The “China Clipper”, 1936
Detail from 1936 advertisement for American Hammered Piston Rings.
Domino Lady?
Costume by Victor Stiebel, 1937
Uncle Sam’s Phrenological Chart, 1919
From This Giddy Globe, 1919 by Oliver Herford
Hemmed in by His Foes
Spring-Heeled Jack seized Carston in his monkish garb and swung him up above his head. “Your race is run,” he cried. “Die, villain, die!”
Spring-Heeled Jack, 1904, issue #11
I Challenge…
The Devil Bat, 1940
In a plan to extract revenge for a bad decision, Dr Paul Carruthers (Bela Lugosi) creates a giant bat in his laboratory which can hunt down and kill those wearing a cologne of his making.
Martian Forest, 1968
A forest on Mars, illustrated by Andrei Sokolov and cosmonaut Alexei Leonov.
Arctic Ocean, 1919
Whatever use may be ultimately found for the North Pole, up to the present it has only been used for advertising purposes.
From This Giddy Globe, 1919 by Oliver Herford
Doesn’t Have a Leg to Stand On
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