{"id":2315,"date":"2009-11-17T07:00:55","date_gmt":"2009-11-17T12:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=2315"},"modified":"2009-11-16T23:10:24","modified_gmt":"2009-11-17T04:10:24","slug":"cube-lube","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/11\/17\/cube-lube\/","title":{"rendered":"Cube Lube"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I can&#8217;t make this kind of stuff up.\u00a0 Here is an advertisement for &#8220;Cube Lube&#8221; that ran in DC Comics cover dated June 1982.\u00a0 Though I understand the intention is innocent, I find it hard to believe this ran in a comic book targeted at children.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Cube Lube\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/cubelube.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"515\" height=\"380\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Tell the world about ONCE UPON A GEEK:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-2315\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/11\/17\/cube-lube\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-2315\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/11\/17\/cube-lube\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/11\/17\/cube-lube\/?share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul><li class=\"share-reddit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-reddit sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/11\/17\/cube-lube\/?share=reddit\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Reddit\"><span>Reddit<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-2315\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/11\/17\/cube-lube\/?share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I can&#8217;t make this kind of stuff up.\u00a0 Here is an advertisement for &#8220;Cube Lube&#8221; 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Here is the inked version before coloring. 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