468 – Electric Spot Reducer

An ad for an "Electric Spot Reducer" in Adventures of the Unknown #17, January 1951
An ad for an “Electric Spot Reducer” in Adventures of the Unknown #17, January 1951

Remember that episode of Mad Men where Peggy tries out that electric weight loss belt and it turns out to be a vibrator? Well that was based on real products, one of which ran ads in Marvel and ACG comic books throughout 1950-1951, usually showing a woman “pleasuring” herself seductively. I guess “weight loss”, “can’t sleep” and “muscular aches” are code for sexual frustration?

Another ad for the "Electric Spot Reducer".
Another ad for the “Electric Spot Reducer”.