Sea Monkeys Ads Comic Books

Here are 10 of the most outrageous comic book advertisements ever.

Sea monkeys ads comic books. There are a few upsetting truths about sea monkeys. It wasn t that no one was buying them it was that no one wanted to sell them so harold got the idea to place an ad for instant life inside comic books to market directly to kids. Demarais who is 39 became fascinated with mail order comic novelities as a kid in small town siloam springs arkansas where he s lived most of his life. You know how the story goes.

These showed humanoid animals that bear no resemblance to the crustaceans. We ve tried to bring you the worst comic book ads of the bunch. In the beginning we comic book. My enthusiasm for imitating peter parker always ended in disaster and bruised limbs.

The comic book squirrel monkeys. How many of us who grew up in the 1960s and early 70s were. Long time comic readers might remember ads in the pages of 60s 70s comics selling live squirrel monkeys for only 25. First they were just miniature shrimp with an incredibly short lifespan.

Sea monkeys could be ordered by mail directly from the sea monkey headquarters. George has the story of one fan who bought one which resulted in an er visit and 28 stitches. Comic book squirrel monkeys. An updated ad campaign began to appear in comic books in 1964.

By jorge khoury sep 28 2008. Around the same time von braunhut founded transcience corporation to streamline the manufacturing and sales. Old comic book ads x ray specs sea monkeys kit charles atlas workout if something seems to good to be true. Share share tweet email.

The name instant life was replaced with the more market friendly sea monkeys a moniker inspired by the brine shrimps long tails and ability to live in water. The impact these ads had on his imagination is spelled out in his 2004 short film flip about a boy who dreams of the wonderful life such 1 products could bring him. Read on true believer. Originally sea monkeys didn t sell at all.

If today s generation y and z ers accuse us baby boomers of being cynical and distrustful well i for one blame it all on comic books. Obviously being a superhero was not all. Comics i was never going to be spider man no matter how i tried to swing from washing lines or scale neighborhood walls or tumble out of trees. But if you look in older comic books you ll see a treasure trove of sneaky ads crazy claims preposterous promises and looney lies.

Many purchasers were disappointed by the dissimilarity and by the short lifespan of the animals.