Only men need apply

This recruitment ad is both chauvinistic and borderline camp, even though it encourages readers to join the Army to feel like real men.

"Feel like a man", 1963
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Greatest Self-Defense Offer Ever

The concept of this ad is pretty much illegal today- learn self-defense techniques and break the bones of your enemies using the "Guerrilla Defense" they call it. The line art says it all.

"You might be a lightweight but you can overpower the biggest bully" - a very risky claim if you have no previous real-life physical training. You might not get out of that one in one piece.

"Like twigs", 1943
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Space artist needed

Another one selling "the knowledge" to get a plum job in the "High Pay Missile Industry". Drawing rockets and missiles, and other technical things.

The line art is just fantastic- legit pulp space madness. Think of The Jetsons. Guaranteed to get someone to send some money.

"Space artist", 1962
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For the entry price to get your booklet of secrets ($2 in 1962) you could buy six issues of the science magazine it was published in. Being a space-age artist is not cheap.

Are you sure this is safe?

So there you go. YOU can become a qualified scuba diver, in the comfort and safety of your own home.

"Fortunes in diving", 1959
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They will even send you some "Maps of Sunken Treasure" to get you started.