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This ad appeard in Fantastic Four #9, Dec. 1962

Comic Book Cover Fantastic Four Number 9


Text From American Body Builders Club Comic Book Advertisement from inside front cover of
Fantastic Four Number 9, December 1962

Comic Book Strong Man Ben Rebhuhn, President  of the American Body Building Club Are YOU
SKINNY like I was?

a sickly skeleton who developed a streamlined physique and great physical endurance.

SKINNY or FAT, 15, 20, 30 or 40 YEARS of AGE

Just RUSH me your LAST CHANCE COUPON below with YOUR NAME and ADDRESS ON IT and I'll show YOU absolutely FREE

How to GAIN UP TO 50 LBS OF MIGHTY MUSCLES!

American Body Building Club president, Ben Rebhuhn, at 50 years of age. A brilliant UNIVERSITY EDUCATOR, authoring on creating a HEALTHY MIND in a HEALTHY BODY, says Dr. Winfield Scott Pugh, U.S. Navy Medical Corps.

And Become a REAL HE-MAN like MANY THOUSANDS of My Pupils in 10 Minutes of FUN a Day

Yes! I’ll Show You By My Quick, Easy Methods

  • How To ADD POWERFUL NEW INCHES OF MUSCLES around YOUR ARMS, CHEST, LEGS, etc.
  • How to IMPROVE YOUR HE-MAN LOOKS 100%.
  • How to BECOME A WINNING ATHLETE IN ALL POPULAR SPORTS.
  • How to BEAT ANY BULLY.
  • How to DO FEATS of STRENGTH.
  • How to be a WINNER in EVERYTHING YOU TACKLE.

YES! Your Success Story Can Soon be like John Sill and thousands of my pupils. Think of it - a skinny weakling like you became a MAGNIFICENT MR. MUSCLES-won a BIG SILVER TROPHY, his name, accomplishments engraved on it and $100. A few weeks before, everybody picked on John, too weak to fight for his rights. TODAY everybody admires John's movie star build, he-man STRENGTH, his mighty ARMS, heroic CHEST, slender WAIST, rock-like TORSO, broad manly BACK, wide military SHOULDERS, new popularity with the BOYS and GIRLS. His winning drive in ALL SPORTS, his energy at work and studies.

NO! I don't care how skinny or flabby you are, it you are in your teens, twenties or thirties, I'll show you in just 10 thrilling minutes a day in your home, you can make yourself over by the easy, quick method I turned myself from a wreck to a tower of strength and endurance.

YES! YOU'LL ADD INCH upon INCH of MIGHTY MUSCLES to YOUR ARMS, YOU'LL DEEPEN YOUR CHEST, BROADEN YOUR BACK and SHOULDERS. From HEAD to HEELS you'll gain SIZE, POWER, LIGHTNING SPEED, ENDURANCE. You'll become the SUCCESSFUL HE-MAN IN LOOKS and ACTS - a WINNER in EVERYTHING, athletics, business, studies.

DEVELOP YOUR 520 MUSCLES BY THE GREATEST METHOD!

Friend, I traveled the world, studying every secret to PERFECTLY develop your body. My "5-Way Progressive Natural Power Method" is TESTED PROVED by hundreds of thousands LIKE YOU! SAVE YEARS, hundreds of DOLLARS! Do as movie stars, champions - John Sill, Jim Norman, Tony Pascarella - did! Mail coupon NOW!

says JOHN SILLJohn Sills After

John Sills BeforeI added 7 inches to MY CHEST, 31/2 INCHES to EACH ARM. No, Pal! You don't have to be a chicken-chested skinny weakling like I was only a few weeks ago.

BEFORE

Mailing Coupon I was a 125 lb. 6 ft. skinny weakling

AFTER

Mailing Coupon 185 lb-HEAD-TO-TOE HE-MAN POPULAR ATHLETE You can be, too!

William ButlerThis now MAGNIFICENT, MODERN HERCULES, 28 yr. old teacher, Wm. Butler, says to YOU. "No matter WHAT your age. I advise the you to SEND for the ABC WONDER PICTURE COURSES at once. Under the World’s greatest home training BODY BUILDER. I now have 181/2" ARMS, a 52" CHEST, my STRENGTH has greatly improved. So have my sports. 1 have won titles like "Mr. Virginian, “Mr. State Y.M.C.A.," etc.

How would YOU i like to have 181/2 inch ARMS, a 52 inch CHEST like this ABC pupil NOW HAS?

I BROKE A WORLD'S STRENGTH RECORD!

JIM NORMAN became Athlete of the Year. Lifted the front End of a 2700 lb. Car. Quit being a bag-of-bones weakling like I was. In 10 minutes of fun a day. A.B.C. CAN DO FOR YOU ALL HE DID FOR ME! I gained 25 TERRIFIC LBS. of HANDSOME POWERPACKED MUSCLES.

 

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John Sills Before
BEFORE

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AFTER

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