Russ Heath Roman Soldiers Comic Book Ad 0

[Robot Man]

OK guys I’m tearing my hair out here...Trying to find out which books or years this appeared on the back cover of comic books. I looked through a ton of my silver age DC’s (not that I ever mind looking at them), but I’m coming up blank. Found the Revolutionary War one but not the Romans. I know I’ve seen it a million times but no luck. Can anyone steer me to it? Many thanks!

Edited August 23, 2019 by Robot Man

[flashlites]

I believe its on the back of some of the early SA Flash comics. I will try and check for you this weekend. 

[Robot Man]

33 minutes ago, flashlites said:

I believe its on the back of some of the early SA Flash comics. I will try and check for you this weekend. 

[PopKulture]

I thought it should be easy enough to find, so I just looked thru a box of SA Supermans... backwards. Trouble is, I had to lift all those dumb backer boards!! This would be an easier task in the 70's before we had annoying bags and boards. I looked at over a hundred books from late 10c cover price to the beginning of the 20c books and couldn't find a single example of the Romans. Revolutionary. Sure. Civil War. Yep. Battleships. Model kits. Matchbox. American Seed Co. But no Romans.  

I think it's an early ad and I know I've seen it recently. I'll keep an eye out.

Edited August 23, 2019 by PopKulture

[Robot Man]

Thanks Pop! I did the same thing. Kinda thinking it might not be a DC ad. Maybe I will check some Marvels or perhaps Dells tomorrow.

[GomerPyleUSMC]

I have long runs of SA DCs; from what I can see the ad first appeared in DCs cover-dated Oct-Nov 1963 as an interior ad page...for instance, inside Jimmy Olsen 72, Superman 165 and Action Comics 306. Later the ad migrated to its familiar spot on comic book back covers. It can be seen on the back cover of Flash 147 (Sept 1964).

The Revolutionary War Soldiers ad that Heath drew at the same time was used as a back cover first; for instance, Action Comics 305. 

[flashlites]

I've checked 105-131 so far, no luck. Civil War and Revolutionary War but no Roman soldiers yet. Were up to 1962 in Flash. Could it have been later?  (Of course I don't have 105 and 106 yet and a few others, but I've checked scans of the issues I don't have.)

Edited August 23, 2019 by flashlites
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[GomerPyleUSMC]

5 minutes ago, flashlites said:

I've checked 105-131 so far, no luck. Civil War and Revolutionary War but no Roman soldiers yet. Were up to 1962 in Flash. Could it have been later?  (Of course I don't have 105 and 106 yet and a few others, but I've checked scans of the issues I don't have.)

See above. 

[flashlites]

I've just checked scans of Showcase 4,8,13&14. No luck yet. 

[flashlites]

3 minutes ago, GomerPyleUSMC said:

See above. 

 You beat me to it! 147 eh? Now I gotta dig that one out and take a look. I knew i'd seen it!

[porcupine48]

[Robot Man]

40 minutes ago, GomerPyleUSMC said:

I have long runs of SA DCs; from what I can see the ad first appeared in DCs cover-dated Oct-Nov 1963 as an interior ad page...for instance, inside Jimmy Olsen 72, Superman 165 and Action Comics 306. Later the ad migrated to its familiar spot on comic book back covers. It can be seen on the back cover of Flash 147 (Sept 1964).

The Revolutionary War Soldiers ad that Heath drew at the same time was used as a back cover first; for instance, Action Comics 305. 

Thanks so much Gomer! Couldn’t find the back cover ad but did find the interior ad. You fellows here on the boards are the best!

[steveinthecity]

If by chance there's any newer folks to the comics hobby that don't know what this ad looked like:

 

The 9.4 Savannah copy of Flash #147 back cover courtesy of Hakes Auctions.   

 

[NoMan]

now that's some OA to have