{"id":2938,"date":"2010-03-05T07:00:41","date_gmt":"2010-03-05T12:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=2938"},"modified":"2010-03-04T01:37:25","modified_gmt":"2010-03-04T06:37:25","slug":"sandman-comic-book-advertisement-1988","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/03\/05\/sandman-comic-book-advertisement-1988\/","title":{"rendered":"Sandman comic book advertisement &#8211; 1988"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>&#8220;A horror-edged fantasy, set in the DC Universe.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Wow.\u00a0 The editorial staff that put this ad together had no idea where this comic was going to go, did they?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Sandman by Neil Gaiman advertisement 1988\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/sandman_ad.jpg\" alt=\"Sandman by Neil Gaiman advertisement 1988\" width=\"515\" height=\"754\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Tell the world about ONCE UPON A GEEK:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-2938\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/03\/05\/sandman-comic-book-advertisement-1988\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-2938\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/03\/05\/sandman-comic-book-advertisement-1988\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/03\/05\/sandman-comic-book-advertisement-1988\/?share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul><li class=\"share-reddit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-reddit sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/03\/05\/sandman-comic-book-advertisement-1988\/?share=reddit\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Reddit\"><span>Reddit<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-2938\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/03\/05\/sandman-comic-book-advertisement-1988\/?share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;A horror-edged fantasy, set in the DC Universe.&#8221; 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JSA, Crisis, Flash, Green Lantern, Sandman, and more","date":"May 18, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Yesterday we featured quite a few DC Comics posters. Today we'll finish up the tour of the DC posters. The next couple days will focus on Star Wars and other geeky posters.\u00a0 Please feel free to share any of your favorite posters! Below is a World War II era poster\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;art&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"Justice Society of America poster by Tony Harris","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/poster-jsaharris.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":607,"url":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/03\/11\/star-trek-comic-book-advertisement-nov-1984\/","url_meta":{"origin":2938,"position":2},"title":"Star Trek Comic Book Advertisement &#8211; Nov 1984","date":"March 11, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"The old Blue Devil advertisement I ran the other day seemed to be well-received.\u00a0 So I decided to feature another old comic book ad today.\u00a0 Here is a Star Trek comic book advertisement (November 1984) from DC comics.\u00a0 This particular ad ran shortly after Star Trek III: The Search for\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;comic books&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/star_trek_dc.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3297,"url":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/04\/27\/neil-gaiman-signed-my-one-dollar-bill\/","url_meta":{"origin":2938,"position":3},"title":"Neil Gaiman signed my one dollar bill","date":"April 27, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Some time in the early 1990s, I was fortunate enough to meet Neil Gaiman at DragonCon in Atlanta.\u00a0 He was super-cool and was kind enough to really speak with the fans that were waiting in line for his autograph (not just the lip service some famous people provide). 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I am totally jazzed about this!\u00a0 While I haven't read\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;comic books&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"Doctor Who","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/drwho_newlogo.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2990,"url":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/03\/15\/green-slime-dont-touch-it-it-is-certain-death-look-out-its-dripping\/","url_meta":{"origin":2938,"position":5},"title":"Green Slime! Don&#8217;t Touch It! It is Certain Death! Look Out! It&#8217;s Dripping!","date":"March 15, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Here is a Dungeons & Dragons advertisement that ran in comic books in mid-1981.\u00a0 The lack of color, amateur artwork, inconsistent lettering, and ridiculous scripting is appalling.\u00a0 This ad is simply terrible. With that said.. 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