Cardboard comic book submarine ad

The ads really played on the guillibility of kids back then to extreme measures. And, file this under things you believed when you were young, i actually believed i could construct a real, working submarine that i bought from a mailorder ad in a comic book. Did you ever order xray glasses from comic book ads. Comics in my era had classified ads in the back, and they were. We stock two comic mailer boxes that are made from 200lbtest kraft corrugated cardboard. Cardboard by doug tennapel cam doesnt like his birthday present at first after all it is a cardboard box but him and dad make the best out of it by building a cardboard boxing man named bill but in the wee hours of night the cardboard box man comes to life. Advertisements in comic books have promised unbelievable products for decades. I assure you, it was normal corrugated cardboard regardless of the term used. Actually, ill bet an adult couldnt either, at least without being added to a terrorist watch list.

I wanted that submarine for years when i was a kid. This is a 3dmax animation of the polaris sub comic book ad from the 60s. A footlocker full of plastic soldiers from the war of your choice. This paper model is a ssk u212a todaro class submarine, a highly advanced design of nonnuclear submarine developed by howaldtswerkedeutsche werft ag hdw for the german and italian navies, the papercraft is created by bartholomew, and the scale is in 1. Get all good price and hot deals of comic book submarine ad a0 here. Vintage comic book ads that were too good to be true. My mom grew up on its banks not literally, she lived in a house in the thirties and forties and swam in it all the time as a kid. This was the kind of thing you spotted in a comic book, then fantasized about undersea adventures for days on end.

You could get a superman ray gun or an ant farm for as little as a dollar. If you read the ad closely it says its made out of 200 lb test fibreboard which is a fancy term for cardboard. I tried and tried to save up the seven bucks, so i could take my new submarine for a cruise in lake washington. What was your first experience with an actual comicbook mailorder item.

A look at the wonderfully weird mail order novelty items of the past. Cardboard submarine by lee krystek, paperback barnes. Dig comics did you ever order xray glasses from comic. There are all kinds of large toys that have been advertised. Ny, an explodingcigar murder was traced back to a young man whod targeted a backofthe comic book toy dealer.

Unboxing polaris nuclear submarine houseoftheunusual. Back in 1970 i was 1415 i did purchase the charles atlas course. Alter ego magazine fan group public group facebook. Mar 06, 2018 a look at the wonderfully weird mail order novelty items of the past. After all, we devoured comic books like they were cotton candy. In reference to your post on the cardboard submarine here is a picture of myself and my brother in a cardboard space ship about 1954. Giant, cardboard jet rocket ship advertised in silver age.

As a comic book reading kid in the 70s, i mustve seen the ad hundreds of times. If you read a comic book between the 1940s and 1980s then you were inundated by cheap looking ads for everything from toy soldiers to girlenticing muscles. Jun 18, 2018 forget the whoopie cushions and xray glasses. 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. Other talk did you ever fall for a comic book ad as a kid. Weve tried to bring you the worst comic book ads of the bunch. Has anyone ever ordered anything out of the back of a. Ny, an explodingcigar murder was traced back to a young man whod targeted a backofthecomicbook toy dealer. Robots, flying saucers, space aliens, sunken treasures and pirate looters were in the package too. The giant cardboard marcus in the cardboard monsters world bigger on the inside. The cardboard monsters somehow manage to build an entire world inside marcuss house brick joke. Yes, i fell for the ad and actually ordered one as a kid with his hard earned money from selling seeds and greeting cards.

In time for the 50th anniversary of the beatles beloved animated movie yellow submarine, titan comics will. Every time i would open a comic book and i would see that ad, the greatest promise made by comic books. A must for anybody that ever looked at the polaris nuclear sub ad in a comic book in the 1970s. In third grade i had met edmond bowers not his real name, a brilliant but brooding boy who had a. And when i thought about it further it seemed a rather silly career optionthere was no pay, no pension. So to make the best of a bad situation, they bend the cardboard into a. But thats fine cardboard craftsmanship if i ever saw it. Mar 24, 2020 the strange era when kids could buy live monkeys through the post via comic book ads.

Comic books were a major influence in my young life. As kids, he and his best friend had taken a comic book ads boastful claim that a cardboard submarine could take you on amazing undersea adventures literally. Polaris nuclear submarine 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. Oct 17, 2017 every time i would open a comic book and i would see that ad, the greatest promise made by comic books. Giant rockets and subs in comic book ads i remember jfk. The strange world of comic book ads say no to crack. Xray spex did not allow you to see through girls clothing. Perhaps the pictures above will bring you back in time. A vinyland cardboard submarine doll housespace ship. The polaris nuclear submarine found its way to the back page of millions of comic books throughout the 60s and 70s, a shining example of misleading marketing. Of course, my dad was a biochemist, so i was forewarned that sea monkeys were a brand name of brine shrimp and given a detailed lectures on how.

Russ said yeah, the one with the revolutionary soldiers and the one with the roman soldiers. They sold things like candy and toys based on the superheroes that were on the front of the comic that readers were holding. Some of the military ones, like the ad for revolutionary soldiers, were drawn by a famous comicbook artist named russ heath. Ssk u212a todaro class submarine free paper model downloaddescription. Aug 02, 2018 i keep seeing all the neat ads when the back covers are shown and it got me wondering how many people actually purchased something from a comic book ad. Or someone else who has or had a comic museum with ample space for display of these type on historic comic book related collectable ad pieces. Obviously being a superhero was not all it was crackedup to be. Fifteenyear old jeff tuthill sent away for the pet monkey after seeing the ad in the back of a spiderman comic. Back in the glory days of the comic book ad pages, it was generally a given that the product being advertised was not going to live up to the extravagant hype. Yesterday i ran a scan of a comic book ad for a toy polaris sub. The strange era when kids could buy live monkeys through the post via comic book ads.

If you were a regular reader of comic books in the 60s and 70s, you probably. But if you look in older comic books youll see a treasure trove of sneaky ads, crazy claims, preposterous promises and looney lies. It arrived one day in a little cardboard box with a chickenwire screen window. No advertisements to own a nuclear sub or army tank can be found nowadays.

The blue meanies are about to invade comic book stores. Books go search best sellers gift ideas new releases deals. And a sevenfoot submarine you and a friend could pilot. In todays comic books you dont see the advertisements you used to no ads with outrageous promises to be taller or more muscular. As kids, he and his best friend had taken a comic book ad s boastful claim that a cardboard submarine could take you on amazing undersea adventures literally, and she drowned in a lake. When mike, melissa and hector ordered a submarine from an ad on the back for a comic book, they got less, and more than the expected. I was never going to be spidermanno matter how i tried to swing from washing lines or scale neighborhood walls or tumble out of trees. My enthusiasm for imitating peter parker always ended in disaster and bruised limbs.

Mar, 2009 cardboard submarine paperback march, 2009 by lee krystek author 5. As a young boy growing up in paulsboro, new jersey, the delaware river held an almost magical appeal. Its well known, and there is a whole industry that thrives on it. The mystery had finally been solved its a cardboard box. Comic books and graphic novels by doug tennapel include nnewts, cardboard, ratfist, bad island, ghostopolis, tommysaurus rex, power up, monster zoo, flink, creature tech, earthboy jacobus, iron west, gear and black cherry. Comic book weapons click either pic for fullsized ad something tells me a kid couldnt buy this nowadays. But still, wed put money in an envelope and four to. If you were a kid who read comic books, odds are that you begged your parents to buy one of the many scam products showed on the ad pages. When cardboard creatures come magically to life, a boy must save his town from disaster. It was cardboard crap but that dream was worth 7 bucks. It is very cool to actually see it after noticing it for decades in the comic book. When mike, melissa and hector ordered a submarine from an ad on the back of a comic book, they got less and more than they expected.

Early in the book, mike snarks that marcus should get a haircut. Robots, flying saucers, space aliens, sunken treasure and pirate looters were in the package too. Turns out russ created the two most famous comic book toy soldier ads and they are probably among the most widely remembered and most reprinted ads ever seen in comic books of the era. Has anyone ever ordered anything out of the back of a comic.

Cardboard comic read cardboard comic online in high quality. Choose from 3 styles of comic mailers that address different mailing requirements. Why giving to charity can be like buying a polaris submarine. I was misled, because my early encounters with comicbook novelties were resoundingly positive. Jul 01, 2019 and a sevenfoot submarine you and a friend could pilot. If youd like to dig a little deeper into the world of comic book ads, this is a good. We stock kraft rigid mailers that can hold up to 4 comics with fillers or up to 8 comics with fillers. Ill tell you, things would change if i had one of these babies. These classic ads in the back of comic books tricked kids from the 50s through the 80s. When i was a teen, a novelty shop opened up in downtown siloam springs for just a couple of weeks, and i got the snake nut can there. Unboxing polaris nuclear submarine houseoftheunusual youtube. Have you ever bought anything from a comic book ad. The package was full of pre cut cardboard and assembly instructions.