Promo Card from the novels?

Big Bear · Post by **Big Bear** » Fri Jun 05, 2020 1:36 pm

Has anyone seen one of these before, I think its a promo card from when the novels were released but correct me if I'm wrong?https://s12.photobucket.com/user/Planet ... 5.jpg.html

Post by **dissolute** » Sat Jun 06, 2020 1:58 am

Wasn't that put out when they broadcast repeats of series 5 on Granada Plus?

Big Bear · Post by **Big Bear** » Sat Jun 06, 2020 9:54 am

I don' think so as it says ITV on the card, I'm thinking its 60's. A friend saw it at a framing shop but unfortunately it had been sold and they didn't have any info on it.

Frankymole · Post by **Frankymole** » Tue Jun 09, 2020 1:55 pm

I'm using Dave Rogers' "Avengers Anew" as my mouse mat and it's in there, page 109. "The entry ticket for the fashion show held in 1967" with a big full page reproduction of it, that one has the text the other way up (Steed is at the top of the card, Emma at the bottom) so I guess there were two variants.

Frankymole · Post by **Frankymole** » Tue Jun 09, 2020 2:07 pm

Here's the event. They even had Avengers watches on sale!

https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/photos/th ... &sort=best

And a repro of the ticket image as a backdrop at the event https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/ne ... popup=true

Big Bear · Post by **Big Bear** » Wed Jun 10, 2020 11:55 am

Thank you. I knew I had seen it before. Most of my Avengers books are at my parents at the moment including Avengers Anew, thanks for letting me know.

Stunning photos of the fashion show, I bet there are not many of those tickets still around.

Post by **dissolute** » Wed Jun 10, 2020 9:51 pm

Thanks - I should have checked my books, page 109 of The Avengers Anew has the same information.

Frankymole · Post by **Frankymole** » Thu Jun 11, 2020 3:18 pm

dissolute wrote:Thanks - I should have checked my books, page 109 of The Avengers Anew has the same information.

That's where I found it

see above.

Hind24V · Post by **Hind24V** » Mon Aug 31, 2020 7:05 pm

Wait, there was that sort of fandom merch for sale in the 60s? I thought it was a more recent invention, I guess you do learn things every day.

Frankymole · Post by **Frankymole** » Mon Aug 31, 2020 9:06 pm

Hind24V wrote:Wait, there was that sort of fandom merch for sale in the 60s? I thought it was a more recent invention, I guess you do learn things every day.

Novels, annuals, a newspaper comic strip (and also in kids' TV Comic), a fashion range, some toys like a shooting game, can't remember it all; the 70s had some more with the New Avengers, like toy cars and dolls. But most of it was professionally-produced, I don't recall any fan stuff until the 1980s with the fanzines.