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Old 02-08-24, 11:31 AM
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I'm pretty sure the two comics to the left of the Superman comic above are Captain Aero and Catman comics, but I haven't been able to match any specific covers to my satisfaction to say which issues they are. I have no idea what the others might be.

EDIT: Okay, I took the two likeliest candidates, subtracted the color and blurred them, and now they look enough like the books in the screenshot to convince me that they are Captain Aero #15 (June, 1944) and Cat-Man #25 (July, 1944).




I did want to point out that that film was the second one we've seen in this thread directed by William Castle to include a Superman comic (the other one was The Whistler, also from 1944).



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In The Girl Hunters (1963), when Mickey Spillane, playing Mike Hammer, stops by a newsstand, a copy of Mad #77 (March, 1963) can be seen to his left.

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This film has probably already been mentioned way earlier in this thread, but I recently watched Elvira Mistress of the Dark on Blu and there is a scene in a bowling alley where a guy is clearly reading Amazing Spider-Man 298 or 299, based on the cover. That made me chuckle when I noticed it.
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From the 1962 British film The Wrong Arm of the Law
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This film has probably already been mentioned way earlier in this thread, but I recently watched Elvira Mistress of the Dark on Blu and there is a scene in a bowling alley where a guy is clearly reading Amazing Spider-Man 298 or 299, based on the cover. That made me chuckle when I noticed it.
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I really can't believe ALL the scenes that have been mentioned so far....And they just keep on comin'!

Elvira, Mistress Of The Dark


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Originally Posted by Inhumans99
This film has probably already been mentioned way earlier in this thread, but I recently watched Elvira Mistress of the Dark on Blu and there is a scene in a bowling alley where a guy is clearly reading Amazing Spider-Man 298 or 299, based on the cover. That made me chuckle when I noticed it.
I watched that for the Halloween challenge this year and was shocked to see it so prominently as well perturbed how they handle it. Don't they know how much that issue is worth nowadays!

And if I remember correctly, wasn't this McFarlane's first issue as artist om Spider-Man which made it a key issue to own? I had it back then and sold it for probably 15 bucks because it was a hot book in the early 90's. Sob.
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I watched that for the Halloween challenge this year and was shocked to see it so prominently as well perturbed how they handle it. Don't they know how much that issue is worth nowadays!

And if I remember correctly, wasn't this McFarlane's first issue as artist om Spider-Man which made it a key issue to own? I had it back then and sold it for probably 15 bucks because it was a hot book in the early 90's. Sob.
#298 was the 1st McFarlane ASM. #299 is a key for the cameo of Venom.
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Yet another Mad Magazine.



In Party Crasher: My Bloody Birthday (2000), after Henry requests a magazine, his father brings him what appears to be Mad Special #97 (aka Mad Collector's Series #8).


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In I Am Joe's Eye (1983), illustrating that "it's just a myth that reading in dim light is bad for" your eyes, a kid is seen reading a reprint of Weird Fantasy #13 (EC Classic Reprint #5 - East Coast Comics, 1973).


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Drug addicts like comics. In the Encyclopedia Britannica anti-drug film Ups/Downs (1971), we see a familiar copy of DC Special #8 (Jul/Sep 1970).


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Another educational short. In Acid (1971), a guy goes into another guy's apartment for some LSD, and you can see a copy of DC Special #8 (Jul/Sep 1970) on his ottoman.


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The Accountant has copies of Action #1 and - fascinatingly! - All-American #16 in a drawer along with Babe Ruth baseball cards at the 1h 6m 37s left mark.

At 1h 6m 9s left, we see (blurrily) that Superman's 1st is atop More Fun #52.

Top marks to the props people. I want to know if they're real, and if they're Affleck's!

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