X ray specs 5 mail order scams from magazine and comic ads. Xray specs vintage comic books, retro ads, vintage comics. Researchers have developed technology that may be used to create glasses that can see through. It features a young boy who acquired a set of x ray spectacles with whom he could see through everything.
Remember xray specs and seamonkeys ads on back of comics. These products and more were promised to young gullible comic book readers in. May 24, 2005 i am looking at a copy of an ad that ran in the back of comic books in the 1950s and early 1960s. Vintage comic book ads that were too good to be true.
Xray specs i supposed the optical illusion disclaimer shouldve been a tipoff, but hey, who paid attention to fine print when the prospect of seeing through unsuspecting peoples clothes was. While definitely not truth in television, the source of this trope is probably the fact that a really high voltage is required in order for an xray machine to produce pictures of your bones. The science of xray specs and sea monkeys these products advertised in the back of comic books promised improbable feats of science. I supposed the optical illusion disclaimer shouldve been a tipoff, but hey, who paid attention to fine print when the. Here weve got another installment from our friends at fun factory see a 1980 ad from them here.
Feb 22, 2004 watch oliver beene season 2, episode 4 x ray specs. Posts about xray glasses written by comicbookadsblog. The first ray was langford happy terrill, a quality comics character. Mailorder mysteries and hey skinny are both instant nostalgia. The lenses consist of two layers of cardboard with a small hole about a quarterinch 6 millimeters in diameter punched through both layers.
Xray specs was a british comic strip illustrated by mike lacey that appeared in the first issue. However, some fabrics are fairly transparent in the infrared range. As spotted by our friends at vgc, the comic book series has been cocreated by anne toole who is one of. Xray specs was a british comic strip illustrated by mike lacey that appeared in the first issue of the british comic monster fun on 14 june 1975. X ray spex played at front row festival, a threeweek event at the hope and anchor, islington in late november and early december 1977. Page 3 of 3 x ray specs on top of a silly cassette. Xray specs was a longrunning comic strip created by mike lacey which first. Xray specs are a great novelty item and icebreaker for doctors, dentists, radiologists, stockbrokers, detectives and security personnel. Also sweeny toddler says that he is going to like everyone from now on. Generations of comic book readers remember the tantalizing promises of vintage novelty advertisements that offered authentic lasergun plans, x ray specs, and even 7foottall monsters with glowinthedark eyes. Yes i know they were pants now but at the time i imagined these things really worked. No longer could you sell seeds in your spare time and get a new record palyer. How a feral squirrelmonkey attacked its new owner, why a submarine disintegrated on the front lawn, how x ray specs caused nothing but confusion and other crazy comic book advertising stories. Xray specs are american novelties, purported to allow users to see through or into solid.
The skywalker saga 4k uhd blu ray box set was launched as a best buy exclusive in the us, packing in all 9 films and a kitchen sink of special features across 27. Sometimes after that, on impulse i bought something at the grocery store, by the early 90s newsprint was gone. New horizon zero dawn comic series will release later this. The movie is very uneven, with characters morphing from just scheming crazies, to murderers. Take x ray specs to parties, gettogethers, and hospitals. Xray specs 5 mail order scams from magazine and comic ads. Oliver orders x ray glasses from a comic book and finds that they dont work, they took 11 weeks to arrive. The future ray discovers tempests true agenda, but her lineage to a present dc hero makes her plans catastrophic for both the future ray terrill and his presentday counterpart. The ad that stoked every young comic book readers imagination was the one for xray specs. Oct 20, 2015 the science of x ray specs and sea monkeys these products advertised in the back of comic books promised improbable feats of science. No, it could actually bring admiration from others. Our xray specs lenses are the worlds funniest practical joke.
Things you never see in a comic book things you never see. Look at any bright point of light such as city streetlights, holiday lights, or candles and see the words x ray magically appears. Vintage comic book advertisments page 3 steve hoffman. Sea monkeys and xray specs 5 mail order scams from. Most of these magazines way back then were brought over to glasgow as ballast on cargo ships delivering goods and produce from america and beyond. Imagine, the ability to see through skin and, yes, even clothing. Mar 29, 2020 titan comics has confirmed its launching a new comic series based upon horizon zero dawn. Originally found in the back of comic books in the 50s, the x ray specs were a big hit with all the kids. With xray for authors, you can add new xray entries, edit existing ones, or enable xray for a new book. May 27, 2019 can you remember these ads on the back of comics. Old comic book ads xray specs sea monkeys kit charles atlas workout if something seems to good to be true. On a lark, blackstone tries on his sons x ray specs, ordered from the back of a comic book, and finds, much to thats not to say shea skimps on the gore, though.
Im actually kind of surprised to see xray spex in 1978 for some reason i thought that was more of a 50s60s thing but apparently i was mistaken on that. These old fashioned xray spec lenses consisted of two pieces of cardboard with a feather between them to blur your vision, causing two slightly offset images which appear similar to an xray photograph. Charles atlas was certainly an inspiration to puny peter parker types, though i lean more towards the x ray specs which allowed you to checkout the goods prior to unwrapping. I always wanted to have a pair of glasses to use for the tv and you could wear them and see everyone naked. At least, thats what vintage comicbook ads would have you believe. I couldnt really read the book so i was more interested in the ads for things like the package of 101 soldiers or grit magazine and, of course, the x ray specs. Theyd let you see through walls, boxes, andbest of all, for a teenager.
X ray specs consist of an outsized pair of glasses with plastic frames and white cardboard lenses printed with concentric red circles, and emblazoned with the legend x ray vision. Originally found in the back of comic books in the 50s, the x ray specs. Theres plenty of fun harryhausenlike visuals on display as martin blackstone gets an eyeful of everyone he sees. Requiem, script by jim owsley as christopher priest, pencils by jason armstrong, inks by drew geraci. Its a normal thought, i just wondered if they took an xray machine and attached glasses to it, and made it run more. Its been a while since ive done a classified page, so here you go. I wanted x ray specs and to learn to throw my voice and go on the tiltawhirl at palisades park. What year did marvel stop using cheap paper for their books. Great advertisements from the golden age of comic books, a large size paperback that reprints in colour comic book ads from the forties and fifties. Whether youve broken a bone, gone through airport security or simply watched an episode of any given medical drama, youre familiar with the ubiquitous x ray. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. So in other words they give you blurry vision which could have been obtained for free by squinting. Oct 11, 2008 for a brief period in 1971, a new jersey based company sold novelty xray glasses through the mail via advertisements in the marvel line of comic books. It features a young boy who acquired a set of xray spectacles with whom he could see through everything.
It is at this point, when almost everyone has transformed into killers, that comic book villains seems to have run out of ideas, and rapidly spirals downhill. Jon and suzy of double trouble have started to like each other. The xray card above is nothing less than a much earlier, nonstereo version of the famous x ray specs, spex, and gogs famous from boomerera comic book ads. As others wrote, with x rays there is little hope and they would be bad for health even if they did work for seeing through clothes. Vintage advertising and other cool retro stuff found in my mothers basement, flea markets and various corners of the internet dusted off and displayed for your pleasure by paula zargajreynolds.
Advanced alien species never fights a hightech hero iron man, blue beetle ted kord, the rocket reds, booster gold, the vision, cyborg, etc. Xray specs, a novelty item often sold via boys comic books and magazines, were first patented in 1906. There are no monkeys in the sea and xray vision will cost you more than. Aside from the creep factor look through womens clothes.
Jan 30, 2009 toss out those pathetic cardboardframed x ray specs that you ordered from the back of a comic book. This premium ballast would later be sold in the likes of a wee crammed kiosk near queen street station. And two, i should note that i havent watched a lot of the most acclaimed shows of the year, which is why theyre not on this list. Fun retro comic book x ray vision specs aviator sunglasses.
People who viewed their televisions while wearing these glasses reported seeing images that were hellish or like hell. Xray specs spex glasses retro novelty from 50s comics. I had a yellow rocket ship version of the sub that was pretty cool. Learn how and when to remove this template message. The first time i ever saw comics for sale was in 1979, when the. And the object of your focus would be none the wiser. X ray specs was a british comic strip illustrated by mike lacey that appeared in the first issue of the british comic monster fun on 14 june 1975. See more ideas about vintage comics, vintage comic books and vintage ads. Jul 28, 2017 old comic book ads x ray specs sea monkeys kit charles atlas workout if something seems to good to be true. Fantastic ads like these ruled the back of my beloved comic books with every issue. Since the discovery of x ray technology on this day in 1895 by german physicist wilhelm conrad rontgen, the medical field has become much better equipped to find out which of your teeth are rotten and how many legos your dog has swallowed.
The x ray card above is nothing less than a much earlier, nonstereo version of the famous x ray specs, spex, and gogs famous from boomerera comic book ads. Sep 03, 2002 unfortunately the crazed collectors are all, except one, unlikable, unsympathetic, and greedy. Xray specs news newspapers books scholar jstor july 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message. Xray specs albion british comics database wiki fandom. The complete collection bluray box set is up for pre. For a brief period in 1971, a new jersey based company sold novelty xray glasses through the mail via advertisements in the marvel line of comic books. I didnt collect them, and i dont think i bought many of them, either. X ray specs were long advertised with the slogan see the bones in your hand, see through clothes. You can see by the eyes of the blind, those invisible to normals, and the masquerade.
The strange history of comic book advertisements syfy wire. Squint, the optician because he says that he only lent ray the specs in 1975, and that he couldnt keep them. The science of xray specs and sea monkeys skeptoid podcast. Having to be so cynical see more ideas about vintage comic books, vintage comics and comic books. My brothers hopes to see through girls clothing was a loss. When dc comics later purchased quality comics, happy terrill was retconned as a member of the freedom fighters on earth x. Is there any type of xray glasses we could use to see people. The trope name is a tribute to the xray specs that have been advertised in the back of comic books since time immemorial. And be sure to check out the full list of kitschy comic book novelties below. Xray specsthey were just plastic glasses with weird thinly striped lenses. Generations of comic book readers remember the tantalizing promises of vintage novelty advertisements that offered authentic lasergun plans, xray specs, and. If i had ordered something from a comic book, i wouldnt just play with it. Some versions of the advertisement featured an illustration of a young man using the x ray specs to examine the bones in his hand while a voluptuous woman stood in the background, as though awaiting her turn to be x rayed.
They filled our youthful years with eager anticipation, these crazysounding products advertised in the back of comic books. Story arcs days later, ironclad emerged from the desert floor and believed the rest of his. The skywalker saga box set is now available on bluray. I am looking at a copy of an ad that ran in the back of comic books in the 1950s and early 1960s.
These were amazing glasses that allowed the wearer to see through clothes. X ray specs are a great novelty item and icebreaker for doctors, dentists, radiologists, stockbrokers, detectives and security personnel. Sep 29, 2011 generations of comic book readers remember the tantalizing promises of vintage novelty advertisements that offered authentic lasergun plans, x ray specs, and even 7foottall monsters with glow. This resulted in the bands inclusion, alongside the likes of wilko johnson, 999, the only ones, the saints, the stranglers, and xtc, on a double album of recordings from the festival. Discussion in visual arts started by wll, oct 22, 2019. Xray for authors is a free kindle direct publishing kdp tool that enables you, the author, to add your own descriptions or commentary that will show up when the reader engages the xray feature. Novelty historian kirk demarais tests xray specs and. Being born and raised in scotland meant an intermittent supply of such comic books capers. Demarais, who is 39, became fascinated with mailorder comic novelities as a kid in smalltown siloam springs, arkansas, where hes lived most of his life. Weve been selling comics since 1961 our first sale. In terms of suggestiveness its hard to beat hrm the sega ads from uk comic viz. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Airport screeners could get xrated xray views the new. Comic book ads x ray specs and the beyond be a real man, learn karate.
These ads offered kids the opportunity to see through everything from fingers, an eggshell, and possibly even clothing all for the cost of a dollar. Sorry fleabag, the good place, the mandalorian and a lot of other programs ive heard raves about. Probably my most coveted ad in comic books was the one for x ray specs. Things like xray spex and the charles atlas fitness program could improve my life. In this ad they have fewer items, but devote more space to each one. Things you never see in a comic book champions hero games. Find and follow posts tagged x ray specs on tumblr. Remember retro comic books and their ridiculous ads.