During the Bronze Age of comic, from 1975 to 1982 the Continental Baking Company, the makers of Hostess baked treats and Wonder Bread, among other products, started placing ads in comic books featuring comic characters interacting with Hostess products.
The ads featuring Harvey comics characters appeared in the pages of Harvey and Western Publishing comics.
The Harveyville Fun Times![]
Comic historian, Mark Arnold wrote an informative 4-part article on the history of the Harvey Comics Hostess ads in the fanzine, The Harveyville Fun Times!, that ran in issues 59, 62, 63 and 66.
Stan Kay wrote all of the Harvey ads with art by Warren Kremer. (Fred Rhoads was too expensive to have draw the Sad Sack ones.)
Hot Stuff Hostess Ads[]
- Hot Stuff - Frozen Forest - Hostess Fruit Pies - June 1976
- Hot Stuff - Sigmund Fraud - Hostess Cupcakes - Jan 1977
- Hot Stuff - Baked Alaska - Hostess Twinkies - April 1977
- Hot Stuff - Lame Brain - Hostess Cupcakes - July 1977
- Hot Stuff - Seeing Things - Hostess Cupcakes - Dec 1977
- Hot Stuff - Nasty Dan - Hostess Twinkies - April 1978
- Hot Stuff - Devilishly Good - Hostess Cupcakes - July 1978
- Hot Stuff - A Hot Rod - Hostess Twinkies - Jan 1979
- Hot Stuff - A Swell Party - Hostess Cup Cakes - April 1979
- Hot Stuff - Loop the Loops - Hostess Cup Cakes - July 1979
- Hot Stuff - Hot Rock - Hostess Twinkies - Jan 1980
- Hot Stuff - Playing Cupid - Hostess Cup Cakes - Aug 1980
- Hot Stuff - Mad, Mad, Mad World - Hostess Cup Cakes - Oct 1980
- Hot Stuff - Shut My Mouth! - Hostess Cup Cakes - Nov 1980
- Hot Stuff - Too Much Mush - Hostess Cup Cakes - March 1981
- Hot Stuff - Stealing His Thunder - Hostess Twinkies - Oct 1981
- Hot Stuff - Hot Ideas - Hostess Cupcakes - Dec 1981
- Hot Stuff - The Gobblin' Goblin - Hostess Cupcakes - Jan 1982
- Hot Stuff - Somethin' Else Cookin'! - Hostess Fruit Pies - March 1982 (2 Page Ad)
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