[anthiom32]

Hi everybody.
I have read that some of the Golden Age Comics had "hidden pics", that is, little images supposed to be subliminal messages. I remember to see one of them in Wertham's "Seduction of the Innocent", and I have also found other here: http://absencito.blogspot.com/2009/04/tebeos-precode-aterrorizando-el_15.html
Could anybody tell me about more of these "hidden pics"?
Thanks a lot!

[paw broon]

Hi anthiom32, nice link - there's loads of stuff on there and it's going to take a while to get through it 'cos my Spanish isn't as good as it should be. As for hidden messages, one of the most scandalous in recent times were the additions to the Captain America 2 volume slipcase edition, in which a disgruntled employee added a male member to Bucky  and put an eightball on the forehead of the bad guy. I think Marvel recalled the ones with the additions as soon as they realised. Fortunately, I still have my copy.  Also, it's not G.A. but Groo used to have a hidden message in each issue. I knew a bloke who obsessed about finding it before anyone else.

[JonTheScanner]

And I'm pretty sure some of those "Hidden pictures" were just accidents and only in the minds of the beholder.

[CharlieRock]

I think a great deal of the ones that caused an uproar were merely an optical allusion. I've seen the ones where they cut away all else of the picture and without context it seems like something else. Even the one on the link with Kaanga the Jungle Lord. As soon as you take in the whole picture it looks a whole lot more innocent.
And as for subliminal? I don't think they bothered. You have a nearly naked Jungle Girl on the cover. That's not subliminal. And why take the effort to disguise things when Tijuana Bibles were available.

P.S. I used to love trying to find the hidden messages in Groo.

[JonTheScanner]

I think a great deal of the ones that caused an uproar were merely an optical allusion.

I don't comment on typos or misspellings as a rule, but this one was nice.  It would imply that they were deliberate  :-)

[Captain Audio]

Artists have a sense of humor, and sometimes throw in a little private joke.

[anthiom32]

Thanks for your replies.
I agree with CharlieRock... some of the "hidden pics" are not really "hidden messages", but optical effects. Nevertheless I am sure that there are many that were previously thought by the artist. It is true that there were other ways to include "explicit" sex images, but "hidden pics" are sometimes a joke the drawer included...

[CharlieRock]

Remember the Masters of the Universe action figures? They came with a little mini-comic book featuring a story that centered on whoever you just bought. Well, I had one with a coloring "mistake" where Teela's top was flesh colored. At first glance (and at second glance, lol) it looked like she was standing there in the buff.