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Mail-Order Mysteries: Real Stuff from Old Comic Book Ads, pop-culture, Demarais
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Located in: Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
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eBay item number:116061310073
Item specifics
- Seller Notes
- Features
- color, hardcover
- Publication Year
- 2011
- Format
- hardcover
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Genre
- Comics, Advertising, Marketing
- Book Title
- Mail-Order Mysteries: Real Stuff from Old Comic Book Ads
- ISBN
- 9781608870264
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Pocket Books
- Topic
- Toys, Form / Anecdotes & Quotations, General
About this product
Product Information
Rediscover your sense of wonder! Generations of comic book readers remember the tantalizing promises of vintage novelty advertisements that offered authentic laser-gun plans, x-ray specs, and even 7-foot-tall monsters (with glow-in-the-dark eyes!). But what would you really get if you entrusted your hard-earned $1.69 to the post office? Mail-Order Mysteries answers this question, revealing the amazing truths (and agonizing exaggerations) about the actual products marketed to kids in the ‘60s, ‘70s, and ‘80s. Pop-culture historian Kirk Demarais shares his astonishing collection, including: 100 Toy Soldiers in a Footlocker Count Dante's World's Deadliest Fighting Secrets GRIT Hercules Wrist Band Hypno-Coin Life-Size Monsters Mystic Smoke Sea Monkeys Soil From Dracula's Castle U-Control Ghost Ventrilo Voice Thrower ...and many, many more! With more than 150 extraordinary, peculiar, and downright fraudulent collectibles, Mail-Order Mysteries is a must-have book comic book fans everywhere. Trust us.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Pocket Books
ISBN-10
160887026x
ISBN-13
9781608870264
eBay Product ID (ePID)
4038375856
Product Key Features
Language
English
Topic
Toys, Form / Anecdotes & Quotations, General
Dimensions
Item Length
10in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
6.5in
Item Weight
23.6 Oz
Additional Product Features
Book Title
Mail-Order Mysteries : Real Stuff from Old Comic Book ADS
Lc Classification Number
Am231
Reviews
"If childhood disappointment could ever be considered an art form, then this is a masterpiece. Really. The metaphors for life itself are inescapable, the disillusion heartbreakingly laid bare, the tackiness a drug you just can't quit." - Chip Kidd, graphic designer and author of The Cheese Monkeys and Bat-Manga!, If childhood disappointment could ever be considered an art form, then Mail-Order Mysteries is a masterpiece. Really. The metaphors for life itself are inescapable, the disillusion heartbreakingly laid bare, the tackiness a drug you just can't quit." —Chip Kidd, graphic designer and author of Bat-Manga! Mail-Order Mysteries reveals the secrets behind those too-good-to-be-true gizmos advertised in the comic books of my youth. What a mind-blower!" —Mark Frauenfelder, cofounder of Boing Boing If I could put one thing in a time machine to send back to my eight-year-old self, it would be Mail-Order Mysteries. This book would have saved me dozens of allowances and hundreds of glacial hours spent standing on the porch waiting for the mailman to arrive. I always knew there was something fishy about those ‘Gigantic Dinosaurs!'" —Mark Waid, writer of Kingdom Come and Irredeemable
Copyright Date
2011
Format
Hardcover
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
790.132
Publication Year
2011
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Antiques & Collectibles, Humor
Number of Pages
156 Pages
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