{"id":33769,"date":"2020-02-13T05:50:04","date_gmt":"2020-02-13T10:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=33769"},"modified":"2020-02-13T05:50:04","modified_gmt":"2020-02-13T10:50:04","slug":"2-to-6-inches-guaranteed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2020\/02\/13\/2-to-6-inches-guaranteed\/","title":{"rendered":"2 to 6 Inches Guaranteed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2011\/09\/12\/goofy-ideas\/comics-head-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4243\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4243\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2011\/09\/12\/goofy-ideas\/comics-head-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/COMICS-HEAD.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,144\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"COMICS-HEAD\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/COMICS-HEAD.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4243 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/COMICS-HEAD.jpg?resize=640%2C144&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"COMICS-HEAD\" width=\"640\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/COMICS-HEAD.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/COMICS-HEAD.jpg?resize=300%2C67&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"33770\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2020\/02\/13\/2-to-6-inches-guaranteed\/be-taller\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Be-Taller.jpg?fit=640%2C343&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,343\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Perfection 1660&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Be-Taller\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Be-Taller.jpg?fit=640%2C343&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33770\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Be-Taller.jpg?resize=640%2C343&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Be-Taller.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Be-Taller.jpg?resize=300%2C161&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><a title=\"The Incredible Hulk 186\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/willceau\/49528005646\/in\/datetaken\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49528005646_118c53f1f3_t.jpg?resize=67%2C100&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The Incredible Hulk 186\" width=\"67\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>I found this unlikely claim in issue #186 of <em>The Incredible Hulk<\/em> published by Marvel Comics in 1975. I&#8217;m wondering what the folks at <em>Tall-Up<\/em> provided for 35\u00a2 and how they could possibly guarantee results. <em>All ages? No gimmicks? Really?<\/em> I&#8217;m wondering what the ad cost and if it worked for <em>Tall-Up<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I found this unlikely claim in issue #186 of The Incredible Hulk published by Marvel Comics in 1975. I&#8217;m wondering what the folks at Tall-Up provided for 35\u00a2 and how they could possibly guarantee results. All ages? No gimmicks? Really? &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2020\/02\/13\/2-to-6-inches-guaranteed\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[335],"tags":[556,359,4851,312,1097,308],"class_list":["post-33769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-what-i-miss-about-comics","tag-556","tag-ad","tag-claim","tag-comic","tag-hulk","tag-marvel"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-8MF","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":35354,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2020\/11\/21\/peace-through-superior-firepower\/","url_meta":{"origin":33769,"position":0},"title":"Peace Through Superior Firepower","author":"Joe","date":"November 21, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"So for a $1.98, am I protecting myself and my loved ones with steely fists or a board I can carry anywhere? I saw this tiny advertisement which I have enlarged in issue #186 of The Incredible Hulk published by Marvel Comics in 1975. Comics were printed quickly, and --\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;What I Miss About Comics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"What I Miss About Comics","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/what-i-miss-about-comics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Peace_Power.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Peace_Power.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Peace_Power.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":38143,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2022\/07\/06\/marvel-treasury-editions\/","url_meta":{"origin":33769,"position":1},"title":"Marvel Treasury Editions","author":"Joe","date":"July 6, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"80 glorious over-sized pages of Hulk stories by some of the greatest members of Marvel Comics' legendary bullpen of writers and illustrators. The treasury editions were printed on newsprint like the regular comic books, and they were usually sold at drug stores and supermarkets. This one was published in 1978.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Curious Clutter&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Curious Clutter","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/curious-clutter\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/COMICS-HEAD.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/COMICS-HEAD.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/COMICS-HEAD.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":17016,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2014\/08\/04\/it-was-either-art-school-or-this\/","url_meta":{"origin":33769,"position":2},"title":"It was either Art School or This&#8230;","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"August 4, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Back when I was pondering what I wanted to do with my life, the fast growing\/big money world of van customization beckoned to me like a siren singing a sweet song from the rocks. I could have been gleefully ignoring the copyrights of famous fantasy artists and reproducing their works\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;What I Miss About Comics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"What I Miss About Comics","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/what-i-miss-about-comics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Defenders-26.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":37973,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2022\/06\/22\/what-i-miss-about-comics-perfectly-legitimate-ads\/","url_meta":{"origin":33769,"position":3},"title":"What I Miss About Comics &#8211; Perfectly Legitimate Ads","author":"Joe","date":"June 22, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"This along with a number of other classified style advertisements for perfectly legitimate products and services appeared in Marvel Spotlight No. 25 published by Marvel Comics in 1975. It was a comic adaptation of Ray Harryhausen's 1958 fantasy epic The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad. My guess is that Marvel was\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;What I Miss About Comics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"What I Miss About Comics","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/what-i-miss-about-comics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/AUTHENTIC-LOOKING.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/AUTHENTIC-LOOKING.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/AUTHENTIC-LOOKING.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5715,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2011\/12\/26\/giant-superhero-holiday-grab-bag\/","url_meta":{"origin":33769,"position":4},"title":"Giant Superhero Holiday Grab-Bag","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"December 26, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Marvel Comics' GIANT SUPERHERO HOLIDAY GRAB-BAG was an over-sized Whitman sampler of Marvel reprints and is one of my absolute favorite comics and was probably the gateway drug that got me really hooked to comics. 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