If you were a fan of comic books during the 90s then you no doubt remember the monster that was image comics. Xray specs consist of an outsized pair of glasses with plastic frames and white cardboard lenses printed with concentric red circles, and emblazoned with the legend xray vision. How a feral squirrelmonkey attacked its new owner, why a submarine disintegrated on the front lawn, how x ray specs caused nothing but confusion and other crazy comic book advertising stories. Why generation x was the mutant comic of the 90s cbr. Do not sell my personal information teen vogue may earn a. Old comic book ads x ray specs sea monkeys kit charles atlas workout if something seems to good to be true. I supposed the optical illusion disclaimer shouldve been a tipoff, but hey, who paid attention to fine print when the. A pair of glasses enabled you to see through clothing. Toys and bizarre mail order catalogs old comic books, vintage.
Vintage comic book ads that were too good to be true. I remember some of this stuff in the galleria malls gag shop, back in the early 90s. Sea monkeys that could live in a goldfish bowl and be trained to perform tricks. I was a frequent customer of american comicsentertainment in the very early 90s, from their ads in comics. The strange history of comic book advertisements syfy wire. I was a frequent customer of american comics entertainment in the very early 90s, from their ads in comics. These classic ads in the back of comic books tricked kids from the 50s through the 80s. Aside from the creep factor look through womens clothes. The lenses consist of two layers of cardboard with a small hole about a quarterinch 6 millimeters in diameter punched through both layers. Have you ever bought anything from a comic book ad.
These ads offered kids the opportunity to see through everything from fingers, an eggshell, and possibly even clothing all for the cost of a dollar. Vintage comicbook ad with penguin for hostess fruit pies old comic books. The ad that stoked every young comic book readers imagination was the one for xray specs. The wait could take forevereven upwards to 6 to 8 weeks. Old comic book ads xray specs sea monkeys kit charles atlas workout if something seems to good to be true. Just as well, i probably would have blown a bunch of money on this crap. X ray specs i supposed the optical illusion disclaimer shouldve been a tipoff, but hey, who paid attention to fine print when the prospect of seeing through unsuspecting peoples clothes was. The ads were so exotic to me, particularly the x ray specs because we couldnt order anything as we were in australia. Imagine being able to see what crap people have stuffed in their pockets, or rooting out shoplifters with a quick. That was 5 candy bars, or 3 candy bars and a comic book, or a toy off the rack. Comic book adds were one of the few pleasures we never knew we were having in the 70s and 80s. And a sevenfoot submarine you and a friend could pilot. The first time i ever saw comics for sale was in 1979, when the.