Sea Monkeys Ads Comic Books

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Sea monkeys ads comic books. Yep those kid submarine and sea going monkeys in the old comic books and of course the comic book flat soldiers american revolution and roman armies sets had a roman set but it got lost of course somehow nuts. In 1960 sea monkeys began to appear in comic book ads although without their soon to be famous name. Comic book rip off ads. In early advertising they were marketed as instant life and sold for 0 49.

A polaris submarine more than seven feet long which i dreamt of traveling in along the forth clyde canal avoiding the ghostly weeds the garbage discarded shopping trolleys and the imaginary gangsters pale bloated and tethered to weighty blocks of. Old comic book ads x ray specs sea monkeys kit charles atlas workout if something seems to good to be true. Sea monkeys x ray specs and more attacking the young imagination with advertising copy. Lack of sales forced von braunhut to take a step back and re tool the brand.

Sea monkeys could be ordered by mail directly from the sea monkey headquarters. X ray specs guaranteed to make everything see thru. Overnight orders were flying in and the sea monkeys began their long career striking the imaginations of millions of children. If today s generation y and z ers accuse us baby boomers of being cynical and distrustful well i for one blame it all on comic books.

Sea monkeys that could live in a goldfish bowl and be trained to perform tricks. Initial comic book ads weren t as bizarre as the ones that everyone remembers. There are no monkeys in the sea and x ray vision. February 18th 2015 at 6 05 pm wayne says.

How many of us who grew up in the 1960s and early 70s were. From shrimp to sea monkeys. It wasn t that no one was buying them it was that no one wanted to sell them so harold got the idea to place an ad for instant life inside comic books to market directly to kids. You know how the story goes.