{"id":36924,"date":"2019-04-17T08:30:10","date_gmt":"2019-04-17T12:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=36924"},"modified":"2019-04-17T08:30:10","modified_gmt":"2019-04-17T12:30:10","slug":"back-when-superboy-encouraged-kids-to-build-radios-with-razor-blades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/back-when-superboy-encouraged-kids-to-build-radios-with-razor-blades\/","title":{"rendered":"Back when Superboy encouraged kids to build radios with razor blades"},"content":{"rendered":"

Talk about hitting all of my nostalgia points! Hat tip to SWLing Post<\/em> reader, Mitch, for sharing this ad from a 1960s comic book:
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Talk about hitting all of my nostalgia points! Hat tip to SWLing Post reader, Mitch, for sharing this ad from a 1960s comic book: Do you enjoy the SWLing Post? Please consider supporting us via\u00a0Patreon\u00a0or our\u00a0Coffee\u00a0Fund! Your support makes articles like this one possible. 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