K-Mart Offers the “G.I. Joe Combat Jet Or Battle Tank” for $16.88/each in 1983

November 23, 1983. I have to wonder if this ad was originally in color when it first ran back in 1983. You see, many of the newspaper advertisements from the early eighties that use photos were color ads because the color printing held quality and detail far better than B&W photos. There’s no proof that this ad for G.I. Joe toys was in color, but if it was then I bet it looked amazing.

Would it be wrong to try and plan a trip to Pittsburgh just to explore their newspaper archives in person and see if this ad was originally in color?