Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion

Well, you may have noticed that I sort of fell off the daily blogging bandwagon recently.  Today I intend to get back on the bandwagon (but not all on this blog alone).  I recently split my blog in half and put all the Disney postcard stuff on another blog (disneypostcards.com) and am continuing here with all the other stuff.

So...for my "getting back on the blogging bandwagon" post, I have a copy of Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion for you today.  Based on the 1950's TV show of the same name, this book was given away as a promotional comic book, but also printed for purchase at the news stand.  The GCD has this version as the one that was given away by Heinz.  The book has a great cover and interior art by Don Heck (one of the greats).

On the back of this copy is a certificate that admits the bearer into the "Junior Legionnaires".  It has the Heinz logo on it and on the inside back cover is a list of the 57 Heinz varieties from the mid 1950's.  How about some India relish??

Give away comics were a common promotional tool from the earliest days of comics...and remain so today.  Each May, for the last ten years or so, Free Comic Book Day has been a national event.  You can go and get free comic books that will introduce you to characters you may not know, and also allow you to get some unique books of characters that you are very familiar with.

Until next time....

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