Wouldn’t it be cool if these were brought back?
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UPDATED 4/20/26: Diggin’ in the vault time — when we go deep into the recesses of the shadowy subterranean 13th Dimension headquarters for great columns that deserve another look. This one first ran in August 2021. Right on! — Dan
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Over the last several years, reprints, re-releases and replicas have been all the rage, whether we’re talking comics, books, toys or other ephemera.
Marvel, especially, has had a fun go of it, with reprints of ’60s and ’70s trading card-size stickers; vending machine mini-books; and — most notably — a portfolio of classic black-light posters, which is now slated for October.
Every once in a while, we’ll run 13 CLASSIC TOYS WE WANT TO SEE RE-RELEASED and I certainly would love a full run of 1970s Slurpee cups, all fresh and new.
Most of these fantasies are exactly that, though: a desire for what once was, even though it may be impractical. Nevertheless, you know what I would really love to see again? The DC and Marvel “stick-ons” produced by Our Way Studios that proliferated in the ’70s.
I had one set: the giant sheet of DC heroes you could order through comics. I was probably 5 and this was how I learned that Mom really doesn’t want you to put stickers on the walls — even though that’s what the ad suggested. So almost as quickly as my heroes went up — Batman, Robin, Superman and so on — they went back down again. The only one that survived beyond the first few days was a Flash sticker I put on the box I kept my View-Master in.
I also didn’t realize at the time that there were Marvel stick-ons too — and I certainly would have wanted any of Spider-Man.
Anyway, it’s nearly impossible to land the stickers on those big, comprehensive sheets. But I was able to grab four complementary DC sets through eBay and man, they are the bee’s knees. I think every one of those DC designs you got on the big sheet — stock images of varying sizes by the likes of Neal Adams and Murphy Anderson — is represented in these four sets with the strange exception of Green Lantern.
I scanned them and wanted to put them out in the world again in hopes that some inventive licensee will see them and get all excited and put out fresh, new affordable sheets. Because if you want the originals, they ain’t cheap. (RoomMates, however, does have reusable Marvel stickers that feature Bronze Age art. Wonder Woman, too.)
So dig these pretty DC stick-ons from my collection. (Those Marvel ones above are gleaned from the interwebs.)
Dig it.
Batman main sticker. Pardon the crops. These sets are still bigger than your typical scanner.
Batman flip-side stickers
Robin main sticker
Robin flip-side stickers
Superman main sticker
Superman flip-side stickers
Aquaman main sticker
Aquaman flip-side stickers
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August 3, 2021
These classic stick-ons are most definitely spot on when it comes to the superhero genre.
August 3, 2021
YES it would be cool if these were brought back!
August 3, 2021
Absolutely! I went so far as to create my own. But I’d certainly buy them!
August 3, 2021
I have all of these pictured as well as both the Marvel and DC poster-sized sticker sheets…. which are kind of torturous to own, actually…. I’m not going to USE those (while I do sometimes use the smaller sheets)…. frame them? Sell them? Or continue to just keep them packed away with lots of other valuable old collectibles on which I’ve frittered away a house’s down payment’s worth of money?!?!?
August 3, 2021
Any idea where the image of Robin was captured from?
August 3, 2021
Supergirl should change costumes frequently, as she did in the early 1970s.
April 20, 2026
“ stock images of varying sizes by the likes of Neal Adams and Murphy Anderson — is represented in these four sets with the strange exception of Green Lantern.”
Granted it’s been a loooong time since I had the original stickers but my memory is, and the ad seemingly confirms, there was a big Gil Kane GL sticker. My recollection is that he came on his own sheet so that may be why he wasn’t represented in the set you got via EBay.
April 21, 2026
I was thinking the same thing. My next door neighbor had this set of stickers when we were kids in the 70’s and I vividly remember Green Lantern being among the other heroes. I loved that image of Green Lantern running with his hand and ring extended in front of him (though I never understood why he was running when he could fly). I also remember there was a separate arrow sticker that Green Arrow had apparently just shot.
April 22, 2026
Yes, that was exactly my point. “I think every one of those DC designs you got on the big sheet — stock images of varying sizes by the likes of Neal Adams and Murphy Anderson — is represented in these four sets with the strange exception of Green Lantern.” GL was on the big-sheet version, but omitted in these four sets.
April 20, 2026
>>….this was how I learned that Mom really doesn’t want you to put stickers on the walls.
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You were 5. It begs the question in your defense, what did mom think you were going to do with them?
Always saw the DC stickers but could never afford them. I doubt you could print these today so inexpensively. I recently purchased a pretty cool “Space 1999″ sticker off Amazon…it was like $7! I thought I’d make a magnet out of it or something but when I got it I realized it was only about 4” in all.
April 20, 2026
Never had stickers, but I did have some DC (probably only Superman and Batman) book protectors. They were just sheets that you fold around a book cover.
April 20, 2026
I remember purchasing both Marvel and DC ones at Kmart back in the day. I remember they were $.88 sure do miss those days!
April 20, 2026
I’ve got all of them framed in my collectors room, including the poster sized ones. And yes, they are still wicked cool. Classic artists’ renditions in iconic poses. Really cool.
April 21, 2026
Sounds cool. I bet there are some pretty awesome collections between us old fans. Maybe Dan will accept submissions and write a list around them. I seem to remember we did something like that with pixs of our kids in costumes etc.
April 20, 2026
My mother ordered the DC ones for me when they came out. The big ones I put up in the room I shared with my sister. The small ones I put on styrofoam trays, brought them to school, and my teacher hung them on the wall. I’d buy a repro set in a second!
April 21, 2026
I always wanted these when I was a kid. But living in Canada, my parents were very hesitant sending money to the US. Even back then.
April 23, 2026
I remember my excitement my parents consented to buy me these stickers–and what showed up? Circus animal stickers!! I was SO mad, but I was a kid and didn’t know about “returns” and “exchanges”. I do remember that my best friend, also into comics, ordered them too–and ALSO got circus animals! He was so livid he threw the shipping tube across the room. We were 11 or 12.
April 25, 2026
LOL, that sucks, but years later, the stickers would have been history, whereas you now have a funny story to share 😀 .