Blast-Off 1965 #1 - reader copy - $5.00

Ad for Goodyear bicycle tires.

Indicia: BLAST-OFF, OCTOBER, 1965, VOLUME 1, NUMBER 1, IS PUBLISHED BI-MONTHLY by FUN DAY FUNNIES, INC., at Sparta, Ill. Editorial, Advertising and Executive Offices 1860 Broadway, New York 10023, N.Y. President, Alfred Harvey; Vice-President and Editor, Leon Harvey; Vice-President and Business Manager, Robert B. Harvey. Application for Second-Class entry pending at Sparta, Ill.Subscription rates, 10 issues for $1.50, U.S. and possessions only. All names in this periodical are entirely fictitious and no identification with actual persons is intended. Copyright 1965, by Harvey Features Syndicate, New York, N.Y. All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A. On-sale date from 1965 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

• - The cover is a paste-up of one stat from "Lunar Goliaths" (the rocket sled carrying the robot) with a third man added (possibly by Simon) and two stats from "The Great Moon Mystery" (the debris field rotating around the mountain and the small rocks with faces, which have been repeated to cover the bottom of the cover). The mountain with a face is not by Kirby/Williamson; possible Simon art per Nick Caputo. Logo design credit from Todd Klein.
• - The inside front cover contains an advertisement for Harvey titles.
• The Great Moon Mystery - next Three Rocketeers story in UNEARTHLY SPECTACULARS #2
• - Illustrated ad for a do-it-yourself doll's gown. Materials and instructions are supplied. Fits Barbie, Suzie, Gina, Debbie dolls. 25 cents plus 10 cents postage from Dolly Darling, Inc., Dept. DC-1, Box 3206, Normalnd Sta., Miami, Fla. 33169.
• - Ad for selling Grit newspapers; some type is in colors.
• - Advertisement for Casper Cartoon Theater version of the Tru-Vue Electric Projection Theater by Sawyers of Portland, Oregon.
• - In-house ad for Harvey Comics.
• Exclusive Fun Products by Mail - Various faces drawn to illustrate the products. Gag and trick items: joy buzzer, whoopee cushion, etc. Payment to Ellbarr Dist. of Weston, Ont.
• - Ad for Daisy/matic multi-action toys from Daisy Manufacturing Company.
• - Inside back cover. Advertisement for the Junior Sales Club of America from Springfield, Massachusetts.
• - Back cover. Advertisement for Christmas Cards by Wallace Brown, Inc. from New York, New York 10010.