Monday, February 2, 2009

Manic Monday--Things Were Different in 1949


From Police Comics #90 (1949):

Fact: parents in the forties WANTED their kids to dieWell, that deserves a closer look:

Why doesn't anybody call the G-Men any more?

Crooks ARE a cowardly lot!
Chief Wiggum at work
And so the career of Dog the Bounty Hunter is born...Lessons we've learned:

A) In 1949, it was considered cool for children to use toy guns to stop armed robbers named "Killer."

B) In 1949, armed robbers would surrender to children.

C) In 1949, police encouraged children to capture violent criminals that they weren't able to.

D) In 1949, children could get reward money for using toy guns to capture criminals.

Once again, proof I was born too late...

BONUS:

Certainly the object of many a childhood dareGives a new meaning to eating hot lead...

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I wish a couple of these neighborhood kids would try to break up a bank robbery with a toy gun.

Anonymous said...

That kid grew up to be president of the NRA.
WM