The Amazing Sea-Monkeys!
Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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Why Comics Were Cheap and Ad-Filled
Jimmy explains comic pricing, why advertising subsidized comics, and how ad content targeted kids.
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Jimmy explains comic pricing, why advertising subsidized comics, and how ad content targeted kids.
Starting in 1960, comic books began advertising mail order pets known as sea monkeys, the brainchild of inventor Harold von Braunhut. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli investigate the whimsical creatures, their creator, and a series of disappointing revelations connected to them.
