Mego's
original man of action was also their first venture into the world
of advertising. As the story goes, Action Jackson was the first
time Mego had done television advertising and the ambitious commercials
violated broadcast standards at the time by using stop motion animation.
The ads were not broadcast and the resulting financial loss motivated
a new creative idea, the World's Greatest Super Heroes, which soon
eclipsed AJ. But the story doesn't end there, Mego continued it's
aggressive ad compaign into print world as well. Focusing mainly
on trade advertising in the states.The true shining star of the
ad game however, isn't Mego but their Italian distributor Baravelli.
Baravelli created a wonderful ad campaign featuring Action Jackson
as the everyman star in a series of adventures teamed up with the
World's Greatest Superheroes, Tex Willer or Duking it out with Dracula
and the Joker (on his own even) This section will continue to ad
more AJ advertising as it's found but for now enjoy the amazing
Craziness of Action Jackson Marketing!
Special Thanks to Albert Malnait, Mike Jimenez and Ben Holcomb for these fantastic contributions!