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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. Old comic book ads xray specs sea monkeys kit charles atlas workout if something seems to good to be true. Comic book ads we totally fell for history of comics. Xray specs news newspapers books scholar jstor july 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message. X ray specs 5 mail order scams from magazine and comic ads.
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