Superman N°12 1987. Cover by Arthur Adams and Dick Giordano. DC Sweden/Finland.
Greetings vintage mates! In my ongoing endeavour to gather a digital archive of international advertising, catalogues, posters and comic covers, The Vintage Toy Advertiser is pleased to post today some wonderful examples from Sweden and Finland. Välkommen!
Adding to an already impressive world map featuring France, UK, US, Denmark, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Greece, Japan and Brazil… the following titles from the 1970s and 80s were aimed at a Finnish and Swedish readership, and feature Superman – (Stålmannen in Swedish), Batman – (Läderlappen), Dracula, Tarzan, The Incredible Hulk, Daredevil (Våghalsen), and Spider-Man (Spindelmannen).
Enjoy the scans! Or as they may say in Swedish, Njut av skanningarna!
Dracula
Dracula N°6 1983. Marvel Sweden/Finland.
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- Dracula N°5 1982. Marvel Sweden/Finland.
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- Dracula N°6 1983. Marvel Sweden/Finland.
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- Dracula N°5 1982. Marvel Sweden/Finland.
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- Dracula N°6 advert. 1982. Marvel Sweden/Finland.
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- Dracula N°7 advert. 1983. Marvel Sweden/Finland.
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- Dracula N°6 1983. Marvel Sweden/Finland.
Superman
Superman N°11 1986. DC Sweden/Finland.
Superman N°13 1978. DC Sweden/Finland.
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- Superman N°12 1979. DC Sweden/Finland.
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- Superman Giant. Semic Press. 1978. Sweden/Finland.
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- Superman Club. 1978. Sweden/Finland.
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- Superman kiddie sweater. 1987. Sweden/Finland.
Super fart! Let’s save the Superman fart joke for last! Super-Fart = Super Speed. Super-Spänning = Super-Voltage. Super-Tuff = Super-Tough!
Super Fart Superman! 1978. Sweden/Finland.
Tarzan
Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Tarzan N°14 1977. Cover by Joe Kubert. Sweden/Finland.
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- Tarzan. 1977. Sweden/Finland.
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- Tarzan’s Son. 1977 Sweden/Finland.
Tarzan. 1977 Sweden/Finland.
Hulk, Spider-Man, Daredevil
Hulk N°2 1984. Marvel Sweden/Finland.
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- Hulk. 1984. Marvel Sweden/Finland.
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- Hulk. 1983. Marvel Sweden/Finland.
Spider-Man. 1984. Marvel Sweden/Finland.
Daredevil. 1982. Marvel Sweden/Finland.
As always, thanks for looking 🙂 Coming soon… yet another international debut at The Vintage Toy Advertiser! (clue – you won’t have to read upside down!)
The Vintage Toy Advertiser 
Fab, as always, but funny at times… like Super Fart! Or does fart mean something else in Swedish? lol!
I’m big fan of the Hulk! Great post.
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Wonderful! I genuinely don’t know how you find the time to source and scan, and write – but I’m grateful you do!
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Thanks so much Wibi 🙂
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Never seen the Dracula ones before; they’re pretty great!
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Yeh, I love those Dracula images. Great to get hold of some copies finally.
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Lol super fart. Do you scan most of these images yourself?
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Ha, super fart cracked me up as soon as I saw it. Yes, all the images are from my collection and scanned by me, apart from a small section made by guest contributors.
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Love all the Tomb of Dracula images, one of my fave Marvel horror series! 🙂
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It was a treat getting those Marvel Draculas – first time I’d ever seen them in hand. Brilliant, creepy artwork.
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Its such a brilliant series. I first read them in Mighty World of Marvel, then some of the original American comics. Brilliant horror comic sereis, wonderfully spooky art as well 🙂
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