Hostess ads - Sad Sack

Hostess products from the Continental Baking Company placed ads in Bronze Age comics from various publishers, featuring comic/cartoon characters. Various Harvey Comics characters ended up in the ads.

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.)

Sad Sack Hostess Ads

 * 1) Sad Sack - Escaped Tiger - Hostess Fruit Pies - Oct 1975
 * 2) Sad Sack - Bravery Award - Hostess Twinkies - May 1976
 * 3) Sad Sack - Doggone It - Hostess Cupcakes - Nov 1976
 * 4) Sad Sack - Nap Sack on His Back - Hostess Twinkies - Feb 1977
 * 5) Sad Sack - Sad vs Merri - Hostess Cupcakes - March 1977
 * 6) Sad Sack - Oops - Hostess Cupcakes - June 1977
 * 7) Sad Sack - Not Fair (Sarge Is A Bully) - Hostess Fruit Pies - Sep 1977
 * 8) Sad Sack - Gold - Hostess Twinkies - Nov 1977
 * 9) Sad Sack - Lucky Day - Hostess Fruit Pies - Feb 1978
 * 10) Sad Sack - Catches It! - Hostess Fruit Pies - Oct 1978
 * 11) Sad Sack - Happy Landings #1 - Hostess Fruit Pies - March 1979
 * 12) Sad Sack - What A Trip - Hostess Fruit Pies - Oct 1979
 * 13) Sad Sack - Get Sarge - Hostess (Probably) - Dec 1979 (Casper's Ghostland #98)
 * 14) Sad Sack - The Big Hit - Hostess Twinkies - April 1980
 * 15) Sad Sack - Hero - Hostess (Probably) - Sep 1980 (The Friendly Ghost, Casper #212)
 * 16) Sad Sack - Happy Birthday - Hostess Twinkies - April 1981
 * 17) Sad Sack - Down and Out - Hostess Twinkies - May 1981
 * 18) Sad Sack - Happy Landings #2 - Hostess Fruit Pies - Sep 1981
 * 19) Sad Sack - Saves The Picnic - Hostess Twinkies - Nov 1981