From Skywald’s Jungle Adventures #3 is the ultimate ad for any looking for that perfect He-Man look! Well, not the 1980s He-Man, he was clean shaven. I’m talking about rugged, itchy facial hair! How can anyone pass up the chance to add a kicking mustache! Or you can look like the dude in the bottom, you know, completely unrecognizable! This must have been one hot seller in its day, particular to all those up and coming bank and convenience store robbers…
I just can’t look at this ad without smiling. Seriously, $6 of 1970s currency, back when comics were a quarter. And you’re sending it to the Masculiner Company! Awesome!
Points of interest – the room number in the ad coupon is hand written; you get a FREE set of instructions mailed in PLAIN WRAPPER; you get 8 choices of colors – none of which are likely to match your own. Finally, believe it or not, this ad has had a really long lifespan. The copyright date is 1968, yet I’ve seen this bad boy well into the 1970s. How on earth Masculiner stayed in business for a decade is beyond me (then again, what was that about up and coming store robbers?)…