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Old Comic Book Ads! Did anyone ever purchase anything advertised?
larrytalbot:
Of course, some of those old comic book ads were scams for the gullible (like the X-Ray Specs!). But many others were honest and worth the price. I'll always be grateful for the ad I answered as a kid in the 1940s. It was a 'learn to play harmonica by the numbers' kit with harmonica and instructions. After learning to play by the numbers I went on to play any tune by ear. Through the years, the little original harmonica was replaced with bigger more advanced ones, and harmonica became a life-long hobby.
I also answered a Fawcett ad to join the Captain Marvel Club for the price of a comic book (10-cents). I was a little disappointed to get only a short welcome note on a Captain Marvel letterhead and a membership card (with a key to the secret code in every issue of Captain Marvel Comics). That dime would have been better spent on a comic book. Though, I wish now that I still had that letter & card!
Rocket Riley:
I clipped a coupon from the inside front cover of about a 1963 issue of Superman and sent a dollar for a Dinosaur book. Still got the book, but not the comic.
Rocket Riley:
I clipped out a coupon in a issue of Action Comics to join the Supermen of America. This was also about 1963. What you got for your quarter was a full color membership certificate signed by Clark Kent and a decoder card. I still have the certificate. What was interesting was that the drawing of Superman on the certificate was of Superman circa 1938-39 as depicted by Joe Shuster. I have seen pictures of later certificates that featured the Wayne Boring version of Superman.
Yoc:
Interesting.
Feel free to scan and share it here if you like.
:D
bminor:
Possibly the oldest and greatest of all comic book ads...
"The insult that made a man out of Mac!"
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