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Man's account of ordering a live monkey from comic book ad

Mark Frauenfelder
Nov 08, 2024
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A BB classic post from 2008!

Comic Book Resources has a fantastic first-hand account of ordering a live miniature monkey from a comic book advertisement.

Jeff Tuthill ordered one for about $25 in the early 1970s. Not wanting his parents to know, he had it shipped to his friend's house:

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