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What you actually got from those comic book ads

X-Ray Specs? Amazing fighting techniques? Magic tricks? A monkey? These videos show off what actually arrived when you ordered something from a comic ad.

Jason Weisberger
Nov 08, 2024
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X-Ray Specs? Amazing fighting techniques? Magic tricks? A monkey? These videos show off what actually arrived when you ordered something from a comic ad.

YouTuber Laura Legends made videos full of mail-order advertising toys and gadgets from days ago. I remember saving Bazooka Joe comics and sending them in for things, b…

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