I mean, obviously a lot of people did buy the Easy Bake Oven, but why would you advertise it in a comic book geared for 8 to 12 year-old boys? No parent in their right mind would let a boy get anywhere near a heat source capable of baking anything.... that's just asking for a plate of dog-poop brownies to show up mysteriously on a grade-school teacher's desk!
This is probably one of the most famous comic book ads ever. What always bothered me about this is that Mac gets himself pumped up, goes back to the beach, and then takes an unprovoked swing at the guy who bullied him earlier. These are the problems that no one ever seemed to notice:A) The bully only threatened Mac before. He didn't hit him. Mac is the one who escalated the episode to violence. A grab of the arm does not justify a punch in the face. We can't argue that the threat justified the punch, either, because the threat was actually not to hit him, because Mac was so skinny.B) When Mac re-encountered the Bully, Mac just sucker-punches him. This, ladies and gents, is the Hero of the Beach.Please do not consider this a morality play, kiddies. Just go work out, and you'll get the attention of fickle women, especially if you flash a large wad of money. Punching a guy out isn't necessary.
Has always been, and still is, America's favorite pet.Ah, a boy and his racoon. I can remember going to sleep at night, my faithful racoon slumbering at the foot of my bed, then waking up with my face clawed down to my brains.Good times... good times.
Apparently, there is a direct co-relation between bad skin and the inability to dance. If you clear up your skin, you'll be shakin' your groove thang in no time!
Another questionable marketing decision. How many 10 year-old boys reading comics in the 60's worried that they were too skinny? Or not filling out a bikini, for that matter?We still have these things today, only we call them "Skittles."
...and if you keep up your grades in school, Billy, we can send off for a light that will make your bong glow in the dark. In "turn on" Tibetan Green, no less!I get the feeling the Comics Code Authority didn't pay any attention to what was advertised in comic books.
