tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12464833.post6698447790749363198..comments2024-03-09T13:14:56.299-08:00Comments on Silver Age Comics: The PSAsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12464833.post-85815220017994439042011-01-10T22:19:02.240-08:002011-01-10T22:19:02.240-08:00Tortis, the DC romance mags generally went without...Tortis, the DC romance mags generally went without ads at all other than house ads until about 1970 or so.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05060349239296193385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12464833.post-3366226424238581932010-12-23T07:02:30.260-08:002010-12-23T07:02:30.260-08:00IIRC, the romance titles had a different set of ad...IIRC, the romance titles had a different set of ads (i.e. not just the PSAs) than the rest of DC's titles.<br /><br />I don't have any Romance comics to compare so I'll have to let someone else verify or debunk this.Tortishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16701599530985444494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12464833.post-62396114401237257472010-12-20T18:57:55.496-08:002010-12-20T18:57:55.496-08:00Great list! I checked the October 1964 issue of Gi...Great list! I checked the October 1964 issue of Girls' Romances and as you said, no PSA. Perhaps editors felt that the advice columns were enough to suffice.Jacque Nodellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14957976421163666671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12464833.post-73627614709922744512010-12-16T09:36:27.301-08:002010-12-16T09:36:27.301-08:00PSAs, and the list Commander Benson describes, see...PSAs, and the list Commander Benson describes, seem the last pitch at still being a "magazine". DC Silver Age comics almost always had multiple stories in them, often with different characters. Very "magazine-ish". Big "articles", small tidbit articles, some humour, some facts...<br /><br />Between all this published material and the adverts for "101 Toy Soldiers", there was a good afternoon of reading there...Blazenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12464833.post-73236024482608838232010-12-16T03:08:54.459-08:002010-12-16T03:08:54.459-08:00Many thanks for providing that list, Pat. (Also, ...Many thanks for providing that list, Pat. (Also, Mike Voiles deserves a big hand for providing most of the actual PSA's on his "Amazing World of DC" site.)<br /><br />To a jaded mind, the scripts of the PSA's would come across as simplistic and ham-fisted. As I youngster, I saw their idealism, but there was something appealing about their sincerity. And one can certainly commend N.P.P. for using its popularity to educate young minds, as well as entertain them.<br /><br />The PSA's were just one of the panoply of idiosyncratic features of DC comics that bring back warm Silver-Age memories. Things like . . . .<br /><br />Cap's Hobby Hints<br /><br />Henry Boltinoff's humour strips, such as Varsity Vic, Professor Eureka, Moolah the Mystic, and Super-Turtle<br /><br />"Science Says You're Wrong If You Believe That . . . ."<br /><br />"What's the Difference Between . . . ?"<br /><br />Flash-Facts<br /><br />The advertisements for Palisades Park with Superman and the coupons for a free ride on the Tilt-a-Whirl<br /><br />Coded messages for the members of the Supermen of America<br /><br /><br />These don't get reprinted in the Archives or the <i>Showcase</i> editions, and consequently, the reprint volumes don't have quite the charm of the actual back issues.Commander Bensonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12464833.post-36447798315400194752010-12-15T21:42:43.840-08:002010-12-15T21:42:43.840-08:00When I saw the title of this post my thoughts imme...When I saw the title of this post my thoughts immediately turned to BEM, and there he was! I feel he's still out there, just awaiting the right moment for a revival.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01714171897239398438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12464833.post-37950883925949064532010-12-15T18:08:09.447-08:002010-12-15T18:08:09.447-08:00When I was a kid, I stepped on a rusty nail and br...When I was a kid, I stepped on a rusty nail and broke the skin and my mother said I had to get a tetanus shot. Thirty years later, I did it again and I hemmed and hawed and finally got a tetanus shot without needing to consult my mother. I asked a doctor I worked with if he'd ever seen a case of tetanus. "Never." 75 bucks wasted. He said, "How would you feel if you saved $75 and had lockjaw?"<br /><br />I guess I'd feel like Wolfie. I should have known better.<br /><br />Thanks for the summary. Polite Dissent publishes a PSA every Monday. Fascinating reading.La Belle Esplanadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14034685868644119249noreply@blogger.com