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Face palm of the Force

One of the contestants in out Toy Denial competition Chris B also provided me with not only a mall appearance photo but a pretty funny story as well: “Do you remember / did you have a Yellow Front in your neighborhood?  Ours was in Thornton, Colorado, and I still vividly remember my father driving me there […]

Bugs Bunny (and Batman) in Space Poster

My good friend, Jason in San Diego sent in this image for the awesome poster to the sequel to “Bugs Bunny meets the Superheroes” show, “Bugs Bunny in Space”. I think i like it even more, especially since it seems to trying to cash in on Star Wars a little bit. I also wonder if […]

Meet the more interesting half of Knight Rider

Devlin found this photo at a junk store and submitted it to the blog. We have no idea who the girl is but she’s meeting K.I.T.T , most likely at a car show  and most definitely in the early 1980s. I love the home made banner. Knight Rider came out when I was 12, so […]

Bugs Bunny meets the Superheroes Poster

I’ve had this for almost two years but it just recently dawned on me I’ve never shared it here. Things have been slow on the mall appearance submissions lately (please don’t make me beg, nobody needs to see that) so I thought I’d begin a series of my collection of Superhero appearance photos. This one […]

Batman & Robin appearing in your town!

  Found a pretty neat piece of DC comics history that I’m working on for the site but I couldn’t resist teasing this little of awesome, a touring schedule for infamous 70s road show “Bugs Bunny meets the Superheroes” which also featured Wonder Woman!   If you were lucky enough to see this back then […]

Mall Batman Roundup

The Dark Knight opensthis weekend and I’m still busy working on my book but I wanted to do something “Bat Themed” for the occasion. What better than to mine the Mall Appearance Archive for shots of the caped crusader in action? This one from a 1980 Columbus car show that Larry sent in is one of […]

Spidey meets Kelly

Kelly sent in this great picture of a Spidey appearance circa 1978. We’ve had dozens of Spider-Man appearances over the decades but I can honestly say, this is the most adorable one I’ve ever seen. Send me your mall appearance photos!

High five from the Hulk

Lynch sent in this awesome promotional shot from 1978 used to promote Pizzaz magazine (which I think I bought every issue). I’ve got more of these and I’ll be sharing them for the next few weeks. This Hulk suit must have been new at the time as it doesn’t jive with the weird one I […]

The hamburger happy clown invades Canada

Chris AKA Mysterion the Mind Reader sent in this awesome shot from late 1970s in conjunction with a new McDonalds opening at in the plaza at Duffferin and Lawrence in Toronto. Chris recollects that he “lost his mind” when this event occured. I remember being super fond of the McDonalds and Burger King characters back then as […]

Justice League in Buffalo

David was kind enough to send in my first Mall Appearance shot this year (I seriously was starting to get worried) and they’re awesome. This time it’s from the summer of ’89, which of course as we all know belonged to the dark knight. Another great shot from David, here he and his brother meet Batman and […]