Polite Dissent

DC got a great deal of use out of their AIDS PSA ads, and recycled a few of them in the 1990s.

First, there’s the JLA PSA with Booster Gold, Fire, and Blue Beetle (R.I.P.). The ad I originally highlighted was actually the revised ad (I found it in Flash #87, February 1994). The first one is nearly identical except that it features Booster’s classic uniform and Fire still has her powers (found in Hammerlocke #6, February 1993). In between the two ads, the JLA fought Doomsday with a disastrous outcome.

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In these next ads, they didn’t update the costumes — instead they swapped characters. The ad I posted featured Hal Jordan. The revision replaces him with John Stewart. (Though I’m not sure which is the re-do. Looking at the art, I suspect Stewart was the original and Jordan the revision. The John Stewart PSA is from an older book — Darkstars #4, January 1993 — while the Hal Jordan PSA is from Catwoman #6, January 1994)

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