Sea Monkeys Old Advertisements

Weird vintage sea monkey ad old western style.

Sea monkeys old advertisements. Sea monkeys were a wonder to many a child in the 70s though i think the advert itself. 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. We love these 1960s advertisements for sea monkeys. The ad definitely took massive liberties.

He was the guru of all comic book mail order. Initially called instant life von braunhut. Von braunhut developed the x ray spex in 1964 and he s the mastermind behind sea monkeys. There are a few upsetting truths about sea monkeys.

A polaris submarine more than seven feet long which i dreamt of traveling in along the forth clyde canal avoiding the ghostly weeds the garbage discarded shopping trolleys and the imaginary gangsters pale bloated and tethered to weighty blocks of. First they were just miniature shrimp with an incredibly short lifespan. Harold von braunhut invented the product in 1957. 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.

Perhaps the most iconic bullshit ad of all time. Sea monkeys that could live in a goldfish bowl and be trained to perform tricks. During this time adverts in comics were nothing less than bizarre. 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 is a brand name for brine shrimp.