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1974 Collegeville Costume Catalog

When it came to Halloween costumes, the two biggest names in the 70’s were Ben Cooper and Collegeville. If one didn’t have a specific license, the other surely did. In the mid seventies, Ben Cooper had a lock on some prosperous licenses namely The Universal Monsters and Superheroes from DC and Marvel houses. This left […]

Thwip? Thwip?

In 1976, I switched camps and decided that Marvel superheroes were now the way to go, so Spider-Man was what I needed to be that Halloween. Despite my adventures the year previous as “The Bat“, my costume hunting was again done at the same Woolco store that had what seemed like a gigantic rack of […]

Reflecto-Lite Masks

I have a weakness for store displays of any kind and it’s a true bonus when you can find them in a catalog. This sweet display of Collegeville masks inclues “The Bat” and a great generic version of the creature from the black lagoon that I’m kind of smitten with: Much more about Collegeville all […]