“This May Be The Chance You’ve Been Waiting For!”
Comic fans, this 1984 ad from Marvel gives you every chance to join the Marvel team as a creator. For only $12.95 you could have ordered the Official Marvel Comics Try-Out Book — which I see listed at Amazon.com* — though I am betting that if you tried to use this book today it just wouldn’t have the same results that it did thirty years ago.
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I still have this book! I got it from a friend in 1992, and it’s been borrowed and practiced upon by several other friends throughout the years. It’s neat to pull it out every once in awhile and see the different inking styles of everyone. Some of the pages are missing now, and maybe they’re still hanging out in portfolios stashed in closets somewhere. Nostalgia!