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.)
Wendy the Good Witch Hostess Ads[]
- Wendy - The Gobble-Up Goblin - Hostess Twinkies - Nov 1975
- Casper - Twinkies Missing - Hostess Twinkies - Feb 1976
- Wendy - The Ugly Monster - Hostess Twinkies - July 1976
- Wendy - Which Witch Is Which? #1 - Hostess Twinkies - Feb 1977
- Wendy - Break The Spell - Hostess Fruit Pies - May 1977
- Wendy - The Talking Surfboard - Hostess Twinkies - Oct 1977
- Wendy - Up N' Down - Hostess Cup Cakes - Jan 1978
- Casper - Ends A Spell - Hostess Cup Cakes - March 1978
- Casper - Watching The Clouds Go By - Hostess Cup Cakes - April 1978
- Wendy - Give A Cheer - Hostess Fruit Pies - May 1978
- Wendy - Wendy's Wand Puts Out The Fire - Hostess Twinkies - 1978
- Wendy - Her Smart Wand - Hostess Twinkies - Nov 1978
- Wendy - The Forgotten Recipe - Hostess Fruit Pies - Feb 1979
- Wendy - Which Witch Is Which #2 - Hostess Fruit Pies - May 1979
- Wendy - Wendy's Broom The Saves The Day - Hostess Twinkies - July 1979
- Wendy - Has A Visitor - Hostess Twinkies - Nov 1979
- Wendy - The Spell - Hostess Fruit Pies - Feb 1980
- Wendy - A Little Magic - Hostess Fruit Pies - May 1980
- Wendy - Cherry-Dactyl - Hostess Fruit Pies - Dec 1980
- Wendy - Catches The Good Taste Bandit - Hostess Cupcakes - June 1981
- Wendy - Willow Don’t You Weep - Hostess Twinkies - July 1981
- Wendy - Brightens Up The Night - Hostess Twinkies - Aug 1981
- Casper - Witches With A Heart Of Gold - Hostess Twinkies - Oct-1981
- Wendy - Gold At The End of the Rainbow - Hostess Twinkies - Feb 1982
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