Marvel's Ozma of Oz

I've wanted to find out for a while whatever happened to Ozma of Oz, Marvel's proposed third book in their Wizard of Oz series. Now, thanks to writer Roy Thomas, now I do! Click on the ad to find out!

Marvel Treasury Ad - 1978

I just love it when I find a new Marvel treasury ad!

Superman Vs. Spider-Man: Signed Limited Edition

Courtesy Treasury Friend TJ Ligammare come pics of the rare signed-and-numbered edition of Superman Vs. Spider-Man.

Click on the link to learn more, and thanks TJ!

Star Wars Treasury Ad - 1977

While looking through an old issue of Pizzazz magazine, I found this ad for the first two Star Wars treasury comics Marvel released as their adaptation of the film.

The phrase "Now available on newsstands" still gets my heart beating faster...

Marvel UK Ads

New Page! Thanks to the individual efforts of Treasury Friends Warren Bixby and Graham Hill, I have so many great (and not so great) British/Marvel UK treasury ads that I decided to give them their own page on the site. Click the graphic to check it out, and thanks guys!

Marvel UK Ads - 1975/1976

New Ads! Courtesy Treasury Friend Warren Bixby come a whole bunch of treasury ads from Marvel UK's line of weekly titles.

Like the ones we ran before, the color ads ran on the back covers, with the interiors being black and white.

I absolutely love seeing stuff like this (and that top most ad makes me wish Marvel had done that line of literary adaptations at treasury size)--thanks Warren!

Marvel UK Treasury Ads - 1975/1976

New Ads! Courtesy Treasury Friend Graham Hill come more of those cool back cover treasury ads from Marvel UK's line of weekly titles, like Spider-Man Comics Weekly, Planet of the Apes, and Mighty World of Marvel.

Graham mentioned that, as they went along, the ads became more "generic" and you can definitely see that here--for these three books, they pretty much just grabbed the cover, slapped some ad copy over it, and called it a day.

That said, I'm still glad to have had a chance to see them. Thanks--again--Graham!

Marvel UK Treasury Ads - 1975

New Ads! Courtesy Treasury Friend Graham Hill come these amazing ads from Marvel UK's line of weekly titles, like Spider-Man Comics Weekly, Planet of the Apes, and Mighty World of Marvel.

Even though the titles were black and white, these back cover ads are in glorious cover, and man are they beautiful to behold. I love the use of stock art shots of the various Marvel heroes, giving the treasuries they're advertising a real feel of something special--"And we mean giant-size!"

I am completely smitten by these ads, and I really appreciate Graham sending them along. I told him if he finds more, please send them my way, I'd love to see if Marvel UK kept them going. Thanks Graham!

Marvel Treasury Ads - 1976/1977

New Ads! Courtesy Treasury Friend Josh Blair come these two Bullpen Bulletin ads for two of Marvel's treasury editions--Captain America's Bicentennial Battles and The Defenders!

Not having as many Marvel as DCs in my collection, I haven't had the chance to come across Marvel's ads for their treasuries, so I really appreciate Josh for finding them for me to put up on the site. Thanks Josh!

Marvel Treasury Edition #28 - British Version!

New Addition! The British version of Marvel Treasury Edition #28: Superman and Spider-Man! Click the image to learn more.

Test Your Comics I.Q.

New Ad! I found this unusual ad in a 1981 issue of the Marvel magazine Bizarre Adventures.

The answer to the question is Hulk, of course, when it really should have been Captain America. Although a treasury-sized Batman Vs. Thor book has its possibilities...

Looking at this now, it seems incomprehensible that an ad for The Comics Journal would be so superhero-centric.


Sorry for taking so long between updates, its been a little harder than usual finding treasury-related material!