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Re: Movies that feature actual comic books

The "Spider-Man and Power Pack" one above was free, but you had to send away for it. It was a "Very Special Episode" where Spider-Man admitted being molested by an uncle as a child.
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This was in the Professor Marston and the Wonder Woman review here.



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Re: Movies that feature actual comic books

Shock 'Em Dead (1991) - main character has a few comics in his trailer.




Cover of Superman #271 (Jan, 74) taped to the wall.




I think that's a copy of Ghost Rider #27 (Dec, 77) on the table - I included a zoomed-in shot for comparison.

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Re: Movies that feature actual comic books

Girl in XX (2017) reading Hellboy Vol. 2: Wake the Devil.



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Re: Movies that feature actual comic books

Kid reading Mad #212 (Jan, 1980) in Tales of the Third Dimension (1984).




And a few with unidentified comics.
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Bud Spencer reading a Popeye comic book in All the Way Boys (1972).



Don't Answer the Phone! (1980)



Kids stealing comics off a rack in Traxx (1988).



Devil Times Five (1974)






Not really a comic, but...
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Vampirella poster in Graduation Day (1981). Vampirella #7 (Warren, Sep., 1970)




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Re: Movies that feature actual comic books

In Slave Trade in the World Today (1964), the narrator tells us that one of the marvelous things available to the modern African woman is... comic books.




Love Story Picture Library #414 (IPC - January, 1963)

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In Slave Trade in the World Today (1964), the narrator tells us that one of the marvelous things available to the modern African woman is... comic books.
I've never heard of the movie or comic. The description on IMDB makes me want to check out the film. It obviously outdated but I'm interested.
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Re: Movies that feature actual comic books

Finally, a Hulk issue spotted (My favorite comic...Especially Macfarlane's run) in Dogs of Hell (1982)

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Edit-I just noticed its from the "Marvel Super Heroes" reprint. Too lazy to see what issue that is.
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I was watching Holy Mountain last night and there’s a slightly retouched cover of Captain Marvel #1.



There’s also a scene recreating Michaelangelo’s Pieta, which was used as inspiration for the cover of the Death of Captain Marvel cover, bug since Holy Mountain came out about a decade before that comic it’s just an interesting coincidence.
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Originally Posted by mrhan
I've never heard of the movie or comic. The description on IMDB makes me want to check out the film. It obviously outdated but I'm interested.
It is an exploitation movie, so most of the footage is staged, and whatever "real" footage there is, most of it has "questionable" narration.

I'd never heard of the comic, but the English on the front and back cover, and the fact that it was probably for sell in Africa in the early '60s pointed to a UK origin. So I looked at a list of British comics online and found the correct title (Love Story Picture Library). Then it was just a matter of looking at the GCD for the cover.

Here's another foreign comic I'd never heard of. In Schulmädchen-Report: Was Eltern nicht für möglich halten (1970), you can see three issues of the German comic book Fix und Foxi (v18#31-33).




Finally, an American comic. In Sex and Astrology (1971), a bored lover is reading a copy of Cartoon Laughs (v9#4 -July, 1970). I had to edit a couple of these pictures a bit to make them safe for work.



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The kid in Lights Out (2016) has some DC posters and figures in his room, but I didn't notice any comic books. Fortunately, his older sister is a comic book fan who reads comics.




The Absolute Sandman Volumes 1 & 2 on the shelf to the right.

Not a movie:
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In Agent Carter S2E03: "Better Angels" Howard Stark is directing a movie adaptation of Kid Colt Outlaw. There's a fake comic shown early on, but later in Howard's office a few comics can be seen in the background.




Kid Colt Outlaw #95 (Dec, 1960) & #103 (March, 1962). (Obviously Howard Stark had invented some sort of time displacement device which allowed him to retrieve comic books from the future. Either that, or the props guy just figured no one would notice.)

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Expert Weapon (1993): Illiterate assassin-in-training learning to read.




Eliminator Full Color Special #1 (Eternity/Malibu - Oct, 1991).

Bonus comic book content: Movie features characters named Frank Miller, Lynn Varley, and Janson (Carl, not Klaus, but close enough).

Not a comic,
Spoiler:
but this oddball trench coat, raincoat, whatever inspired by DC War Comics and Sabrina the Teenage Witch, worn in one scene in Band of the Hand (1986), is something.




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Brewster McCloud been mentioned yet?

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Gas station attendant in Action U.S.A. (1989) reading what looks like The Wild, Wild West #6 (Gold Key - July, 1969).



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Cop reading a comic book in Neon Maniacs (1986). Detective later finds the book and picks it up, giving us a look at the cover.




Bugs Bunny #210 (Gold Key - July, 1979)

Not a comic book, but a comic book related shot from the same movie:
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Partygoers wearing Spider-Man and Mister Miracle costumes.




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Kid from Poltergeist (1982) still reads comics in the sequel, Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986).




Mad #247 (June, 1984)

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Re: Movies that feature actual comic books

Not a movie, but watching Felicity the other night, and she visits a friend in the hospital and gives him some comics:

"I couldn't remember did you read Vigilante or The Punisher?"
"Definitely The Punisher"



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Plumber's assistant in The Refrigerator (1991) is reading a copy of Iron Man #242 (Marvel - May, 1989).



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It's been some time since I posted one of these. Kid in Blood Salvage (1990) is seen reading a Batman comic. Then later in the movie, the mother character uses it to fan herself, giving us a better look at the cover.



Looks like Batman #423 (September, 1988)
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In the opening scene of Children of the Night (1991), a kid is looking at porn mags at a newsstand. When he picks one, the camera moves, and you can see a few Marvel comics on a rack behind him.



Groo the Wanderer # 67 (July, 1990)
The Silver Surfer #38 (June, 1990)
Nth Man #14 (July, 1990)
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Twisted Nerve (1968)
Never heard of Britain's "Terrific" line until today!

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A lot of books pop up throughout Devil and Daniel Johnston


Edit-^Since Daniel passed away yesterday

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In a Season 7 episode of Perry Mason ("The Case of the Bigamous Spouse"), Perry searches the cabin of a recently deceased hermit and finds a ton of old western pulp magazines. We see the covers of "Ranch Romances" and "Action Stories."







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In The Wizard of Speed and Time (1988), the main character sells off his collectibles (including some well-read classic comics) at a garage sale to raise money to make a movie. When the comics aren't selling, his buddy drops the price and people start to scoop 'em up (Who wouldn't?).




In the educational short Americans at Work - Barbers and Beauticians (1960?), kid waiting to get his haircut reads a copy of Dennis the Menace in Hawaii (Fawcett, 1959).




I'm guessing it's the third printing, but it could be the fourth printing from 1960, or even later since I couldn't confirm the year the film was released.

Read the comic.
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In Alien Space Avenger (1989), the main character is a comic book writer/artist who works on a comic called Space Avenger. They show fake issues of the comic a few times during the film, twice on newsstand racks alongside actual comics.
First time:


Here's what I see :



Amazing Spider-Man #297, The Incredible Hulk #340, Marvel Tales #208, The Uncanny X-Men #226, Fantastic Four #310, Superman #14, and Flash #9 (Jan-Feb, 1988)

The second time, an alien opens the fake comic and we can see the first page:


The comics I see here:


Adventures of Superman #443, Laugh #8, Alf #6, Heathcliff #25, Archie's Pals 'n' Gals #198 (all August, 1988), and inside the fake comic, we see page 3 of Squadron Supreme #12 (August, 1986).

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^Hulk #340

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