Super Belts

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My buddy Steve sent me this great sales sheet for these awesome Superhero belt buckles I'm sure I saw in the Heroes World catalog when I was in short pants. It's a wonderful pistache of mid 70s Superhero merchandise, the top tier from both houses are present.

It's kind of funny how these mention "boys sizes" seeing as I can enter any major department store right now and find Superhero merchandise to cover every inch of my "lummoxy" frame. Not so much in 1975.....

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[megoscott]

Lummoxy is hilarious. It is pretty amazing, I don't think my dad would have found...or cared to find...too many superman t-shirts in his size back in the day.

These belts ring a bell for me...

[HardyGirl]

Wow, those are great. I might have seen one or two of those back in the day on a kid at school. The only wearable Superhero merchandise I ever had was a Wonder Woman swimsuit.

[Falstaff13]

Alright, time to add the Shazam one to my search list.

[Earth 2 Chris]

The Howard Wolowitz collection.

Once again, the Hulk is smaller than everyone else. It's his curse in merchandise in the 70s!

I would have worn these back then...and probably now!

Lee was still making Superman and Batman belts up into the late 80s. I know because I bought a few in my early collecting days.

Chris

[MIB41]

Isn't it interesting how belts have become almost a fashion of the past these days? You almost never see a kid with a belt on anymore. Their doing well if they can keep their drawers from showing.

[Earth 2 Chris]

^I blame Mark Wahlberg for this. He brought that look to the masses. No amount of movies he makes is going to make up for that.

Chris

[ddgaff1132]

One would expect more from the Batman belt than holding your pants up... Through in a grappling hook at least for heck's sake!

[ScottA]

I'm pretty sure I have a Superman buckle but it isn't in color.

[Wee67]

I would absolutely buy these now if they came in adult sizez. I have a silver Bat logo shaped buckle now and one that is a British Royal Air Force roundel, but I tell myself it's Cap's shield.