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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.

: Dracula N°5 1982. Marvel Sweden/Finland.

: Dracula N°6 1983. Marvel Sweden/Finland.

: Dracula N°5 1982. Marvel Sweden/Finland.

: Dracula N°6 advert. 1982. Marvel Sweden/Finland.

: Dracula N°7 advert. 1983. Marvel Sweden/Finland.

: Dracula N°6 1983. Marvel Sweden/Finland.

Superman

Superman N°11 1986. DC Sweden/Finland.

Superman N°13 1978. DC Sweden/Finland.

: Superman N°12 1979. DC Sweden/Finland.

: Superman Giant. Semic Press. 1978. Sweden/Finland.

: Superman Club. 1978. Sweden/Finland.

: 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.

: Tarzan. 1977. Sweden/Finland.

: Tarzan’s Son. 1977 Sweden/Finland.

Tarzan. 1977 Sweden/Finland.

Hulk, Spider-Man, Daredevil

Hulk N°2 1984. Marvel Sweden/Finland.

: Hulk. 1984. Marvel Sweden/Finland.

: 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!)

Spider-Man poster. Art by Al Milgrom. UK. 1983.

A TVTA special.

Presenting: vintage and modern print adverts, comic covers, card games and merchandise featuring web-slinging superhero Spider-Man plus his friends and arch-enemies – all from the collection of TVTA! Enjoy 🙂

: Spider-Man Annual. 1978. UK.

: Spider-Man Annual. 1979. UK.

: Spider-Man annual. UK. 2004.

: Spider-Man annual. UK. 2004.

: Spider-Man annual. UK. 2005.

: Spider-Man annual. UK. 2005.

: Spider-Man annual. UK. 2007.

: Spider-Man annual. UK. 2007.

: Energized Spider-Man. 1978. US.

: Marvel jackets. 1989. US.

: Spiderman vinyl record story book. Power Records. 1974.

: Marvel Bop Bags. 1977. UK.

: Atari. 1983. US.

: Superhero Book of Goodies. 1977. US.

: Cap’n Crunch. 1986. US.

: Ricochet Racers. 1976. US.

: Spider-Man and Power Pack. 1985. US.

: Spider-Man comics. 1985. UK.

: Spider-Man comics. 1984.

: Spider-Man and Hulk.1980. UK.

: Hostess. 1976. US.

: Hostess. 1981. US.

: Hostess. 1979. US.

: Hostess. 1978. US.

: Mego Elastic Hulk and Elastic Spider-Man. 1979. US.

: Corgi Toys. 1980. France.

: Spider-Man comics. 1985. Brazil.

: Puck. 1983. Brazil.

: Spider-Man N°549. Cover by Terry Austin. UK. 1983.

: Spider-Man New Generation. Les Cinémas Pathé Gaumont. Dec 2018. France.

: Super Slurpee. 1981. US.

: Spider Man Spider Sense lunch box. France.

: Dekkar Spider-Man costume. 1983. UK.

: Spider Man board games. UK.

: Marvel Super Heroes Puffy stickers Dorman’s cheese promo 1985. US.

: Spider Man Garcia fishing. 1983. US.

: Sleepwalker vs Spidey N°5. 1991. Bret Blevins. US.

: Spider-Man Superior Spider Month July 2013. UK.

: Jointed Giants. 1977. UK.

: Spider-Man. 1984. Marvel Sweden.

: Spider-Man: Far From Home chirashi poster. 2019. Japan. Front.

: Spider-Man TV. 1980. UK.

Spider-Man Top Trumps cards and sets

edit: removed the Spider-Sense images temporarily as I was getting a lot of a spam on these images and WP seem more interested in pushing their crappy new editors down our throats than fixing spam and removing junk vitamin tablet accounts. The new WP editor is crap I know because I tried it to edit this post – and it was just a nightmare to use. Good job I still have classic editor at my disposal, though for how long I don’t know…