Do Grown-Ups Cop Out On The Clothes You Wear?

April 19th, 2007

Filed under: Comics

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As the story goes, back in 1967, DC Comics got the bright idea to publish a comic-book-sized pop music magazine titled Teen Beat. For the second issue, the name was changed to Teen Beam (allegedly due to the threat of a lawsuit from the publishers of Tiger Beat). This house ad from Superman’s Girl Friend Lois Lane #80 (and found in other DC comics from January 1968) advertises Teen Beam #2, the only issue of that “12¢ now mag in full groovy color” ever released.

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9 Responses to “ Do Grown-Ups Cop Out On The Clothes You Wear? ”

  1. Chris Sims
    April 20th, 2007 at 1:26 am

    I have nothing but trouble communicating with the establishment.

  2. OptimusShr
    April 20th, 2007 at 7:13 am

    The chick on that quiz freaks me out.

  3. mike.
    April 20th, 2007 at 9:02 am

    Seriously, I was born like 20 years too late.

  4. Hulkster
    April 20th, 2007 at 10:31 am

    I’m 30 and I still looked upon as a gawky adolescent when I try to express my hang-ups. Far out, man.

  5. David C
    April 20th, 2007 at 10:59 am

    Does anybody know what happened to Teen Beam #1, and why the series itself was cancelled so quickly, for that matter?

  6. tiassa
    April 20th, 2007 at 12:23 pm

    That quiz reminds me of the scene in Better Off Dead where the dad is reading the phrasebook to communicate with his son…

  7. Conor E
    April 21st, 2007 at 7:33 pm

    I’m hoping “cop out” had a different meaning back then, because that sentence makes no sense. Then again, adults failing miserably at copying teenage slang isn’t a new thing.

  8. Peggy
    April 22nd, 2007 at 1:59 pm

    What surprises me about this ad is the spelling of the word “disk”. Back in 1968, discs were vinyl records played on turntables, and the word was usually spelled with a “c”. The “k” spelling of disk didn’t come into fashion until computer disks became prevalent, quite some time after 1968. Either the writer of this ad was ahead of his time or he just couldn’t spell very well.

    Thanks for this blast from the 1960s, Scott. I was 14 years old in 1968, so this ad, with its scrambled teen slang, would have been aimed straight at me.

  9. Deborah
    April 26th, 2007 at 1:08 pm

    I am old enough to remember that. Okay, not quite, I was reading “see Spot run” at the time. But still, I am quite certain that they have no frickin clue how to use that slang, that “cop out” meant more or less what it means now, and that “express your hang-ups” has never, ever been used by a real human being.

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