12 Mail-Order Disappointments from the Comic Books of Our Youth

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Kids are suckers; they'll believe pretty much anything you say. That's why they're so easy to lie to and that's why these fantastically too-good-to-be-true comic book adverts were so damn effective. Oobject.com brings us twelve of the best.

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