<DIV>Rediscover your sense of wonder!<BR><BR>Generations of comic book readers remember the tantalizing promises of vintage novelty advertisements that offered authentic laser-gun plans, x-ray specs, and even 7-foot-tall monsters (with glow-in-the-dark eyes!). But what would you really get if you entrusted your hard-earned $1.69 to the post office?<BR><BR><I>Mail-Order Mysteries</I> answers this question, revealing the amazing truths (and agonizing exaggerations) about the actual products marketed to kids in the ?60s, ?70s, and ?80s. Pop-culture historian Kirk Demarais shares his astonishing collection, including:<BR><BR>100 Toy Soldiers in a Footlocker<BR>Count Dante's World's Deadliest Fighting Secrets<BR>GRIT<BR>Hercules Wrist Band<BR>Hypno-Coin<BR>Life-Size Monsters<BR>Mystic Smoke<BR>Sea Monkeys<BR>Soil From Dracula's Castle<BR>U-Control Ghost<BR>Ventrilo Voice Thrower<BR>...and many, many more!<BR><BR>With more than 150 extraordinary, peculiar, and downright fraudulent collectibles, Mail-Order Mysteries is a must-have book comic book fans everywhere. Trust us.<BR></DIV>