Here's another of those great early 1960s ads from DC Comics, circa 1963!
Superman invites you to "be his guest" at a circus! 15 days only, so we'd better hurry!
And, gosh... Look at all the keen acts and exhibits!
With, not one but, TWO of them named "Zacchini"!
Though, I'd imagine that "Hugo Zacchini", once he's fired out of his cannon, would also count as a "Flying Zacchini"! ...But, I quibble!
So, EVERY DC COMIC (let's assume, at least for that month) contains a coupon that is worth $1.00? Hey, great!
How often can I only spend TWELVE CENTS, and get back a DOLLAR in return?! My retirement investments should do so well!
Maybe I've just pinpointed the moment when financial speculation first entered the comic book market!
Oh, but wait... I think there's a CATCH!
"FREE Admission for 1 CHILD"? ...And "only valid if accompanied by an adult purchasing a general admission ticket"?
But, what if I don't have a child? Or, have more than one?
Oh, well I can still kill a Saturday afternoon, and...
"Good for all WEEKDAY AFTERNOON and EVENING performances and SATURDAY AND SUNDAY EVENING performances ONLY"?
...D'OH!
"Free parking", you say? But, I would be taking the BUS!
...Double D'OH!
Aw, c'mon Supes! You're "The Last Son Of Krypton", "The Man of Steel", "The Action Ace", "The World's Greatest Superhero"...
...And THIS is the best you can do? ...Yeah, I know... Bruce Wayne is the RICH one!
...But, are you sure I'm YOUR guest, Superman?
'Cause this invitation feels more as if it came from HIM!
2 comments:
Till you started listing off the "catches", this "$1 coupon in a 12-cents comic-book" business put in mind of a potential premise for a Scrooge ten-pager where he refuses to see value in Donald and the kids' comic-book until seeing such an ad, at which point he starts buying them in bulk all over Duckburg without even reading them. Hijinx ensue and a very good lesson ("reading comic books is fun") is learned.
Achille:
I could very easily see that as a 1950s Carl Barks ten-pager!
"...a very good lesson ('reading comic books is fun') is learned."
And THAT would be the final-panel-iris-out on Huey, Dewey, and Louie blissfully reading their stack of comic books!
Great observation!
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