tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3024420441109756132.post4414462207012037728..comments2024-03-23T11:45:42.089-07:00Comments on Cole's Comics: Jack Cole's King Kola Ads 1941-42Paul C.Tumeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05398929835829679477noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3024420441109756132.post-74219916078970280162021-08-08T06:35:47.363-07:002021-08-08T06:35:47.363-07:00Agreed, Kooba is probably not quite the history pe...Agreed, Kooba is probably not quite the history people think it is... I tracked down some beverage industry trade show involvement for Kooba several years back as well. Several local promotions/giveaways were advertised, as you likely know. Fox definitely intended to launch Kooba.Mark Seiferthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01576622240783697350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3024420441109756132.post-77031256150755895852019-11-04T16:23:51.241-08:002019-11-04T16:23:51.241-08:00The first story in Punch Comics #1 is about Mr. E,...The first story in Punch Comics #1 is about Mr. E, who got his powers from 'the strange god, King Kolah, remnant of an extinct civilization...' Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3024420441109756132.post-16415900505603123232012-02-01T05:43:48.545-08:002012-02-01T05:43:48.545-08:00One can trace the history of Kooba Cola (via press...One can trace the history of Kooba Cola (via press releases) up to the time it was to be put on sale. Fox obviously meant it - and hired professionals to do it. However the press releases all stop just as it was to be place in production.<br /> There was a lawsuit "King Kola Mfg. Co. v. Coca-Cola Co." which tells us that this use of King Kola started on July 20, 1934. King lost in court in November 1938, but the appeals kept on till 1944. The case involved the use of the name "King Kola". There were both earlier (1910s) and later (1980s) King Kolas. Would Chesler have had a separate King Kola while the right to legally use the name was in court is an interesting question.SangorShophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17650888644317638942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3024420441109756132.post-55720457129621889352012-01-10T07:17:01.470-08:002012-01-10T07:17:01.470-08:00Although the two products were intended to have ra...Although the two products were intended to have rather different effect (or, at least, to be perceived as having very different effects), I cannot help but be reminded of the Dr Seuss ads for Flit™, and their catch-phrase, “Quick, Henry! the Flit!”<br /><br />Historically, there have been multiple products named “King-Cola” or “King Cola”. The earliest of which I am aware was handicapped after Coca-Cola successfully prevented its originator from registering a trademark, and fizzed-away in the early '20s. The most recent appeared in 1996, and seems still to be out there.Daniel [oeconomist.com]https://www.blogger.com/profile/06763094285750736837noreply@blogger.com