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One of the kids in Campfire Tales (1991) has a few comics.



Eerie #20 (Warren - March,1969), Eerie #21 (Warren - May,1969), and The Vault of Horror #2 (Gladstone - October, 1990).

The bedridden kid in Absurd (Horrible, Rosso sangue) (1981) does too.



Bugs Bunny #215 (Gold Key - December, 1979)



Batman #279 (September, 1976 ).

Here's a closer look (from a couple of different scenes in the movie) since it's not that obvious.


And a couple of "iffy" ones -

Mondo Kane

^Currently looking at this with an iPad. So that's not gonna help at the moment.

Does anybody have a copy of The Man Without a Face? Nick Stahl's character is seen with a Thor comic and he's later reading a Batman comic with a very noticeable panel of Two Face.

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Here you go.



Thor #144 (September, 1967)



Batman #234 (August, 1971) with the page he's reading and the cover. They obviously used pages from a reprint or something to get them that white (and the color is missing around Two Face and I think there's an extra page number at the bottom of the page), and

Then later in the movie,



Classics Illustrated 128 (Twin Circle Promotional Edition - No cover price - 1968). When he opens the book, the interior art is all fake. Plus, on the rack, Brave and the Bold #78 (Jun/Jul, 1968), Detective Comics #383 (January, 1969), and Batman #192 (June, 1967).

devilshalo

I thought it was funny that they have a made up Uncanny X-Men cover in the latest Logan trailer.

mrhan

I have all the Batman issues that Neal Adams drew and the first one he actually illustrated was a back up story in issue #219 and it was published in 1970. Now I'm wondering where they got that reprint page. I know that both Marvel and DC were doing a bunch of Adams reprints in the early 80's but I don't recall seeing a reprint of that story.

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GCD says it was reprinted in The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (1988).




A quick look at my copy shows the same coloring on that page (and the page number, page 183, is on the bottom in the same spot) as the one used in the film. so I'd say it's definitely taken from there.

Edit: Here's a scan of the reprint page and the shot from the movie.

mrhan

^^^^ Thanks for the info. I never picked up that book.

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Sensei in Fight to Win (Eyes of the Dragon) (1987) reading a copy of Ronin #1 (July, 1983).

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Another Mad Magazine on screen for a couple seconds.

mrhan

I don't think this would count as an actual comic book in a movie but I'm posting it anyways.

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A few blink-and-you'd-miss-them shots.

Early in Alice Sweet Alice (1976), you can see some comics on display in a store window.



Action Comics #344 (December, 1966) and Superman #205 (April, 1968) are reflected in the window.



Archie #146 (June, 1964)



Superboy #151 (October, 1968)

Marvel Special Edition Featuring Star Wars #1 (1977) and #3 (1978) are on the counter in the Blast from the Past store in in Tomorrowland (2015).



There were other comics in that scene too, but those were the most in your face.

During the opening credits of The Sentinel (1977), the main characters stop at a newsstand.



First we see copies of Charlton's The Six Million Dollar Man #2 and Space:1999 #7 (both September, 1976).

Then we get a quick look at a rack of comics.





And lastly, here are some people reading comics, which may or may not be actual comics, since they don't show covers and/or the pictures aren't clear enough to identify them.

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A fake comic ("Insectman") is shown earlier in City Limits (1984), but near the end of the movie, you can see this extra reading a copy of All-Star Squadron #26 (October, 1983).



Not a comic, but

Mondo Kane

A few I ran into this month:

Common Law Wife (1963)


The Party Animal (1984)

Ash Ketchum

I don't have a screen shot to share as I just watched this last night on Starz for the first time since it came out, but a shot of Bruce Willis in his apartment in THE FIFTH ELEMENT (1997) reveals that he's got a couple of manga volumes next to his bed: "Adolf" by Osamu Tezuka and "Sanctuary" by Sho Fumimura and Ryoichi Ikegami. Hard to believe 260-year-old manga issues would survive to just casually lay around a cramped apartment in 2263.

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Russian cyborg in Firehead (1991) enjoying Batman #443 (Jan, 1990).


Some comics can be seen on racks in the background in the general store in The Stuff (1985).

What I think I see back there.


Assuming paperback reprints count: Kid in Swap Meet (1979) flipping through a copy of MADvertising (Signet, 1972).


Last one for tonight: Superman fan in Dracula Blows His Cool (1979) pulls a rolled up comic from his back pocket in one scene, then later is seen looking at an Italian Vampirella book (Vampirella E... Alma di Dragon #6 1978).

Crocker Jarmen

Watched House II the other night, and was surprised to see one of the characters reading a prominently displayed copy of Love and Rockets issue #16.

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Another Mad Magazine.

Death Dimension (1978): Gun moll checks out Mad #173 (Mar, 1975) while the bad guys talk business.

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Pornstore clerk in Sexplorer (The Girl from Starship Venus) (1975) looking over a copy of Billy the Kid #109 (Charlton - Oct, 1974).



A use-the-pause-button-or-you'll-probably-miss-it moment in Alligator (1980). When the camera zooms in on the "Sewer Psycho" headline, you can see a couple of DC comics above the newspaper.

Trevor

DX, I hope these super observational powers are also being used elsewhere. You can be finding terrorists in satellite maps or something.

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But it only works if they're reading comic books.

I'll admit I missed the comics in Alligator while I was watching it. I went back to that scene after it was over specifically to look for comics on the newsstand, and hit the pause button and there they were.

But I do wonder why I seem to find so many more than anyone else. It's either because of the crap I watch, or I'm just the only one crazy enough to take the time to post screenshots.

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Stack of comics in the interrogation/storage room in My Blue Heaven (1990).



Nova #11 (July, 1977)

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So last night the trailer for Maniac (1980) was playing for about the hundredth time on one of the streaming channels I watch, and I happened to look at the screen at the right time.

The one on the bottom looks like a copy of Richie Rich and Cadbury #10 (Nov, 1979). I gave up on the other two (but the one right on top of it could be another of the 15(!) Richie Rich titles released that same month).

Trevor

Darn Photobucket has ruined half the thread.

mrhan

This site was suggested by The Cow in the Comic Book Talk. Works great.

https://postimages.org/

davidh777

Nightmare on Elm Street 5, about an hour in, spoilered for size.