#retro kidcore

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LOCKED IN THE ICY GRIP OF UNBRIDLED TERROR!

PICS INFO: Resolution at 1200x1200 & 1101x1587 --Spotlight on an unnamed, mid century American child, in a gripping trance, reading horror comics title "Menace" Vol. 1 #11. May, 1954. Atlas Comics (a.k.a. proto-Marvel Comics]. 📸: Ivan Briggs.

PIC #2: Remastered cover art to "Menace" Vol. 1 #11. Artwork by Harry Anderson. Atlas Comics.

PIC #3: The uncropped, original B&W photo.

Sources: https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Menace_Vol_1_11, Spiegel History, various, etc...

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HALLOWEEN-KIDCORE TREATS FROM YESTERYEAR -- "BOOOOST YOUR SPIRITS!"

PIC INFO: Part 2 of 3 -- Spotlight on assorted print advertisements for McDonald's Happy Meal Halloween Pails, from the late 1980s and early 1990s [respectively, c. 1986 & 1994]. Print adverts courtesy of "Dinosaur Dracula."

Source: www.reddit.com/r/nostalgia/comments/1fren24.

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"WHO KNOWS WHAT LURKS WITHIN THE HEART OF THIS TOY? YOUR CHILD KNOWS..."

PIC INFO: Spotlight on a magazine advert for the "Advanced Dungeons and Dragons" Fortress of Fangs toy playset by LJN, c. 1983. Scanned & uploaded by Gregg Koenig.

"Who knows what lurks within the heart of this toy? Your child knows, and he'll have hours of fun in the dungeon unlocking the secrets of the evil fortress. The FORTRESS OF FANGS™️ Playset brings the fantasy of "#ADVANCED DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS®" games to life. Your child and his cast of action figures will encounter perilous obstacles at every level, every corridor, and every chamber in the quest for hidden treasure."

-- LJN Toys Ltd. (the now defunct American toy company), c. 1983

Source: www.flickr.com/photos/25692985@N07/3914019490.

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FROM THE WORLD'S OF YESTERYEAR -- DISTANT TRAVELERS IN LOVE WITH PEANUT BUTTER CANDIES.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on assorted Reese's Pieces alien ads, c. 1985, with all three being featured within the pages of popular American comic-books of the period.

"Three years after "E.T.," I guess Reese's thought they needed to update the alien or use a different alien for their advertisements. I'm not sure which. There were a bunch of these alien guys shilling for Reese's in the late '80s. They all had a nonsense word or phrase at the top that is supposedly in the aliens' language."

-- PAXTON HOLLEY (Flickr user, uploader)

Sources: www.pinterest.com/pin/403072235373682642, www.flickr.com/photos/paxtonholley/4699488471, & Pinterest.