WTF 1975 comic book ad: Learn magical ninjutsu from the "Killers of the Orient"

[brendala.livejournal.com]

Hi there! I'm a newbie to the comm. I collect comic books and I have a large collection of issues from the 70s and 80s. So expect a lot of that kind of stuff in my posts.

I thought I was immune to the drug-fueled weirdness that usually permeates the ads in 70s comic books. But this one legitimately surprised me:



Believe it or not, the surprise didn't primarily come from the bizarre and mildly racist assertion that the Japanese are X-Men mutants (though that is pretty weird). But mainly because this is the book I found it in:



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So, yeah, the first generation of Scooby Doo fans were told that Japanese people have "physio-mental" mutant powers that allow them to turn invisible! And that we could turn invisible as well if we just sent them money.
Not gonna lie, I kinda wish I could get a hold of that "Killers of the Orient" book because I bet it was hilarious.

Comments

[baron-waste.livejournal.com]

Check eBay. You might be pleasantly surprised.

Me, I want a Transogram Ka-Bala (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKOzIf6v52o), such as I had when I was six or eight or so. Man, those things were the coolest.

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

Welcome Brendala! I hope you enjoy it here.

As far as what you said about the Japanese X-Men thing, that mystique about Asians still persists that most of them know martial arts, excel at math and science, and are wiser than their non-Asian peers. Although these are favorable traits, even so-called positive stereotypes can be racist. Just the other day I saw an ad for a computer that showed Asian women fighting over a power outlet. I mean, really? I dunno. Maybe it bothered me more than it should.

[brendala.livejournal.com]

I understand how the "positive" stereotypes can be annoying, too. I used to work at a low-income elementary school that had a large Hispanic and Vietnamese immigrant population. And the way the admins treated the different groups (i.e. the Hispanic kids were treated like they were too dumb to learn English and the Vietnamese kids were expected to learn English quickly and breeze through academics) annoyed the HELL out of me.

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

That is sad. The people who run our schools, I swear . . . Oops! Better stop that rant right there or we will be here all day!

[hannahsarah.livejournal.com]

Oh hai, LJ stalker! ;-)

Looking forward to seeing what you have in your archives of weirdness!

[brendala.livejournal.com]

Oh hai, object of my obsession! How's life? Check the icon for a preview of what you have to look forward to tonight! LOL

[hannahsarah.livejournal.com]

Eeek! Shaggy has lice? D-:

[brendala.livejournal.com]

That's what Velma wants him to think. ~_^

[akutati.livejournal.com]

Weren't those, uh, "stars of dead", as in shuriken, for the self-defence of the women and the children? Not really deadly, you know? :D

Anyway, this is one of the awesomest things I've seen for a while.

[1geek-queen.livejournal.com]

Scooby Doo! <3