Cheesy ads promoting questionable items have appeared throughout the history of comic books. I was never really a fan of the stories except superman and richie rich, but for some reason i loved the advertisements. Glasses, in comic book ads is a crossword puzzle clue that we have spotted 2 times. Mom and i had been living in this large house and ever since dad left. Their comic book ads were typically full page in size and usually in the inside front or back covers. Xray vision goggles is listed or ranked 3 on the list the best vintage ads in comic books vintage monster magazine xray glasses advertisement crypt of wrestling, xray glasses ad via a monster mag. No advertisements to own a nuclear sub or army tank can be found nowadays. This is why as kids, every so often wed come across an ad in a comic book, for something we knew was too good to be true. Referencing the early issues of action comics, widely considered to be the first superhero comic, there are barely any ads at all. Is there any type of xray glasses we could use to see people. X ray 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, x ray specs, and even 7foottall monsters with glowinthedark eyes. From many of the comic book lists on this site you can tell is big supporter of comic books. But if you look in older comic books youll see a treasure trove of sneaky ads.
In reality, the spectacles merely create an optical illusion. Is there any type of xray glasses we could use to see. Nobody cared about seeing the yolk of an egg or the lead in a pencil like the ad trumpeted. Eyewear with bird feathers stuffed between the cardboard layers of the lenses. The advertisement was based on the allegedly true story of charles atlas. She helped save his life, then he took away her daughter. They are constructed of a plastic frame with lenses of heavy cardboard. Oct 02, 2011 mailorder mysteries real stuff from old comic book ads. Then, there was that pair of phony xray glasses i bought. I think they covered every single ad that was ever printed. To celebrate xray day, weve collected 10 comics radiating humor that you can look through, below.
Nov 23, 20 well, that burden is why the awesome x ray vision glasses were invented. I find this disturbing, but i also see the draw, particularly if youre around yearsold. I was sn when my moms cousin nancy came to stay with us for a few weeks. The company has managed to integrate technology into glasses, and a handsfree system projects overlays of digital content onto the users field of vision. They didnt work anything like the illustration in the comic book ad. Off the mark by mark parisi april 19, 2010 the argyle sweater by scott hilburn june 26, 2017. Try on a pair of xray glasses with me to see what i see. The book shows the ad, a photo of what the actual product looked like in real life, and a short usually humorous. When i was a kid, my brother collected comic books.
Six years ago, artist and historian kirk demarais, who runs the brilliant gen x nostalgia site, secret fun spot, became determined to uncover the truth behind these comicbook ads published between the 1950s and late 80s. Its not until the comic shifts from the 30s to the 40s, gaining international success, that we. While most vintage comic book products didnt deliver as advertised, one actually did. Inspired by the real discovery of x rays by nineteenth century scientists, x ray glasses were introduced during the 1940s as a gag product.
The strange world of comic book ads say no to crack. Its a normal thought, i just wondered if they took an xray machine and attached glasses to it, and made it run more. Unlike the xray glasses from the comic books, these. 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. And while you wont be able to see through a safe like superman, you will be able to see through a vast majority of swimsuits. Tim tate originally performed this for the live storytelling. My brothers hopes to see through girls clothing was a loss. Youve probably seen the comic books with ads for xray glasses or xray specs that promise to give the wearer amazing powers to see through solid objects like walls, and clothing. Also fairly upsetting through a modern lens was the attempt to appeal to young creeps with things like hypnotizing kits and xray glasses. Lets all be honest for a minute and stop pretending that any one of us actually wanted to use x ray specs for any purpose other than seeing people naked. Xray vision glasses and cameras have the ability to see through clothes and other objects. One thing has stayed consistent in western world comic books, however, and thats the often bizarre advertisements.
Everything related to print comics comic books, graphic novels, and strips and web comics. I had seamonkeys and was dying to be the proud owner of the seamonkey racetrack. Please wash your hands and practise social distancing. If you happened to be one of those who sent off for a pair with hard earned money saved from an allowance or paper route you were, no. I remember 95% of all these ads and always wondered why doctors didnt use the xray specs to see if you had a broken bone. Old comic books vintage comic books vintage comics retro ads vintage advertisements vintage ads vintage food vintage posters kool aid man. In myth, lynceus of the argonauts possessed a similar ability. If you were a regular reader of comic books in the 60s and 70s, you probably couldnt help but notice the recurring ad that offered you your very own kidsized polaris nuclear submarine all for the low price of about seven bucks. Our porn search engine delivers the hottest fulllength scenes every time. Using our unique manufacturing process, we are able to fuse your favorite comic book character on your favorite frames. People who viewed their televisions while wearing these glasses reported seeing images that were hellish or like hell. Find out more about this awesome invention right here eyeson glasses system is a new supersmart device developed by. Maybe at some point later in life you realized that if hypnotism works at all. But what about the quintessential comic book novelty the xray specs.
One of the staples of mainstream western world comics has been the. These classic ads in the back of comic books tricked kids from the through the x ray specsthey were just plastic glasses with weird thinly striped lenses. The metaphors for life itself are inescapable, the disillusion. A pair of glasses enabled you to see through clothing. Polaris nuclear sub how proud you will be as commander of your own polaris sub the most. Im talking about xray specs and all those other wonderful treasures one can find in the comic book advertisements. Days later, ironclad emerged from the desert floor and believed the rest of his friends. The comic book squirrel monkeys posted by an infinity of monkeys 14 comments total 7 users marked this as a favorite i remember wondering if those monkey ads were real. Comics hero in real life 9 life hacks and diys for comic. The first person with xray vision in a comic book was olga mesmer in 1937s spicy mysteries. Its a seethrough vault, so for all we know for sure, this could have already happened in real life.
Oct 11, 2008 for a brief period in 1971, a new jersey based company sold novelty x ray glasses through the mail via advertisements in the marvel line of comic books. History isnt full of fun examples of what doctors did beforehand. Artists are encouraged to post their own press j to jump to the feed. Unfollow x ray glasses to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. The lenses consist of two layers of cardboard with a small hole about a quarterinch 6 millimeters in diameter punched through both layers.
Are you telling me that those glasses i bought from the comic. Xray glasses see through clothes xray vision glasses. The current paper version is sold under the name x ray spex. As others wrote, with x rays there is little hope and they would be bad for health even if they did work for seeing through clothes. Really quirky, fun book that will bring back an absolute flood of memories if you had your head buried in comic books during the 60s and 70s. So how much do you think these real xray glasses cost. 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.
She is often considered to be one of the first superheroes. Among the best known figures with xray vision are the fictional superman, and the protagonist of the 1963 film x. Jul 01, 2019 the ad that stoked every young comic book readers imagination was the one for xray specs. I got my little plastic incubator, with the wire screen. The brand advertised heavily in comic books and on tv and led many unsuspecting unathletic kids to believe that all they needed to not be chosen last in gym class was a pair of expensive sneakers. Perhaps the pictures above will bring you back in time. 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. Realworld stuff from vintage comic book ads old comic.
A drifter discovers a pair of sunglasses that allow him to wake up to the fact that aliens have taken over the earth. Although called xray vision, this power has little. Comic book eye glasses case, comic books, comic art, geeknerd gift, glass case, hard eyewear case, eyeglass cases maybelinescreations 4. 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. But you still want money to buy things like comics books. Glasses, in comic book ads is a crossword puzzle clue. Demarais, who is 39, became fascinated with mailorder comic novelities as a kid in smalltown siloam springs, arkansas, where hes lived most of his life. These are the ads i salivated over mostand to be frank a part of me still does hanker after them. Apr 25, 2014 monkey madness in the spring of 1968, two young brothers ordered a live monkey from a comic book ad.
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. This real life version of xray glasses can see through. Xray glasses strike back from china are x ray glasses. As the ads says, all you have to do is buy these special xray glasses and you can. Here are a 10 crazy vintage comic book ads i recently stumbled across. A new medical invention could allow doctors and medical staff to view what lays behind your skin. However, some fabrics are fairly transparent in the infrared range. Jul 23, 2011 if you were a regular reader of comic books in the 60s and 70s, you probably couldnt help but notice the recurring ad that offered you your very own kidsized polaris nuclear submarine all for the low price of about seven bucks. Today, they have become timeless icons of american pop culture.
The brand advertised heavily in comic books and on tv and led many unsuspecting unathletic kids to believe that all they needed to not be chosen last. In the mailorder mysteries, kirk demarais supplies a chronicle of the more popular and infamous products. Comic characters have shown me so many ways that a person can be strong, kind, resilient, virtuous, resourceful and funny but my real life comic book. These xray glasses can see through some type of materials making it possible to see through clothes that in the same condition cannot be seen by the naked eye. She was eleven years younger than my mom and eleven years older than i. 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. 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 glow. 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. Xray glasses, comic book, advertisement, fake xray glasses, hand skeleton.
By kirk demarais insight editions these days, the mailbox is all about bills, junk mail and unwanted west elm catalogs that seem to arrive f. Vintage comic book ads that were too good to be true. The glasses consist of a headmounted device with a display which is equipped with vascular imaging technology. Sea monkeys, x ray specs, and more if this is your first visit, be sure to check out the faq by clicking the link above. Space and metal and punk and comics and horror and stuff.
And yet, a new diy video shows you how to do just that with one interesting gadget. Here are 10 comic book ads that destroyed your faith in mankind before you hit puberty 10. The company moved from chicago to racine, wisconsin in 1926, to detroit in the 1930s, and from the detroit area to bradenton, florida in 1986. The current social state created post 911 has accelerated surveillance technology and made room for advancements to ideas from the past. X ray glasses do not actually allow the user to see through objects. The strange history of comic book advertisements syfy wire.
Generations of comic book readers remember the tantalizing promises of vintage novelty advertisements that offered authentic lasergun plans, xray specs, and. These classic ads in the back of comic books tricked kids from the 50s through the 80s. Dec 23, 2011 but what about the quintessential comic book novelty the x ray specs. In todays comic books you dont see the advertisements you used to no ads with outrageous promises to be taller or more muscular. X ray specs 15 enticing vintage comic book ads 15 enticing vintage comic book ads if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Real life xray vision glasses and associated products. The company is still around and thriving today online. Novelty historian kirk demarais tests xray specs and. Jan 08, 2014 anyone who has picked up a comic book, mailordered xray glasses, or ever been nine years old can recall the ads. Invader and cthulhu comics cmon matthew aguilar 05162020 12. The book shows the ad, a photo of what the actual product looked like in real life, and a short usually humorous writeup on it. You can only see them with a magnifying glass, and they look like little particles in the water.
A lot of comic book fans like to cosplay as their favorite characters and even make their own costumes. 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. But getting their special gadgets to work like they do in the comics or movies is just next level. See more ideas about comic books, vintage advertisements and classic comics. A polaris submarinemore than seven feet longwhich i dreamt of traveling in along the forthclyde canal, avoiding the ghostly weeds, the garbage, discarded shopping trolleys, and the imaginary gangsterspale, bloated and tethered to weighty blocks of concrete. I had the greedy green hand bank and can remember going through all those ads coveting all the rubber bats, flying ghosts and other cheap dissappointing junk that was hyped up. Glasses, in comic book ads is a crossword puzzle clue that we have spotted 2. At least, thats what vintage comicbook ads would have you believe. Sep 29, 2011 generations of comic book readers remember the tantalizing promises of vintage novelty advertisements that offered authentic lasergun plans, x ray specs, and even 7foottall monsters with glow. Ootl whatever happened to greg dean real life comics. 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. Comics hero in real life 9 life hacks and diys for comic book fans troom troom. Opinion comic books saved my life the new york times.
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