{"product_id":"moon-knight-1980-6-1806589","title":"Moon Knight 1980 #6 Direct ed. - reader copy - $4.00","description":"\u003cp\u003eMoon Knight takes on a voodoo cult.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFull-page color advertisement promoting Bubble Yum bubble gum with an improved ?Number Yum? taste.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFull-page Marvel subscription advertisement offering holiday savings on twelve-issue subscriptions to selected Marvel titles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHalf-page mail-order advertisement from Heroes World offering superhero and monster-themed toys.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFull-page mail-order advertisement for a 100-piece plastic toy soldier set packaged in a cardboard ?footlocker? storage box.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFull-page color advertisement promoting Monogram?s Peterbilt 359 model truck kit and related Snap-Tite truck kits.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShop by Mail - Interior front cover.\r\nDense mail-order novelty advertisement representative of late-1970s and early-1980s comic-book back-page merchandising. Johnson Smith Company was a long-running supplier of pranks, magic tricks, joke toys, disguises, and curiosity items, and this page shows the classic comics-ad mix of exaggerated claims, small spot illustrations, low prices, and direct-mail ordering. The ad?s ?America?s Favorite Mail Order Fun House Since 1914? line is a useful company-history detail, while the free 1980 catalog offer helps date the advertising cycle.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShop by Mail - Recurring Marvel classified-advertising feature typical of the direct-mail marketplace around 1980?1981. The pages document the pre-internet comics collector economy, with numerous dealers offering back issues, catalogs, price lists, convention information, and mail-order buying\/selling services. Non-comics ads for novelty products, self-improvement, school-at-home programs, music publishing, fake identification, coins, stamps, and Star Wars merchandise show how Marvel?s ad pages also functioned as a broader youth and hobbyist marketplace.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNow the Number Yum taste is even Yummier. - Consumer candy\/gum advertisement using bright cartoon-style art and playful ?yum? wordplay to target younger readers. The ad promotes a reformulated or improved Bubble Yum taste while showing multiple package flavors, positioning the product around sweetness, chew texture, and flavor duration rather than a character or story tie-in.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComic books for sale - Large centerfold mail-order back-issue list documenting the early-1980s comics collector market before online sales. The ad functions as both a retail price list and a snapshot of Marvel back-issue demand, with visible premium pricing for selected key issues, creator-associated runs, and popular titles such as Amazing Spider-Man, X-Men, Daredevil, Fantastic Four, Star Wars, and Moon Knight. The centerfold placement gives the ad unusual prominence compared with standard small classified listings.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMighty Marvel?s Big Money-Saving Holiday Offer! - Marvel in-house subscription advertisement using Christmas wreath imagery and character portraits to frame comics subscriptions as holiday gifts. The ad documents Marvel?s early-1980s direct subscription marketing, including discounted multi-title rates, Canadian and foreign subscription surcharges, and a broad cross-section of active Marvel series available by mail.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWe are looking for a few good boys and girls - Youth-sales recruitment ad for Grit, a long-running family newspaper that commonly advertised in comics. The copy frames door-to-door or route-based newspaper sales as practical business experience for children, with parental signature required and age requirements noted by state.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSuper Hero utility belts \/ Super Hero dolls \/ Frankenstein and Dracula action figures - Heroes World mail-order toy advertisement combining Marvel, DC, and Universal Monsters merchandise in one comics-market sales page. The ad is notable for mixing superhero role-play accessories, articulated action figures, and monster figures, reflecting the overlap between comic-book readership, licensed toys, and direct-mail fandom retail in the early 1980s.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Rescue! - Hostess superhero snack-cake advertisement using the familiar formula of a brief self-contained superhero rescue resolved through the advertised product. The ad combines a genuine crime setup with light comic banter, then shifts the resolution to the child?s enthusiasm for Twinkies and Spider-Man?s use of the snack cakes as a nonviolent delaying tactic. The kidnapper\/cowboy imagery appears to be part of the boy?s play identity rather than an actual Western setting.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e - Letters from Al Schroeder III and Dale L. Coe.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e100 pc. toy soldier set - Mail-order toy soldier advertisement using dramatic imaginary war-scene artwork to sell a low-cost plastic playset. The ad emphasizes quantity, storage-box packaging, and variety of military figures and vehicles, rather than a specific historical conflict. The copyright date of 1981 and ?no Canadian or foreign orders? language are useful direct-mail context details.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEarn Famous Name Prizes or Cash - Youth sales-club advertisement built around the familiar comics-era model of children earning prizes or cash by selling cards and gifts to friends, relatives, and neighbors. \r\nThe dense prize grid turns the page into both a recruitment pitch and a consumer wish-list, with branded electronics, toys, sporting goods, and hobby items used as incentives. \r\nThe business-reply label, toll-free number, ?no stamp needed? language, and ?you pay nothing? owe nothing? return nothing? copy are useful evidence of early-1980s direct-response marketing aimed at young readers.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTruckin? - Hobby model-kit advertisement aimed at readers interested in realistic vehicle modeling and trucking culture. \r\nThe ad contrasts Monogram?s large, detailed Peterbilt 359 glue kit with simpler Snap-Tite kits for easier assembly, showing how the company marketed to both experienced model builders and younger hobbyists. \r\nThe licensing notice for Peterbilt, Kenworth, and KW trademarks, along with the ?paint and glue not included? note, anchors the ad in the traditional plastic model-kit market.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Marvel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46547065274518,"sku":"CSAS2562I35277B1806589","price":4.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0362\/5854\/5795\/files\/35277_d23aa862-0671-47df-99ac-fc9b3f799cfa.jpg?v=1788164142","url":"https:\/\/shop.thecomicsplace.com\/products\/moon-knight-1980-6-1806589","provider":"Comics Place","version":"1.0","type":"link"}