Mexican Paratrooper, Place Mats, and Frame-Tray Puzzle!

This Mexican paratrooper figure must be a bootleg item... how else do you explain Marvel's Hulk appearing on the card with DC's Atom and Red Tornado? For that matter, how do you explain the Atom and Red Tornado making it onto this kind of merchandise?



Batmobile Place Mats. Coolest place mats, or what?



From 1966, here's a Batman Frame-Tray puzzle that has the Dynamic Duo battling Eclipso! I'm pretty sure aside from this and a coloring book, the general public never saw Eclipso in any form!

Aviva Ring, Italian Batmobile, and Plush Batman!

The seller of these rings said they were made in 1970 by Aviva... not sure if they were vending machine items or what! They're pretty neat, though!



Kind of a funky styled Italian Batmobile here!



I wonder of this 1970s plush Batman figure was a bootleg?

Batman Book, Invitations, and Comic Art!

I have no idea what "It's Fun to be a Batman" is like inside the covers...



Nice art on these Batman invitations!



This art page is page 22 from Batman #226, by Irv Novick!

French Serial Poster, Spanish TV Postcards, and Ball Blaster!

Yes, that's right, it's a French poster for the Batman and Robin serial... and to be honest, looking at the Batman and Robin figures on this poster, I wonder if Dr. Wertham saw this poster???



Yep, these TV Batman postcards were made in Spain!



Here's the Batman version of the unfortunately-named Ball Blaster. This same toy was produced with so many different licenses...!

Peru Board Game, Movie and Serial Posters!

So, here's the Peruvian edition of a board game originally released in the USA! At least, the box and board art are the same... this one was sold on eBay with very good photos of the pieces, too!



Here's a poster for the 1967 Batman movie...



...and a poster for the Batman and Robin serial!

Spanish 1966 Costume, Target Game, and Robin Soaky!

This one should be pretty obvious...



This target game looks like it could inspire nightmares... I mean, yeah, the Joker is supposed to be scary, but this rendition is weirding me out!



Speaking of weirding me out, here's a Robin soaky, too!

Aurora Model Kit, Bat-Ray and Print Putty!

I'm hoping that some day, I'll come across a photo of a built Batman Aurora model where the builder really went the extra mile when it came to detailing... but for now, this is still pretty nice!



Here's Remco's Bat-Ray... I guess they couldn't call it a Bat-Signal for some reason?



I guess this came out after the Colorforms company cracked the chemical formula for Silly Putty, eh?

Batman: The Movie Stills!

Today's post is all stills from the 1967 Batman movie!







OK, say it with me now, "Some days, you just can't get rid of a bomb!"

Super Powers Revisited, Day 2!

Nifty "stain a sticker" item here -- I guess you're kind of making your own "instant stained glass" piece here (if you remember far enough back to get that reference).



And here's a Super Powers paper plate set -- that logo just looks wrong cut in half like that, doesn't it?

And that's all the Super Powers items for this go-round... but to make it three items today, here's a "bonus" item... a vintage T-shirt!

Super Powers Revisited, Day 1!

Yep, some more Super Powers items have turned up in my photo files!



First up, here's a very nicely done custom Scarecrow figure!



Next, a very cool JLA puzzle -- just don't ask how Batman's breathing, or how he's being propelled through space, okay?



And here's a Super Powers sleeping bag! Sheesh, how many sleeping bags have I posted pictures of in this blog by this point?

Original Comic Art!

Today's art selections start with page 8 from World's Finest #277, by Don Heck!



Here's Rich Buckler's cover for World's Finest #280!



And Buckler's cover for issue #283! That's the Composite Superman on the cover there.

Original Comic Art!

First up today is page 10 from World's Finest #239, which the seller says is Curt Swan, but it doesn't look right to my eye -- maybe it's the inker?



Here's page 7 from the same issue!



And here's page 3 from World's Finest #258, by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez!

Comic Art!

Time for more original comic art, and this time, it's pages from World's Finest, the book that was mostly a Superman/Batman team-up title!



Here's page 8 from World's Finest #181, art by Ross Andru!



The cover for World's Finest #184, by Curt Swan!



Page 2 from World's Finest #186, by Ross Andru again!

View-Master!

Here's the rest of the Batman View-Master stuff!

View-Master!

Here's a selection of Batman's View-Master appearances over the years!





This, of course, is the classic Batman set -- did you know it was originally released as a "Tru-Vue" set, and when View-Master bought the company, they adapted this (and other sets) to the View-Master format?





More tomorrow!

Original Comic Art!

First up today is page 13 from Detective Comics #381, by Bob Brown!



Page 10 from Batman #350, by Gene Colan!



Page 23 from Batman #144, by Shelly Moldoff!