This season, I decided to return to some of the drug stores that, unknowingly, made my Halloween a bit more magical. To haunt that seasonal aisle once again and document their spooky offerings in 2022.
Drugstore Halloween
Ad Nauseam: ALF #23 (Mascot Madness!)
You can find previous "Ad Nauseam"s here. Welcome back to Ad Nauseam: never ending articles inspecting promotions of yesteryear found in between the “Biff”s and “Pow”s of clearance rack comics. Please send help. Tonight we crack open the capitalistic corpse of ALF #23 released December 1989. ALF (Alien Life Form) was a Marvel comic series …
Ad Nauseam: The Supernaturals
PAST COMIC ADS CAN BE FOUND HERE! I only decide to write my Ad Nauseum articles when the breath of the comic gods speaketh to me naturally. I let the comics find me, you see. The timing, price, and content has to be just right. One may call the process very sad SuPeRnAtUrAl. Which brings …
Monsters With A Side of Fries
In October of 1997, fast food chain Burger King featured four Universal Monsters as kids' meal toys. Universal Studios was in the process of reviving their catalog of classic horror films by remastering them for various official VHS releases. These fast food toys, amongst other various promotions, were Universal’s way of introducing the classic monsters …
Ad Nauseam: Ultimate Spider-man #4
You’re not going to believe this, but, it seems there’s been a sort of mishap in regards to the current edition of Ad Nauseum. We’re not heading back to the 1990s to reminisce in the murky nostalgic mirth of discontinued candy, cereal, and action figures. No, my friends, for it is a new millennium! With …
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