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Found this online today, never saw one myself. Maybe someone remembers these comics.

Bob

VERY cool! Never seen it before either.
Thanks for sharing.

Bill

Fun!! Did it come on a packaging or with a specific product? Or as an advertisement in a magazine?

They have the Fred Bronner identity so I imagine are U.S. specific and are essentially adverts but created as a comic strip adventure.

Here is another that includes a Rolls-Royce, so I like this one...
Ghosthunter.

These appeared in comics in the USA in 1969. I am aware of five different ads in this style:

- A Sunday Drive To Watertap Falls
- Rug Rally
- Table-Top Road-Eo
- The Disaster At Anthill Acres
- The Torture Test At Rough Rock

Since they include some of the last 1969 issue regular wheel models but do not feature Superfast models, I suppose they were issued in the spring of 1969 and were quickly discontinued with the introduction of Superfast.

I have those adds framed and hanging on the back of the door into my model room.
I got them from an auction in America years ago.

Cheers, Steve
Matchboxkiwi

Very cool!
Never heard of these before.
Thank you for sharing!

Thanks for sharing - catalogues, displays, I love them all

Just another comic from Matchbox.



George T.