Bazooka Geschiedenis.nl (Bazooka history)

1960 Bazooka Joe in the Netherlands and Belgium

3 images from the collection

In the year 1960 the first gags with text were introduced, numbered 1-60-1 until 1-60-56. In 1964 the Dutch mail tariff was raised from 12 to 15 cents, and the text for the gadgets one could obtain was slightly changed from 12 to 15 cents. A great source for dating the years for Bazooka Joe gags is bubblegum-comics.com. Highly recommended!

  • Bazooka Joe 1960, image 1 – In the year 1960 the first gags with text were introduced, numbered 1-60-1…
  • Bazooka Joe 1960, image 2 – In the year 1960 the first gags with text were introduced, numbered 1-60-1…
  • Bazooka Joe 1960, image 3 – In the year 1960 the first gags with text were introduced, numbered 1-60-1…

There were approximately 700 different Bazooka Joe gags in the U.S.A. The Netherlands used about 425 of them.