An alert Kotakuite going by the name of Yardarm51 discovered an interesting ad while flipping through a back issue of an Alpha Flight comic book. Issue 90, to be exact...which was part four of the Building Blocks story arc that featured the return of Mac Hudson as Vindicator...not that I was paying any attention. The ad is for the hack n' slash classic, Splatterhouse for the TurboGrafx 16. Click for a larger, more readable version.

A fine example of art of generic comic book video game advertising that continues to this very day. The plot in this one is gripping. Monsters grab this poor man's girlfriend and for some reason cover his head with a mask that gives him the power to kill said monsters. It's almost Shakespearian. Michael Fahey

Yardarm51

Contact information for this author is not available.