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[don.siegel]

I originally found one of these in a comic called Teen Titans, and just found a whole bunch of these "hobby hints" clipped out, so here are the ones concerning slot cars. I also added one that stars "big Sis", so you can understand why we all grew up kind of warped. 

 

Not sure how valid some of these are - especially about leaving your magnets in the machine all night! But these were all sent in by/geared to about 12 year old boys.  Cap's National Comics is part of DC Comics. 

 

Don 

 

 

 

 

[Cheater]

Neat stuff, Don!

[Dennis David]

Allways like to read about slots.

[Vay Jonynas]

Many of the DC comics that hit the newstands fifty years ago this month contained this particular Cap's Hobby Hints:

 

 

[Vay Jonynas]

 

I originally found one of these in a comic called Teen Titans, and just found a whole bunch of these "hobby hints" clipped out, so here are the ones concerning slot cars. I also added one that stars "big Sis", so you can understand why we all grew up kind of warped. 

 

 

 

 

I wonder how many young modellers immediately went and borrowed mom's or older sister's earrings? And then returned them to the jewelry box with coagulated styrene cement on them?

 

[Vay Jonynas]

Here's one that ran just over fifty years ago in the DC comics that hit the stands in January 1966: