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1966 NBC Promo Posters

Was poking around Heritage Auctions tonight and found these beauties from a past auction:

Man From UNCLE 1966 NBC Promo

Man From UNCLE 1966 NBC Promo

I Spy NBC 1966 Poster

I Spy NBC 1966 Poster

Get Smart 1966 NBC Poster

Get Smart 1966 NBC Poster

These posters were part of a lot sold in May of this year. The UNCLE poster is by an artist named Allison (from the signature), and went for $84. The I Spy poster is by Gustav Rehberger, and went for $179. The Get Smart is by Mad Magazine veteran Jack Davis and went for $120. Originally, these were sold by NBC for just a few bucks, apparently. The best source I’ve seen on the posters is at the I Spy forum, where Tatia writes: “The eleven promotional posters produced to be given to NBC’s major affiliates as decorations for parties celebrating their 1966 season premieres were Bonanza, Daniel Boone, Flipper, Get Smart, Hey Landlord, I Spy, The Monkees, Star Trek, T.H.E. Cat, The Girl From U.N.C.L.E., and The Man From U.N.C.L.E. NBC did offer the Bonanza, Get Smart and I Spy for sale for a very limited time afterwards.”

Check out Heritage Auctions yourself for a bevy of past collectibles.

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RIP Eduardo Barreto

Secret Agent X-9 Art by Eduardo Barreto

Art by Eduardo Barreto

News broke today that veteran comic artist Eduardo Barreto has passed away, a disappointment to anyone who ever encountered his work on books like The Shadow Strikes, Batman: Scar of the Bat, Mickey Spillane’s Mike Danger, or in the funny pages when he was the artist on Judge Parker.

For fellow COBRA Christopher Mills, this is an especially personal loss, as Barreto was a collaborator on several comics projects, including a revival of Secret Agent X-9 that will now sadly never be. Mills has shared the sample art from the pitch, and even spy fiction fans who weren’t familiar with Barreto’s work will mourn his loss after taking a look at it.

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