Kirk Demarais: Mail-Order Mysteries
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- Kategoria: kaunokirjallisuus, alakategoria: kertomakirjallisuus
- Materiaali: Sidottu
- Kustantaja: Insight Editions/Incredibuilds
- Kieli: englanti
- ISBN: 9781608870264
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- Katseltu: 91 krt
- Suosituksia: 2 kpl
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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. '