American Comic Ads of old.

I was always fascinated by the ads in the American comics when I was a boy, the amazing things they had to offer, if only you had the money to get them. Very clever advertising at the time and I'm sure a lot of kids were disappointed when they tried out their purchase's.
Anyone ever get these 'Sea Monkeys'? I'd love to know how they lived up to the promises.

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Oh yes Jem they always appealed to me. Always fancied the X ray specs. do remember the Submarines and divers, that you had to put a piece of soap into a hole then they submerged and rose to the surface again.

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My husband ordered them as a kid, turned out to be brine shrimp!

That picture brings back memories. I also loved looking at all the tiny pictures. The one of a 7' Frankenstein, my husband said was just a large picture or made out of cardboard, I kind of forget. I never actually ordered stuff myself but my husband & his pals did the odd time.

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I remember one for something called a "seebackroscope" - so you could see if you were being followed, it was part of a collection of stuff you would need to be a spy/private eye !

My brother used to buy a comic/magazine called "Mad", there were all sorts of weird things advertised in there.

Do any of our american members know if it is still around?

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I always fancied a pair of the see through spec's meself Nom, being the curious lad we all were. Then there was the 'Diana' air rifle, what a beauty, I googled 'Old comic ads' and got loads of images, not much there for the girls though, but I wonder who would have loved to have this 6' tank, no prizes for guessing.
I used to love Mad magazine Silver.