Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, March 1922 · page 2 of 68
Captain Billy's Whiz Bang #31 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is **not a cartoon or satirical content page**—it's a **direct-mail advertisement** for Whiz Bang magazine's 1921-22 Winter Annual. Whiz Bang was a popular American humor magazine of the 1920s. This ad uses aggressive sales tactics common to the era: urgency ("They're Going Fast!"), scarcity messaging (last year's smaller edition sold out in days), and a low barrier to entry (mail a dollar bill pinned to a coupon). The promised content—jokes, jests, jingles, stories, "pot pourri," and "Smokehouse poetry"—reflects the magazine's irreverent, bawdy humor typical of post-WWI American comedy publications aimed at working-class readers. The note about not requesting back issues reveals the publication's supply-chain limitations during this period. The Robbinsdale, Minnesota address indicates a regional publisher with national distribution ambitions.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
They're Going Fast! Whiz Bang's greatest book—The Winter An- nual Pedigreed Follies of 1921-22—hot off the press. Orders are now being mailed. There will be no delay as long as the supply lasts. If your news stand's quota is sold out— PIN A DOLLAR BILL Or your check, money order or stamps To the coupon on the back page. And receive our 256-page bound volume of jokes, jests, jingles, stories, pot pourri, mail bag and Smokehouse poetry. The best collection ever put in print. REMEMBER, FOLK Last year our Annual (which was only one- fourth as large as the 1921-22 book) was sold out on the Pacific Coast within three or four days, and not a copy could be bought anywhere in the United States within ten days. So hurry up! First Come will be First Served! Pin your dollar bill to the coupon and mail to the Whiz Bang Farm, Robbinsdale, Minn. Don't write for early back copies of our regular issues. We haven't any left.