Random Panel: Great moments in bad product design, "Flaming Pacifier" edition

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(From "Strange Worlds" number 3, 1950.)

11 Responses to Random Panel: Great moments in bad product design, "Flaming Pacifier" edition

  1. Joshua says:

    Chicalmo, the original Chi-town!

  2. DJ says:

    “For when your baby just won’t stop crying we introduce this wonderful product called The Butane Binky!

  3. Frankie says:

    Chicalmo–makes me think of chics and the Alamo.

    What’s with the surprised look on her face? According to the narration, the acheology duo were astounded by discovering her. Maybe that safety pin holding her top together isn’t so safe.

  4. JInkieZoinks says:

    Who’d have thought that if you went in search of South American gold you’d find a caucasian redhead woman in lost jungle cities. It explains why the conquistadors went let alone the adventurers after them. I’d go.

  5. Danny Beaty says:

    This explains why babies are always spitting out their pacifers.

  6. Jose Inoa says:

    Historically speaking, the ancient peoples of this side of the planet were awaiting the arrival of their gods, who were in their legends – ‘white’.

    Other than that this baby-broiling bombshell is hot.

  7. Xstacy says:

    Not all the gods were white. I think of the Aztec pantheon, only Quetzecoatl was supposed to be pale. The other gods had their own…physical quirks.

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  9. @Xstacy:
    I thought Quetzecoatl was supposed to be some sort of feathery serpent dragon guy?

  10. XStacy says:

    He was associated with feathered serpents, and I believe he could be one when he wished, but he was also supposed to be a pale and light-haired (but otherwise flawless) man.

  11. XStacy says:

    (Uh, I didn’t really mean to imply that pale skin and light hair is a flaw. I meant Quetzecoatl was flawless compared to other gods in his pantheon, who typically were depicted as having deformities in their otherwise human shapes.)