Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Wow, flashlight batteries are dangerous!

Batteries! Nowadays we use batteries in our remote controls and our electric toothbrushes and our Furbys. But there was a Golden Age of batteries, when those tiny tin-covered powerhouses led men of rugged handsomeness and grim determination into a wild landscape of adventure, danger, and giant killer bears? Can you take the heat, bub? Is there enough hair on your chest to demand the 1.5 volts you get in every D cell? Are you man enough to use Ray-O-Vac batteries, ya sissy?


Eveready battery comic book ad
from Detective Comics #156 (February 1950)


Eveready battery comic book ad
from The Adventures of Bob Hope #5 (October-November 1950)


Eveready battery comic book ad
from The Adventures of Bob Hope #3 (June-July 1950)


Eveready battery comic book ad
from Detective Comics #148 (June 1949)


So are you man enough? No. No, you are not.

However, this guy is:

Eveready battery comic book ad

2 comments:

SallyP said...

Gosh, the things that you learn! I had no idea that the Coast Guard went around blowing up ships, for example! Thanks Bully!

Scott Bryan said...

Wait, if "several hours" have passed, why didn't the bear lose interest?
Also, if they last forever, why buy spares?