The manufacturing process involved in their production includes plastic stamping, papermaking, printing and gluing. They are plastic framed eyeglasses with special lenses made of cardboard. Sep 29, 2011 generations of comic book readers remember the tantalizing promises of vintage novelty advertisements that offered authentic lasergun plans, x ray specs, and even 7foottall monsters with glow. Optical delusion, the second in hunter sheas trilogy of mail order massacre novellas from kensington press, is a more serious affair than just add water and focused more on the psychological threat posed by x ray glasses. Tim tate originally performed this for the live storytelling. Xray specs are a great novelty item and icebreaker for doctors, dentists, radiologists, stockbrokers, detectives and security personnel. Monkey madness in the spring of 1968, two young brothers ordered a live monkey from a comic book ad. The current social state created post 911 has accelerated surveillance technology and made room for advancements to ideas from the past. Novelty historian kirk demarais tests xray specs and. See more ideas about vintage ads, vintage advertisements and catalog. Look at any bright point of light such as city streetlights, holiday lights, or candles and see the words x ray magically appears. How many of us who grew up in the 1960s and early 70s were. Xray glasses see through clothes xray vision glasses.
Apr 25, 2014 monkey madness in the spring of 1968, two young brothers ordered a live monkey from a comic book ad. Oct 11, 2008 for a brief period in 1971, a new jersey based company sold novelty x ray glasses through the mail via advertisements in the marvel line of comic books. To xaviers amazement and delight, he finds that the effects of the drops seem to be cumulative, as his vision sharpens to the point that he can see through clothing, rendering everyone in the room naked, just like in the comic book ads put your eyes back in your head, fanboy. Generations of comic book readers remember the tantalizing promises of vintage novelty advertisements that offered authentic lasergun plans, xray specs, and even 7foottall monsters with glowinthedark eyes. A polaris submarinemore than seven feet longwhich i dreamt of traveling in along the forthclyde canal, avoiding the ghostly weeds, the garbage, discarded shopping trolleys, and the imaginary gangsterspale, bloated and tethered to weighty blocks of concrete. There are no monkeys in the sea and xray vision will cost you more than. But if you look in older comic books youll see a treasure trove of sneaky ads. Take x ray specs to parties, gettogethers, and hospitals. Take xray specs to parties, gettogethers, and hospitals. But what about the quintessential comic book novelty the xray specs.
After i bought these glasses, my older friends tried to convince me i just didnt. Other superheroes were gifted with night vision, eagle eyes, or even eyes. This is why as kids, every so often wed come across an ad in a comic book, for something we knew was too good to be true. See more ideas about vintage comics, vintage comic books and vintage ads. It is 1963, and all you are going to see of nekkid women is their. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Xray vision comic book ad photographic print by kayve. In todays comic books you dont see the advertisements you used to no ads with outrageous promises to be taller or more muscular. If you happened to be one of those who sent off for a pair with hard earned money saved from an. An early precursor to x ray glasses was the wonder tube, introduced during the 1940s. Xray glasses cartoons and comics funny pictures from. The only effect of those xray glasses was to give you a headache. These xray glasses can see through some type of materials making it possible to see through clothes that in the same condition cannot be seen by the naked eye.
Evena medicals new eyes on glasses system enables medical professionals to essentially peer underneath a patients skin in order to more easily locate veins for iv treatments. From many of the comic book lists on this site you can tell is big supporter of comic books. She is often considered to be one of the first superheroes. On the back of the comics are ads for such silly things as sea monkeys and xray glasses. Youve probably seen the comic books with ads for xray glasses or xray specs that promise to give the wearer amazing powers to see through solid objects like walls, and clothing. Be sure and pick up your free xray vision glasses today x. Old comic book ads xray specs sea monkeys kit charles atlas workout if something seems to good to be true. These classic ads in the back of comic books tricked kids from the 50s through the 80s.
Xray glasses funny cartoons from cartoonstock directory the worlds largest online collection of cartoons and comics. Reproduction of classic comic book ad for xray glasses. Xray vision is one of supermans canonical powers, but xray optics are very different than visiblelight optics, meaning that supermans eyes would need to be very different than human eyes for. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. Be the life of the party with our retro attractive black frames and red xray lenses.
Silly putty may have picked up your favorite comics but it gave you a skin rash. Seeing through the man with the xray eyes, kuda bux. Six years ago, artist and historian kirk demarais, who runs the brilliant gen x nostalgia site, secret fun spot, became determined to uncover the truth behind these comicbook ads published between the 1950s and late 80s. It wasnt too long ago when i wrote an essay about some of the cool stuff that was advertised in comic booksfrom sea monkeys and. At least, thats what vintage comicbook ads would have you believe. Buy these glasses and you will be surprised at what you can see. However, some fabrics are fairly transparent in the infrared range. May 31, 2018 also fairly upsetting through a modern lens was the attempt to appeal to young creeps with things like hypnotizing kits and x ray glasses. How a feral squirrelmonkey attacked its new owner, why a submarine disintegrated on the front lawn, how xray specs caused nothing but confusion and. Glasses, in comic book ads is a crossword puzzle clue. Optical delusion, the second in hunter sheas trilogy of mail order massacre novellas from kensington press, is a more serious affair than just add water and focused more on the psychological threat posed by xray glasses. No advertisements to own a nuclear sub or army tank can be found nowadays. If you were a kid reading comic books in the mid20 th century, chances are you saw ads in every issue selling xray vision glasses.
Generations of comic book readers remember the tantalizing promises of vintage novelty advertisements that offered authentic lasergun plans, xray specs, and even 7foottall monsters. How many of us who grew up in the 1960s and early 70s were lured by those enticing ads promising everything from xray vision to frolicking. This myth was reinforced with comic book heroes like superman who could use x ray vision to see through solid objects. These novelty glasses are black plastic with outrageous red spiral graphic cardboard lenses.
Relive your fond memories of all those goofy ads that you remember from. Xray specs consist of an outsized pair of glasses with plastic frames and white cardboard lenses printed with concentric red circles, and emblazoned with the legend xray vision. A doctor uses special eye drops to give himself xray vision, but the new power has disastrous consequences. Eyewear with bird feathers stuffed between the cardboard layers of the lenses. X ray glasses are a novelty product designed to create the illusion that the user can see through solid objects.
There were gag gifts you could buy and one that fascinated me. Sea monkeys and xray specs 5 mail order scams from. These old fashioned xray spec lenses consisted of two pieces of cardboard with a feather between them to blur your vision, causing two slightly. How xray glasses is made material, manufacture, history. Mar 25, 2016 xray vision is one of supermans canonical powers, but xray optics are very different than visiblelight optics, meaning that supermans eyes would need to be very different than human eyes for. Vintage comic books vintage comics vintage ads vintage advertisements vintage posters retro advertising retro ads sea monkeys funny ads. If todays generation y and zers accuse us baby boomers of being cynical and distrustful, well, i for one blame it all on comic books. Correct me if im wrong, but wasnt peepers around for all of like two seconds within the comic series. People who viewed their televisions while wearing these glasses reported seeing images that were hellish or like hell.
In myth, lynceus of the argonauts possessed a similar ability. No other sex tube is more popular and features more xray glasses scenes than pornhub. Xray glasses were definitely not what they claimed to be, disappointing many by proving to be nothing more than a couple of pieces of. When i was a kid, my brother collected comic books. Aside from the creep factor look through womens clothes. Using our unique manufacturing process, we are able to fuse your favorite comic book character on your favorite frames. Alter ego magazine fan group public group facebook. The fine print in these ads is that they only give the illusion of xray vision and dont actually allow the wearer to see through anything. Xray vision goggles is listed or ranked 3 on the list the best vintage ads. Glasses, in comic book ads is a crossword puzzle clue that we have spotted 2 times. Vintage comic book ads that were too good to be true.
These ads offered kids the opportunity to see through everything from fingers, an eggshell, and possibly even clothing all for the cost of a dollar. The strange history of comic book advertisements syfy wire. X ray specs consist of an outsized pair of glasses with plastic frames and white cardboard lenses printed with concentric red circles, and emblazoned with the legend x ray vision. The first person with x ray vision in a comic book was olga mesmer in 1937s spicy mysteries. X ray specs 5 mail order scams from magazine and comic ads. These glasses see through clothes and even some kinds of walls. I was never really a fan of the stories except superman and richie rich, but for some reason i loved the advertisements. The first person with xray vision in a comic book was olga mesmer in 1937s spicy mysteries. X ray glasses by michael daisy youve probably seen the comic books with ads for x ray glasses or x ray specs that promise to give the wearer amazing powers to see through solid objects like walls, and clothing. As others wrote, with x rays there is little hope and they would be bad for health even if they did work for seeing through clothes. The lenses consist of two layers of cardboard with a small hole about a quarterinch 6 millimeters in diameter punched through both layers.
Unfollow x ray glasses to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Evena expects to start shipping eyes on glasses in the first quarter of 2014, so dont be surprised when your nurses walk in looking like they just came off the set of an 80s scifi movie. X ray specs are a great novelty item and icebreaker for doctors, dentists, radiologists, stockbrokers, detectives and security personnel. This real life version of xray glasses can see through. Here are a 10 crazy vintage comic book ads i recently stumbled across. Although called x ray vision, this power has little to do with the actual effect of x rays. X ray glasses were definitely not what they claimed to be, disappointing many by proving to be nothing more than a couple of pieces of cardboard inside a plastic frame creating a sort of loosely defined optical illusion that made people look somewhat like x. X ray glasses are a reproduction of the 1950s novelty based on the popular wonder tube illusion toy.
Jul 01, 2019 the ad that stoked every young comic book readers imagination was the one for xray specs. As others wrote, with xrays there is little hope and they would be bad for health even if they did work for seeing through clothes. The ad that stoked every young comic book readers imagination was the one for xray specs. Discover the growing collection of high quality most relevant xxx movies and clips. For a brief period in 1971, a new jersey based company sold novelty xray glasses through the mail via advertisements in the marvel line of comic books. Among the best known figures with xray vision are the fictional superman, and the protagonist of the 1963 film x. Unfollow x ray vision glasses to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. I was, at that moment looking at the ads on the back cover of the comic book. Other superheroes were gifted with night vision, eagle eyes, or even eyes that fired deadly laser beams a kind of. Look at any bright point of light such as city streetlights, holiday lights, or candles and see the words xray magically appears. That vinylandcardboard submarinedoll housespace ship only worked if you put it over a card table. The strange world of comic book ads say no to crack. A doctor uses special eye drops to give himself x ray vision, but the new power has disastrous consequences.