{"id":40016,"date":"2023-02-08T11:51:40","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T16:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=40016"},"modified":"2023-02-08T11:51:40","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T16:51:40","slug":"social-isolation-for-88%c2%a2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2023\/02\/08\/social-isolation-for-88%c2%a2\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Isolation for 88\u00a2!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"88\u00a2 EACH\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/willceau\/52677278675\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52677278675_80a97d0a14_c.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"88\u00a2 EACH\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>This ad is a clearing house of school house contraband that would inevitably be confiscated by the teacher. I always wanted to order at least a couple of these items, but I was always talked out of it by a parent or older, wiser sibling.<\/p>\n<p>This particular ad appeared in <em>X-Men<\/em> 153 which was published by Marvel Comics in 1982. This was the last gasp for these ads as the comic publishers started chasing sponsors with deeper pockets like <em>Hubba Bubba<\/em> Bubble Gum or <em>Atari<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This ad is a clearing house of school house contraband that would inevitably be confiscated by the teacher. I always wanted to order at least a couple of these items, but I was always talked out of it by a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2023\/02\/08\/social-isolation-for-88%c2%a2\/\">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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[335],"tags":[148,901,308,1398,828],"class_list":["post-40016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-what-i-miss-about-comics","tag-148","tag-gag","tag-marvel","tag-practical-jokes","tag-trash"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-apq","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15311,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2014\/01\/07\/w-is-that-you\/","url_meta":{"origin":40016,"position":0},"title":"W, is that you?","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"January 7, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Is it just me or does this guy look like the 43rd President of the United States? 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