Here's a cool piece of Newtonalia:
This advertisement appeared in Woman's Day 11 August 1975, and refers to the launch of the five Newton titles in June 1975. The statement "Newton comics arrived on the scene last month" suggests this ad originally ran in July 1975 issues. Clearly Newton's print advertising extended well beyond the advertising in the Sunday Observer in this period which, incidentally, included advertising on television.
The main image in this advertisement appeared a few months later on the cover of the Newton Comics Super Hero Swap Card Album.
It's a shame Planet of the Apes is not represented in the main image, whilst Dracula and Conan make pre-emptive cameos - of course, by 11 August 1975 Dracula #1 had been released, and Conan the Barbarian #1 was about to join the fray.
Kudos to Robert Thomas for unearthing this gem. (I'll update the post with a high res copy once it is in hand.)
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