingboing links to a guy who has scanned old Hostess ads from comic books, involving Batman, the Hulk, Daredevil, and other superheroes who shilled for the snack food manufacturer in single-page ads inside comic books. They are delightfully silly and shamelessly capitalist, which I kind of miss. We all knew it was bullshit even at that age, and you either liked Hostess Cupcakes or you didn't. No superhero testimonial would convince any kid smart enough to find comic books, but I'm sure that kind of ad would be forbidden today, or never written in the first place.
There are 10 of these ads on dude's site, and most of them are hilarious, especially number two, where Batman and Robin have to stop a villian named the Muse, who changes talented musicians into musical notes with his magic organ (seriously), specifically Rich Jaggard and Elfish Hipsley.
Saturday, December 18, 2004
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