{"id":12657,"date":"2013-04-15T06:16:37","date_gmt":"2013-04-15T11:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=12657"},"modified":"2019-11-26T06:00:04","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T11:00:04","slug":"to-each-his-own","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2013\/04\/15\/to-each-his-own\/","title":{"rendered":"To Each His Own"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"COMICS-HEAD\"<\/a>\"250-skinny-guys-det\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Above is the detail from another comic book ad aimed squarely at pimply adolescents with power fantasies.<\/p>\n

\"250-skinny-guys\"<\/a>Though 35 days to a Herculean physique seems like an eternity compared to the other fellow’s promise of manliness within 7 days.<\/p>\n

Unusual font choices. It looks like the typesetter decided to break in some new typefaces.<\/p>\n

I didn’t really recall this ad which is weird being that it was inside a beloved and well-worn copy of Crazy!<\/strong><\/em> N0. 1 published by Marvel in 1972. My brother and I wore it out being it was a humor mag spoofing Marvel’s pantheon of characters and beautifully rendered by the likes of Marie Severin, Tom Sutton and John Verpoorten.<\/p>\n

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