Advertisements for mail-order novelty items were ubiquitous in comic books during, in particular, the 1950s and ’60s, and beyond. Magazines aimed at the youth market, too, often ran these ads. The hucksters who came up with this stuff preyed on the gullible by offering fantastical, amazing, stupendous—or so their ad copy claimed—toys, novelties, gag items, … Continue reading Post 2 of 8: Sea-Monkeys and Other Wonders from the Back Pages of Comic Books