What was this Halloween mask from the '70s?

[Acsenray]

I just saw the cover of the Steve Miller Band's The Joker (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:TheJoker.jpg) again and I was reminded of the mask being worn in the photograph. I had that mask, and I think I had the costume that went with it. But I never really knew what it was, sort of assumed it was kind of an off-brand Spider-Man type guy. Does anyone have any more information about it?

[woodstockbirdybird]

I'm getting a "File not found" error when I click the link.

[hogarth]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:TheJoker.jpg

Beats me.

[KneadToKnow]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:TheJoker.jpg

Beats me.

Concur. In fact that's the first time I've noticed that it's a mask and not facepaint. I always took it to be a parody of Kiss.

[pravnik]

Found this: a Collegeville Costumes catalog from 1974. Check out the bottom right.

http://www.plaidstallions.com/collegeville/19744.html

[pravnik]

Photo of one here. Buy your own on E-Bay! :D

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Collegeville-Costum-Mask-3-Spider-Skeleton-and-Lion-/270808400757

[KneadToKnow]

Good work, pravnik!

[Acsenray]

Hey, thanks! So it was just a generic "The Spider." I notice the caped "The Bat," so it seems pretty clear that they were making cheapo versions of proprietary characters.

[tdn]

Photo of one here. Buy your own on E-Bay! :D

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Collegeville-Costum-Mask-3-Spider-Skeleton-and-Lion-/270808400757

I wonder if Miller would have sold as many albums if he'd worn the tiger mask.

[Acsenray]

Concur. In fact that's the first time I've noticed that it's a mask and not facepaint. I always took it to be a parody of Kiss.

I had it considerably before Kiss became big.

[hajario]

It looks like a take off on a Mexican wrestling mask.

[KneadToKnow]

I had it considerably before Kiss became big.

I should have said that I knew the album came out before Kiss was well-known, but that in my mind they were more-or-less contemporaneous because pretty much all early 70s music happened at the same time, since I didn't really start sorting out individual artists and albums and whatnot until I was around 8 or so. The only group whose timeline I've never been confused by is the Pink Floyd, who I didn't get into until high school.

[Acsenray]

To be more precise, I never had the Steve Miller album. I had the mask.

[ZipperJJ]

That mask is Flame Retarded.

[JSexton]

I just saw the cover of the Steve Miller Band's The Joker (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:TheJoker.jpg) again and I was reminded of the mask being worn in the photograph. I had that mask, and I think I had the costume that went with it. But I never really knew what it was, sort of assumed it was kind of an off-brand Spider-Man type guy. Does anyone have any more information about it?

What I want to know is, how did you try to link the Steve Miller Band and end up linking to [unintended link]?

[Chronos]

Presumably he had the other link copied into his clipboard, and just didn't realize he'd forgotten to copy the new link before pasting.

[Acsenray]

Yes, that's exactly what happened.

[jjimm]

Presumably he had the other link copied into his clipboard, and just didn't realize he'd forgotten to copy the new link before pasting.I saw someone quite well-known on the SDMB (who shall remain nameless) do that with a porn link once.

[Spoke]

SDMB members viewing pornography? I am shocked! Shocked, sir!

[jjimm]

SDMB members viewing pornography? I am shocked! Shocked, sir!It's true! (www.bigfatmingersandshitcoveredfingers.com)

[installLSC]

My first though when I saw the cover was "that's the worst album cover I've seen for a big label release". But if you look at Steve Miller's other covers, they look like they were made for five (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8c/RLSM.jpg) dollars (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d5/Steve_Miller_Band_Live.jpg) or were made by deranged graphic (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/90/Steve_Miller_Band_-_Brave_New_World.jpg) designers (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b6/Circleoflove.jpg). Jeesh Steve could you put a little money into your albums designs?

[Acsenray]

Maybe he knew that by 2011 album cover art would be smaller than a postage stamp and thus there was no need to spend time or money on it.

[Pashnish Ewing]

What's a postage stamp?

[TBG]

I wonder if Miller would have sold as many albums if he'd worn the tiger mask.

That's a lion. ;)