Mail-Order Mysteries: Real Stuff from Old Comic Book Ads
A Nonfiction, Sequential Art, Humor book. If you were a kid who owned even one comic book, then you likely dreamed of trying out one...
Rediscover your sense of wonder!Generations of comic book readers remember the tantalizing promises of vintage novelty advertisements that offered authentic laser-gun plans, x-ray specs, and even 7-foot-tall monsters (with glow-in-the-dark eyes!). But what would you really get if you entrusted your hard-earned $1.69 to the post office?Mail-Order Mysteries answers this question, revealing the amazing truths (and agonizing exaggerations) about the actual products marketed to kids in the 60s, 70s, and 80s. Pop-culture historian Kirk Demarais shares his astonishing collection, including:100 Toy Soldiers in a Footlocker Count Dante’s World’s Deadliest Fighting Secrets GRIT Hercules Wrist Band Hypno-Coin Life-Size Monsters Mystic Smoke Sea Monkeys Soil From Dracula’s Castle U-Control Ghost Ventrilo Voice Thrower...and many, many more!With more than...
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- Pages: 156 pages
- ISBN: 9781608870264 / 0
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"Rediscover your sense of wonder"actually it killed my sense of wonder. there are a few things in here i still have fond memories of, sea monkeys for some reason and the magnetic dogs among them. but the thing i most wanted and still think about when i pick up 60s/70s comics is the Polaris Submarine. i still want this. from the time... Marvelously deft, droll and terse style. The only thing I thought could've been eschewed were the "CUSTOMER SATISFACTION" tags, most of which didn't seem to add much to the proceedings. I also could've done without the symbolic afterword. But on the whole refreshingly free of the usual modern-day Right-Thinkers' conventions.Looks like... If you were a kid who owned even one comic book, then you likely dreamed of trying out one of the mail-order gimmicks, if not begged for just one from your parents. The only one I was ever able to try out was joining the Archie Club simply because it didn't cost a dime. However, once I received my welcome packet, I realized my mother...
