Whitechapel - Comic Book Goodies Orders

Whitechapel - Comic Book Goodies Orders Thu, 23 May 2013 22:48:22 -0700 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/ Lussumo Vanilla 1.1.4 & Feed Publisher Comic Book Goodies Orders http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=53326#Comment_53326 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=53326#Comment_53326 Mon, 26 May 2008 09:03:37 -0700 photomagex gadgets, gags and whatchamacallits you have ordered from the inside back or inside front cover from older comics. This may date a few of us.

I, for example, have always wanted to know what would arrive in the mailbox if you ordered the X Ray Glasses. I realize that they could not have worked in any way, shape or form but, what the hell would they give you? (I wanted to believe, I really did),

The only thing I ordered was Sea Monkeys and although they did not wear crowns, hold tridents and were not nearly as cute as they looked in the advert, they did impress the crap out of my 9 year old mind. I later found out that they are merely brine shrimp but, they were mine. It was like having my own bottle city.

Did anyone out there order live monkeys? I saw many ads for them so somebody must have been buying.

Let us know some of your experiences. ]]> Comic Book Goodies Orders http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=53352#Comment_53352 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=53352#Comment_53352 Mon, 26 May 2008 11:24:13 -0700 zoem
When I was a kid I didn't read comics, but I wanted *everything* out of the back of Omni magazine. I never did, as I had no pocket money and had to walk to school both ways uphill in torrents of locusts and blood. ]]> Comic Book Goodies Orders http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=53362#Comment_53362 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=53362#Comment_53362 Mon, 26 May 2008 11:49:55 -0700 Mark Seifert

There's a bunch of these ads here. ]]> Comic Book Goodies Orders http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=53370#Comment_53370 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=53370#Comment_53370 Mon, 26 May 2008 12:29:49 -0700 Scribe

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Most likely they never sent these out at all and pocketed all the cash. I mean 7 dollars was like what, 20 or 30 bucks back then? I can't see that covering the costs of such a playset.

@photomagex: I've seen the x-ray glasses in an add before, but that monkey is truly special. That would be awesome. Imagine a parent's horror when they got home and a monkey is throwing shit everywhere. ]]> Comic Book Goodies Orders http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=53383#Comment_53383 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=53383#Comment_53383 Mon, 26 May 2008 13:24:13 -0700 photomagex You are absolutely right. My original title sounded like it had to do with the

Comic Book Legal De fence Fund

. Not that it is not a worthy cause, but thanks for pointing that out. ]]> Comic Book Goodies Orders http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=53393#Comment_53393 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=53393#Comment_53393 Mon, 26 May 2008 14:24:30 -0700 Peter Kelly plastic frame with cardboard lenses (with the words and swirls on them!) and a hole in the center to see through.

if you held you hand up to a light, there was a doubling effect. Imagine tracing your hand on paper, then shifting you hand 5mm to the left and tracing it again. Where the images of your fingers overlapped it was darker, and was supposedly the bones in your fingers. AMAZING!

they were worth having just to to put on and smile anytime anyone walked by.... usually made them laugh. ]]> Comic Book Goodies Orders http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=53765#Comment_53765 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=53765#Comment_53765 Tue, 27 May 2008 17:23:20 -0700 photomagex
My life is now complete.

I imagine they would be a bit of a head turner to see someone walking by with them, probably worth the 99 cents for that alone. ]]> Comic Book Goodies Orders http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=54145#Comment_54145 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=54145#Comment_54145 Thu, 29 May 2008 09:40:05 -0700 Thalia I so wanted the hovercraft.
Me too. As a kid I wondered why adults didn't cruise around in their very own hovercrafts--surely they could afford $4.49. Whenever I looked at that ad I'd have visions of skimming over the sidewalk on the way to school. Of course, that was a consequence of my metric system raised kid-brain scanning over 8"x9"x2" as negligible information. ]]> Comic Book Goodies Orders http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=54147#Comment_54147 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=54147#Comment_54147 Thu, 29 May 2008 09:58:18 -0700 Hayama
http://www.flickr.com/photos/curious_hanuman/544994244/ ]]> Comic Book Goodies Orders http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=54180#Comment_54180 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=54180#Comment_54180 Thu, 29 May 2008 13:50:42 -0700 Peter Kelly my life is complete....
thanks Hayama, I've always wondered about that sub. ]]> Comic Book Goodies Orders http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=54597#Comment_54597 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=54597#Comment_54597 Fri, 30 May 2008 20:59:36 -0700 photomagex Comic Book Goodies Orders http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=54672#Comment_54672 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=54672#Comment_54672 Sat, 31 May 2008 01:19:29 -0700 zoem Comic Book Goodies Orders http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=54679#Comment_54679 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=54679#Comment_54679 Sat, 31 May 2008 01:53:29 -0700 dkostis
I also bought one of those 100 soldier footlockers and a Ready Ranger Backpack.The soldiers were flat and I recall them being one-sided, but it's an untrustworthy memory. When we fought wars with them the dead were pushed into the ground never to return home to their loved ones.

The backpack was an ill-fitting hard plastic thing. More like a miniture cupboard with straps than a pack.It had a poncho that was too small for my freakish height, a compass, periscope, mirror and other do-dads.God how I loved it. I filled it's compartments with stuff from my chemistry set and felt dangerous.

I'd appreciate it if someone could post links to these ads.I'm still an analog caveman*.

If anyone has questions about things they've seen in comic ads, I might be able to help. Between working in comic stores and growing up around carnys I've seen a lot of them.

*Frozen in the 20th century, struggling to survive in a world he cannot understand...Analog Man ]]> Comic Book Goodies Orders http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=54732#Comment_54732 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=54732#Comment_54732 Sat, 31 May 2008 09:46:13 -0700 Mark Seifert

Source of the image has pics of what it actually looks like.

And here's a link for the Ready Ranger, which is something I don't really remember. ]]> Comic Book Goodies Orders http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=54821#Comment_54821 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=54821#Comment_54821 Sat, 31 May 2008 15:54:38 -0700 dkostis
Thanks for the linkage. ]]> Comic Book Goodies Orders http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=54837#Comment_54837 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=54837#Comment_54837 Sat, 31 May 2008 16:17:52 -0700 warrenellis Comic Book Goodies Orders http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=54840#Comment_54840 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=54840#Comment_54840 Sat, 31 May 2008 16:28:13 -0700 dkostis Comic Book Goodies Orders http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=54846#Comment_54846 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=54846#Comment_54846 Sat, 31 May 2008 16:42:45 -0700 StefanJ
It actually looks pretty damn cool.

They had a spaceship version too. I wanted one.

I predict a return of cardboard toys you sit in as the oil shock really hits its stride. It'll be the gift you give a kid after you sell one one of his kidneys to pay for gasoline. Here Timmy, sit in this spaceship. Rest up. Pretend you're a cyborg who gave up a spare part so one of his clone war buddies could live. ]]> Comic Book Goodies Orders http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=54847#Comment_54847 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=54847#Comment_54847 Sat, 31 May 2008 16:43:19 -0700 StefanJ Boy's Life magazine: My first wargame ("Stellar Conquest," and I still have it after 33 years!), and my first model rocket catalog. Probably from this advertisement:
Estes Rocketry Advert

I was pretty suspicious of advertising even as a little nipper, but damned if the rockets actually flew. And they quickly teach you the first law of astronautics, "every damn thing costs money." ]]> Comic Book Goodies Orders http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=54858#Comment_54858 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=54858#Comment_54858 Sat, 31 May 2008 16:59:51 -0700 Mark Seifert I was pretty suspicious of advertising even as a little nipper, but damned if the rockets actually flew. And they quickly teach you the first law of astronautics, "every damn thing costs money."
I really wanted to make a go of model rocketry as a kid, but for some reason I never had the touch and pretty quickly gave up. They'd either fly up a few feet, flip over and smash into the ground, or go off sideways somewhere, or actually fly and then the parachute wouldn't work, or... whatever. ]]> Comic Book Goodies Orders http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=54860#Comment_54860 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=54860#Comment_54860 Sat, 31 May 2008 17:02:46 -0700 dkostis
Rockets,Flarts,wrist mounted slingshots and chemistry sets that came with phosphorus. I miss my sharp-edged explosive and highly-flammable, projectile youth. ]]> Comic Book Goodies Orders http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=54865#Comment_54865 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=54865#Comment_54865 Sat, 31 May 2008 17:14:50 -0700 Fauxhammer
It sucked. ]]> Comic Book Goodies Orders http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=54872#Comment_54872 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=54872#Comment_54872 Sat, 31 May 2008 17:35:25 -0700 mrghosty

@photomagex... the xray specs demystified...

they DO work (well in an illusory sort of way). inside each "lens" is a feather that's been flattened and dyed red. If you hold your hand up to a light source while wearing them, the light refracts around the feather, creating a "double image of sorts.. where the center of it looks more solid and the edges translucent, giving off the illusion that you can see the bones in your hand through your skin.

Heh. i still get a kick out of them.

hypno coin

Then there's this ^ i always wanted this.. or the book that showed you how to hypnotise people using television sets. ]]> Comic Book Goodies Orders http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=54881#Comment_54881 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=54881#Comment_54881 Sat, 31 May 2008 17:47:55 -0700 StefanJ knew where to deliver it?

@MrGhosty: If I were an entrepreneur in the 1950s, I'd buy advertisements in girly comics offering to sell Hypno-Coin deflection spex and booklets full of techniques for young ladies not wishing to become hypnotized into mindless sex toys. ]]> Comic Book Goodies Orders http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=54885#Comment_54885 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=54885#Comment_54885 Sat, 31 May 2008 17:56:38 -0700 dkostis Comic Book Goodies Orders http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=55409#Comment_55409 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=55409#Comment_55409 Mon, 02 Jun 2008 22:04:25 -0700 photomagex

I have no idea who this Forest gent is, but he does sound familiar. ]]> Comic Book Goodies Orders http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=55410#Comment_55410 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=55410#Comment_55410 Mon, 02 Jun 2008 22:09:49 -0700 photomagex

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He formed one of the first fan clubs, was the first to wear a costume to a convention and first to use the term sci-fi. He's currently publishing Famous Monsters of Film Land.These few things barely touch on his connections to science fiction and fandom. Look him up if you're curious.There must be pages of information about him online. ]]> Comic Book Goodies Orders http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=55496#Comment_55496 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=55496#Comment_55496 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 08:28:22 -0700 mrghosty Comic Book Goodies Orders http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=55559#Comment_55559 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=55559#Comment_55559 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:31:09 -0700 dkostis
If I dug through some of my dusty boxes, I think I have it on cassette.

I'm waiting to see if I have to explain what a cassette is. ]]> Comic Book Goodies Orders http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=55640#Comment_55640 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=55640#Comment_55640 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:28:02 -0700 mrghosty

I WANTS! ]]> Comic Book Goodies Orders http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=55645#Comment_55645 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=55645#Comment_55645 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:32:54 -0700 matt d
not that i watch csi, no.
...
no. ]]> Comic Book Goodies Orders http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=56063#Comment_56063 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=56063#Comment_56063 Wed, 04 Jun 2008 22:11:19 -0700 photomagex dkostis - Thank you, yes I do recall seeing or hearing of him from somewhere. He is like the uBerfan. and yes I do know what a cassette is however my LP's were printed in vinyl so not that old. For example - the office was cold at work the other day so I grabbed my denim jacket to keep warm. A fellow employee walked past and said "Hey Randy, McCloud called and he wants his coat back". Unfortunately I'm old enough to get a chuckle from that.

mrghosty - I think there's too many lawyers around for those to on the market today. God help us if we had to be responsible for our own behavior. ]]> Comic Book Goodies Orders http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=56066#Comment_56066 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=56066#Comment_56066 Wed, 04 Jun 2008 22:14:55 -0700 dkostis Comic Book Goodies Orders http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=56408#Comment_56408 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=56408#Comment_56408 Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:38:04 -0700 photomagex Canadian and firmly believe that if you cannot laugh at yourself you are taking life too seriously.

Here's a whack of them from an old "Tomb of Dracula" comic.

Here's a funny thing that happened to me involving sneezing powder about 25 years ago.

A girlfriend of mine had some sneezing powder in high school and, one day after school was out ,we kept on trying to get it in someone's face at the right time to get the desired effect. We were getting frustrated because it didn't seem to work. I finally grabbed it from her, held it to my face and took a big snort of it, then proceeded to tell everyone how useless this sneezing powder is. Well, about 10 minutes later I started a series of the most violent sneezes I've ever had in my life. I never had so much snot flying from my face before that time or since. My girlfriend was sitting on the bench in the smoking area, watching me, laughing till tears were streaming down her face.

My fit ended half an hour later and I suggested that we get to the buses to get home. She said she wanted to hitch hike home today. We did hitch hike on occasion if we missed the bus or were at a friends and decided to stay late, but we were only 5 minutes away from departure time so why bother. She was very stubborn and insisted that we wait and hitch a ride home.

It wasn't long before everyone had grabbed a bus and we were alone in the smoking area. This was when she stood up and showed me that she had wet her pants. She was soaked down to her knees and the wooden bench were she sat was drenched. I took her to the park where I pushed her on the swing for an hour before we took to the road. It was a pretty funny experience so I thought I'd share.

The only thing this next photo has to do with the subject is that it was scanned from a comic (one of the Conan mags). I find this pic hilarious so I had to throw it in here. Can you imagine him trying to be all sophisticated and suave? If he's not playing a robot or in a comedy I cannot bare watching him. Some days, at home, my kids and I spend the whole day speaking to each other like Arnold. It's hard to believe he is the "Governator". Only in the United States of America.

]]> Comic Book Goodies Orders http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=56412#Comment_56412 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=56412#Comment_56412 Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:00:30 -0700 James Puckett
Anyway, some of the less horribly shitty stuff is still available from Johnson-Smith at http://www.thingsyouneverknew.com ]]> Comic Book Goodies Orders http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=56435#Comment_56435 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=56435#Comment_56435 Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:35:07 -0700 William Joseph Dunn Comic Book Goodies Orders http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=56511#Comment_56511 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=56511#Comment_56511 Thu, 05 Jun 2008 23:30:43 -0700 photomagex mask with this "authentic" Superman costume.

I never really understood how a guy can take off his glasses and nobody can recognize him. I guess the fine people selling this costume felt the same way. ]]> Comic Book Goodies Orders http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=56945#Comment_56945 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=56945#Comment_56945 Sat, 07 Jun 2008 07:17:42 -0700 Peter Kelly I just read a couple issues of a 1980s comic called Nth man (I've seen it in quarter bins for years, so I finally bought a couple)
Funny enough, there is a story about two kids playing with those exact soldiers.....One was disappointed they were all flat, so he steps on them.... and being comics and all, he grows up to be a supervillain, and he becomes really big... and when the military attacks him, he steps on some soldiers, flattening them. (It's more amusing then I make it sound)

Amusing little wink to us long time comic-readers.

On another note, did anyone actually sell anything for Olympic?
And did you pick the "PRIZES OR CASH" ? (and who was Captain "O"?) ]]> Comic Book Goodies Orders http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=57284#Comment_57284 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2365&Focus=57284#Comment_57284 Sun, 08 Jun 2008 11:25:28 -0700 giveusoneminute blog post I wrote about the Ready Ranger and decided to browse the thread. It really brought back some great memories. And that Polaris Sub...dang...I wish I had gotten one of those. It looked awesome! Was that thing made out of plastic sheets or paper? And only $6.95. Way Cool!

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