Superheroes and Celebrities making 70's Mall Appearances

After posting the Marvel Superheroes : Live and in Person brochure on the site, I recieved a generous amount of contributions from folks across the web sharing their childhood mall appearances. The one above was provided by Kelly from Project Absurd it's her fiance and his brother at the 1979 New York World's Fair.

TJ sent in this terrific shot of Spider-Man at the Canadian National Exposition (We call it the CNE) in 1979, I love Spider-Man's medallion!.

Erick Bognar supplied this great photo of Cap and Spider-Man at the Chapel Hill Mall in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio sometime in the mid 70's. According to him, Spider-Man and Cap handed out pins. Check out Erick's terrific Blog here

Wes Booth sent in Captain America at the Eastgate Mall, Indianapolis around 1979. Wes makes a great observation that he didn't normally roll around in a jacket and turtleneck and slacks, his mother made him dress up to meet America's greatest hero.

Here's the shot that makes me crazy jealous, Wes holding Cap's shield. It doesn't get cooler than this! Expect more shots from Wes all this month, he's a real treasure trove.

Here's Ron Peritore in the early 80's in Long Island meeting the Incredible Hulk, the same one from the Marvel Superheroes Live and In Person Catalog. Notice the 12" Mego Hulk dolls behind Ron, so awesome...

Mark sent in this wild Incredible Hulk Appearance at the 1979 Philadelphia Car Show, also in attendance were Eric Estrada and Scott Baio, hopefully he can find those pictures.

This 1980 Marvel promotional photo shows kids treating Spider-Man not unlike the Beatles in 1965, I love the kid hugging Spider-Man with his eyes closed.

Erick also provided this Darth Vader and Jawa Appearance from the late 70's at the Summit Mall in Akron.

Chris sent in the wicked shot of him and Chewbacca at the Albany Mall in GA. in the summer of 1980.

I'd have been all over that Jawa!

Come with me human child and let me show you some high quality Mattel toys, dig the entire wall of BSG figures in there

Doug Knoth sent in pics of an appearance of Spider-man and Acroyear from the Micronauts at his local Korvettes in the Masapequa mall ciurca 1977. Note the giant display of Mego Biotrons in the background, I'll take ten!

Doug shaking hands with Acroyear, seems to be a Spiderman dish set behind Acroyear.

That's a whole display of carded Mego Superheroes in the far left folks....

New to the site is this image of Lou and Spider-Man from days past, stay tuned for more input from Lou in the future. You can check out his Jaws Page here.

James Powell sent in this great mid seventies shot of him and his sister meeting Spidey in Orlando,in case the shirts weren't a big enough giveaway.

Darryl Heine sent in these great shots of the Macy's thanksgiving parade cira 1984, lots of super people evident including Mighty Mouse.

The Man of Helium.

Down in Front! This picture is just about the only time I've seen a public appearance of Hawkman, however it's not surprising considering he was part of the Superpowers line up..

My pal Bill (aka Wee67) from the Megomuseum forums sent over this grooving shot of him meeting the caped crusader in what looks like a shoe department, cool shirt Bill!.

Daniel Preston sent in this fantastic pic of Darth Vader at the Mac Dade Mall Woolco in PA, Vader choked that Imperial officer when his marker ran dry.

Chuck sent in this picture of him and brother Chris with R2D2 in front a wonderful Star Wars painting. This was at a HyVee grocery store around 79-80. Chuck remembers Chewie and Vader also being at this store (he would not go near Vader and cried because he was a bad guy) and promises more shots in the future. Thanks Chuck!

Charles Howell sent in the ultimate collectible, Darth Vader's autograph, Lord Vader rarely signed and of course, died in the "Ewok incident".

Chris Franklin sent in this awesome flyer for a couple of appearances at Hills stores, Captain America and Rom: Space Knight at one and Spider-Man Goblin at the other. Chris saw the Spider-Man Goblin fight, good choice.

Here is a great memento, Spider-Man and the Green Goblin's autograph, Chris tells me that you should not hand Spider-Man a Batman pen to sign with, sound advice.

Charles also sent scans of a promotional comic given out for an appearance by Spider-Man and the Hulk. This is done for the Foley's chain of department stores. He says you can still find these in local comic stores.

Mego was the king of store promotions in the seventies and often gave kids little momentos such as this Spider-Man autograph, similiar items exist for Planet of the Apes and Wizard of Oz.

Courtesy of Mike Jimenez we have a news clipping of a Mego store appearance to promote the Planet of the Apes line, behind "Doctor Cornelius" is a mego collector's dream.

Much better than a man in a suit, we have the real Lee Majors making an appearance no doubt to promote the Six Million Dollar Man toys he wasn't alone, William Shatner and Lenard Nimoy also conducted similiar tours to promote the Mego Star Trek toys. If anyone has pics, please contact us!.

Do you have pictures of a Superheroes appearance from the 70's or early 80's, please drop us a line here and we'll send you a Plaidstallions prize pack, chock full of 70's goodness.

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