Click on any of the novelties in the comic book ad at the right to see an enlarged detail of the novelty and the description that appeared in the ad. Click on the detail or in any empty space on the page to close the detail.
Post-war North America saw a return to posperity across the continent. This comic book ad from the Canadian Edition of Whiz Comics #99, July 1948 has many items for sale strictly for fun and entertainment.
Layout of the ad is still somewhat haphazard. Note the items that must have sold out prior to the release of the ad. Since the entire ad was hand drawn and lettered, the only solution is to cross out those items to indicate their lack of availability.
Also note, once again, the comic book publisher is the novelty advertiser. This Canadian edition of Fawcett Publishing's Whiz Comics is put out by Anglo-American Publishing, advertising Anglo-American Novelties.
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