People who viewed their televisions while wearing these glasses reported seeing images that were hellish or like hell. As a little kid, the highlight of my week was buying the latest comic book and a bottle of pepsi. I was never really a fan of the stories except superman and richie rich, but for some reason i loved the advertisements. They were kinda cheap and flimsy so probably in a cereal box. After i bought these glasses, my older friends tried to convince me i just didnt. I not only loved reading about the adventures of the various superheroes, but i found the ads in the back of the comics irresistible. Comic book advertisements are a common feature in american comic books mainly from the. Included here are notable landings based upon being spectacularly close to high rises the old hong kong airport, very short runways saba, aircraft carriers, specific vehicles the space shuttle and concorde or a reconstruction of the amazing us airways flight 1549 which ditched safely in the hudson after all engines failed. The book is structured in a way that we get chapters following the main character in his search for the right book and chapters that are supposed to be the first chapters of the mismatched. Collecting the bizarre stuff sold in the back of comic books. Troublesome lending and marketing practices bankers online.
Old comic book ads xray specs sea monkeys kit charles atlas workout duration. Its a normal thought, i just wondered if they took an xray machine and attached glasses to it, and made it run more. How many of us who grew up in the 1960s and early 70s were lured by those enticing ads promising everything from xray vision to frolicking. Look at any bright point of light such as city streetlights, holiday lights, or candles and see the words xray magically appears. Glasses, in comic book ads is a crossword puzzle clue that we have spotted 2. Dejean says he chose to first run the ad in new orleans because hes a native of the city and because the citys in the news due to the fifth anniversary of hurricane katrina. And a sevenfoot submarine you and a friend could pilot. Like everyone else, i wanted sea monkeys and xray goggles. When i was a kid, my brother collected comic books. A pair of glasses enabled you to see through clothing. Awesome xray glasses let doctors see through th skin eyeson glasses system made xray vision an awesome superpower now available to humans, not just superman. But you still want money to buy things like comics books.
Is there any type of xray glasses we could use to see. He has included over 150 novelties in mailorder mysteries such as 100 toy soldiers in a footlocker, count dantes worlds deadliest fighting secrets. You can only see them with a magnifying glass, and they look like. I thought, with all the other commercials i see on television, you get. A drifter discovers a pair of sunglasses that allow him to wake up to the fact that aliens have taken over the earth. For a brief period in 1971, a new jersey based company sold novelty xray glasses through the mail via advertisements in the marvel line of comic books. With roddy piper, keith david, meg foster, george buck flower. Posted in 3d video tagged 3d, all sex, double penetration, flexy, fuck, glasses, hardcore, lesbian, monsters, oral sex, tentacles, xray, yuri collection of pictures with. Long before periscopes became uniquely associated with submarines, they were widely used to peer over the trenches in ww1. At least, thats what vintage comicbook ads would have you believe. Here we have a mak90 ad and you can just see how quickly it was rushed. A new medical invention could allow doctors and medical staff to view what lays behind your skin.
Evena medicals new eyeson glasses system enables medical professionals to essentially peer underneath a patients skin in order to more easily locate veins for iv treatments. Whether its an old commercial or a book from your past, it belongs in rnostalgia. The dribble glass was a typical comic book advertisement. The current paper version is sold under the name xray spex. And have you actually purchased anything from a comic book ad before.
See more ideas about vintage advertisements, comic books and ads. Imagine what a thrill it would be to have xray vision glasses or a miniature spy camera. I had a hard time just finding the commercial and thanks to an internet search engine red herring, i spent hours. Ray milland photo on cover gold key comic book x, the man with the xray eyes. Xray vision goggles is listed or ranked 3 on the list the old comic. The first person with xray vision in a comic book was olga mesmer in 1937s spicy mysteries. Yepthe games up now this looked possible so i painted a coin like this and wasted hours trying hypnotize the neighbors dog selling the militaryindustrial complex. The strange history of comic book advertisements syfy wire. Schomburg was a puerto rican born commercial and comicbook artist, whose career lasted over 70 years. See more ideas about vintage advertisements, vintage ads and ads. As the ads says, all you have to do is buy these special xray glasses and you can. In myth, lynceus of the argonauts possessed a similar ability. Among the best known figures with xray vision are the fictional superman, and the protagonist of the 1963 film x.
I decided to look up the hot chick from what may be the greatest commercial ever. In reality, the spectacles merely create an optical illusion. Find out more about this awesome invention right here eyeson glasses system is a new supersmart device developed by. I always wanted one of these subs and the xray glasses growing up in the 60s. Take xray specs to parties, gettogethers, and hospitals. If todays generation y and zers accuse us baby boomers of being cynical and distrustful, well, i for one blame it all on comic books. Anyone who has picked up a comic book, mailordered xray glasses, or ever been nine years old can recall the ads. Mailorder mysteries reveals the real products behind.
Xray specs are american novelties, purported to allow users to see through or into solid objects. Generations of comic book readers remember the tantalizing promises of vintage novelty advertisements that offered authentic lasergun plans, xray specs, and even 7foottall monsters with glowinthedark eyes. Fantastic ads like these ruled the back of my beloved comic books with every issue. Comic book ads xray specs and the beyond be a real man, learn karate. In order to post a comment you have to be logged in. Unlike one guy, though, i was never able to convince my parents to pony up for the crap advertised in comic books. Alter ego magazine fan group public group facebook. Xray glasses were definitely not what they claimed to be, disappointing many by proving to be nothing more than a couple of pieces of cardboard.
But i did have a slight addiction for comic book send aways like xray glasses. Everyone wanted xray specs, but this was when i started to doubt the veracity of these ads. Simple aviation sun glasses used in pilots or policemen. Glasses, in comic book ads is a crossword puzzle clue. Xray specs are a great novelty item and icebreaker for doctors, dentists, radiologists, stockbrokers, detectives and security personnel. Ive always been fond of the mailorder metalworking flyers and catalogs i receive from msc, enco, grizzly, harbor freight, etc. I study all those machines and tooling like i used to read the comic book ads learn ventriloquism, xray glasses, and that cardboard submarine when i was a boy. No word on xray glasses, but comic book ad submarine. Xray vision is one of supermans canonical powers, but xray optics are very different than visiblelight optics, meaning that supermans eyes would need to be very different than human eyes for. How a feral squirrelmonkey attacked its new owner, why a submarine disintegrated on the front lawn, how xray specs caused nothing but confusion and other crazy comic book advertising stories. I always wanted to have a pair of glasses to use for the tv and you could wear them and see everyone naked. Vintage comic book ads that were too good to be true. Charles atlas one of the most famous comic book ads in existence. Formerly known by names including atlas and timely, marvel entertainment is the publisher of comic books featuring iconic characters and teams such as the fantastic four, spiderman, the.