Comic Book Ads for Child Labor

Those old comic book ads? Sell crap and win prizes using child labor. Hubbard House of Chicago tricked children into selling “religious plaques or mottos” door to door. Putting these fearful graphics on the back of comic books. They also operated as the FUNman company. Once you sold $8.40 world of mottos you could cash in with a $2.40 cent profit, or keep selling for PRIZES! They don’t indicate any prices. The company faded away due to Tightened Regulations in the 1950s.The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) began cracking down on "sell-to-win" schemes that targeted minors. New laws regarding "child labor" (even for door-to-door sales) and stricter truth-in-advertising standards made their aggressive "The World is on FIRE" marketing more difficult to sustain. Think of all the kids they cheated, scared and disappointed #oldtimereligion. #comicbooks. #scam. #childlabor