Heroes World Superhero Catalogue

[Monsterama2000]

I found this Heroes World Superhero Catalogue at my local comic shop in his quarter box. It's dated Vol. 7, Fall, 1978. I'm sharing scans of it on my blog. So far I've uploaded --

The front and back cover
Pages 1-10
Pages 11-20

There are 50 pages total. I hope to share 10 a week. I'll post here when the next set goes up.

Here's some of the Mego pages --

[MIB41]

Yeah. Great stuff. I have five issues from the 70's. This one included. This issue is infamous for one very good reason - The Teen Titans...or lack thereof. You will note there is no Kid Flash or Aqualad listed on the Mego 8 inch assortment. They had only advertised the Teen Titans for the first time in Vol. 6 earlier that winter or spring. But by that Fall, two of the four were gone. For myself, that illustration of Kid Flash in Vol 6 would be the ONLY time I saw a reference of him until 1991. I saw the other figures at stores, but never Kid Flash. Being that I always wanted a Flash figure, I was crazy to get this one. Didn't actually land one for myself until 9-10-2001 (on the eve of the attack on the Twin Towers). Whoever thought you could pick up and associate a Mego with a national tragedy?

[ScottA]

You gotta love it. Certainly would have bought it for a quarter. We have some scans in the museum...

The Heroes World Comic Book Ad Archive I Mego I Ivan Snyder I MEGOMUSEUM

[nvmbrsdoom5]

Yep, had that exact catalog when I was a kid. Seeing all the stuff you could buy out of there was enough to literally give you a head-rush.....still does, actually

[Earth 2 Chris]

Thanks for sharing! I never had any of the catalogs as a young kid, but I remember the comic ads well. I found one of the catalogs at a flea market when I was about 13 or so and I was floored by the rush of nostalgia these things bring. Fun to see the artwork from the Kubert School too.

Chris

[boynightwing]

I have one issue that I got when I was very young. I had this habit of circling in crayon everything I wanted...which really was just the whole book.

I find it interesting that they drew all the figures instead of photographing them.

[MIB41]

It was done by the students at the Joe Kubert School of Art. I went there in the mid 80's. ALOT cheaper than paying a photographer to set up and shoot each toy. LOTS cheaper.