Sea Monkeys Old Advertisements

During this time adverts in comics were nothing less than bizarre.

Sea monkeys old advertisements. X ray specs guaranteed to make everything see thru. There are a few upsetting truths about sea monkeys. And yet there was always that lingering feeling that for only 1 25 you could own a breed of intelligent mer people who served you as their king. Sea monkeys were marketed by the late harold von braunhut who also pushed x ray spex.

Sea monkeys that could live in a goldfish bowl and be trained to perform tricks. Harold von braunhut invented the product in 1957. First they were just miniature shrimp with an incredibly short lifespan. Perhaps the most iconic bullshit ad of all time.

Initially called instant life von braunhut. One of the ubiquitous and most intriguing ads that could be found in the pages of a comic book were those for sea monkeys an underwater family of weird little mammalian fish that you could keep all to your own. Feb 6 2013 i am fascinated with certain aspects of the 1970s specifically some of the fly by night business advertisements that appeared in comic books and other magazines. Weird vintage sea monkey ad old western style.

Von braunhut developed the x ray spex in 1964 and he s the mastermind behind sea monkeys. He was the guru of all comic book mail order. Sea monkeys is a brand name for brine shrimp. Sea monkeys were a wonder to many a child in the 70s though i think the advert itself.

The ad definitely took massive liberties.