Tuesday, 2 August 2011

THE ADS THAT MADE AN @SS OUT OF ATLAS...


A genuine ad.  Copyright relevant owner

CHARLES ATLAS (real name Angelo Siciliano, born 1892) seems to have been around forever.  Practically everyone remembers the ads from comicbooks throughout the '60s and '70s, though they actually debuted back in the '40s.  He died in 1972, aged 80, so he was an old man for much of the period that people of my age group first became familiar with his athletic frame and visage staring out from the comics of our youth.

The ads are so iconic that they have become a target for affectionate lampooning in the pages of the selfsame publications that the originals were printed in.  Here, for your amusement, are just a few of the many parodies which have appeared - enjoy.  (And tell us your favourite in the comments section.)
A lampoon (as if you couldn't tell).  Copyright MARVEL COMICS





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2 comments:

  1. Steve Does Comics2 August 2011 at 08:56

    Charles Galactus is my favourite.

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  2. Kid2 August 2011 at 09:19

    I like that one as well, but the 'corpse' one perhaps just pips it for me.

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