15 Wacky Comic Book Ads from the 1950’s!5 min read
If you’re anything like me (ouch, sorry to hear that), you read a lot of comic books from the 1950’s and are constantly depressed that most of the (patently awesome) things advertised in them are no longer available.
If you aren’t like me and don’t really peruse comics from 70 years ago, I can show you some of the wacky advertisements that appeared in those books!
Various “lose weight” schemes were pretty common in 1950’s, and while a lot were just cover-ups selling “vibrating weight loss machines for women”(not judging) there were some other more dubious schemes such as this one that is based around “Kelpidine” tablets that were exciting seaweed and maybe not super effective, and they didn’t even vibrate…
I am not 100% certain, but I am pretty sure that “CAN YOU Hold Your Fingers LIKE THIS? // WHY NOT Play the Guitar?” is some kind of logical fallacy (bonus points if you can confirm/correct that assumption). I am pretty sure not too many people were going to bust out Malaguena in 10 days…
Rings were a big deal, advertised many times in many forms. This sheet of cool rings (I’ll take a Chief Geronimo) may not be as famous as this ring, but I chose this image for the variety. Which is your favourite?
Maybe even more popular that weight-loss ads were weight gain ads. I guess seeing all of those tough guys doing tough stuff had an impression.
My favourite, random bric-a-brac!
Be honest, how do you measure up?
Oh buddy, I don’t smoke, but these almost make me want to!I mean, look at the Weichsel!
What’s better than bric-a-brac? KNICK-KNACKS. “Bag of Tricks” FREEE!? You just need to sell seeds. Tons of schemes, from magazines, to greeting cards, to shoes, to literally anything, advertisements for selling stuff for “prizes” seem like 50% of all comic book ads.
If you can read this and honestly not be at least mildly interested in at least one of these things, well, you suck.
It turns out that Irving Klaw was the real deal. RIP.
If you don’t know about the Kinsey Reports or the their history, you are missing out on some interesting stuff.
SEND ME JUMBO!
A Moroccan goatskin billfold valued at $10 for a mere $1.45?! Take my money!!
SEEBACKROSCOPE
Be POPULAR and WANTED!
Well, what are you going to buy!?
All images public domain from Comic Book Plus. If you are interested in more weird comic book stuff from the past, you can also check out Comic Book Clippings which updates daily.
ID used to identify users for 24 hours after last activity
24 hours
_gat
Used to monitor number of Google Analytics server requests when using Google Tag Manager
1 minute
_gali
Used by Google Analytics to determine which links on a page are being clicked
30 seconds
_ga_
ID used to identify users
2 years
__utmx
Used to determine whether a user is included in an A / B or Multivariate test.
18 months
_ga
ID used to identify users
2 years
__utmz
Contains information about the traffic source or campaign that directed user to the website. The cookie is set when the GA.js javascript is loaded and updated when data is sent to the Google Anaytics server
6 months after last activity
__utmv
Contains custom information set by the web developer via the _setCustomVar method in Google Analytics. This cookie is updated every time new data is sent to the Google Analytics server.
2 years after last activity
__utmb
Used to distinguish new sessions and visits. This cookie is set when the GA.js javascript library is loaded and there is no existing __utmb cookie. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to the Google Analytics server.
30 minutes after last activity
__utmc
Used only with old Urchin versions of Google Analytics and not with GA.js. Was used to distinguish between new sessions and visits at the end of a session.
End of session (browser)
_gac_
Contains information related to marketing campaigns of the user. These are shared with Google AdWords / Google Ads when the Google Ads and Google Analytics accounts are linked together.
90 days
__utma
ID used to identify users and sessions
2 years after last activity
__utmt
Used to monitor number of Google Analytics server requests
10 minutes
You can find more information in our Cookie Policy and .
You must be logged in to post a comment.