Captain Billy's Whiz Bang #23 — page 2: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is **entirely advertising**, not satirical content. It contains four separate ads targeting post-WWI American readers: 1. **The Stars and Stripes Publishing Co.** — advertising subscriptions to a military publication, appealing to nostalgia among veterans ("takes you back in memories to the days overseas") 2. **Egbert Brothers** — selling photographs of "California Bathing Girls," marketed as den decoration 3. **"Subscribe Now"** — promoting a farmyard-themed publication at $2.50/year, with a subscription coupon The ads reflect early 1920s consumer culture aimed at returning soldiers. The "Bathing Beauties" ad is notable for its casual objectification standard to that era. There is no visible cartoon or satirical commentary on this page—it's purely commercial content.