8 Most Ridiculous Comic Book Gimmicks

8. Blood In The Comic

In 1977, KISS had a deal with Marvel to appear in their upcoming comic, Marvel Comics Super Special. While just having the enormously popular KISS in the comic would have been enough to drive sales, the marketing behind this has become infamous.

In an effort to help promote the first issue, the idea of adding the blood from each member of KISS and mixing in with red ink was hatched. Thus, the pages of Marvel Comics Super Special #1 contain trace amounts of blood from the band KISS.

As unbelievable as it seems, this is supposedly true. Not only was a photoshoot arranged to show the members of KISS each pouring a vial of their blood into the ink, but a notary public was on site to confirm the validity.

An image of the notarized contract was released as well to help prove the authenticity. It's pretty safe to say that this type of stunt will never happen again.