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 Are you old enough to remember when
Reader
Service Cards were inserted into the binding of magazines? One of these circa
1969 tech-themed comics appearing in Electronics World magazine has the husband anxiously telling his wife to hurry and
send in a Reader Service Card for his radio system that was spewing parts. The fact
is that was not the purpose of Reader Service Cards; they were for getting product
information, not for requesting repairs or replacement parts. Reader Service Cards
were the old world version of website URLs and
QR (quick response)
scan codes seen in contemporary print ads. Each advertisement in the magazine had
a Reader Service Number printed on it, so you would take your pen and draw circles
around the matching numbers on the Reader Service card, then mail it to the publisher.
I colorized the comics for you.
Electronics-Themed Comics
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April 1969 Electronics World
Table of Contents
Wax nostalgic about and learn from the history of early electronics. See articles
from
Electronics World, published May 1959
- December 1971. All copyrights hereby acknowledged.
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"Homework...? Fourth Grade...?"
April 1969 Electronics World
(p63)
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May 1969 Electronics World
Table of Contents
Wax nostalgic about and learn from the history of early electronics. See articles
from
Electronics World, published May 1959
- December 1971. All copyrights hereby acknowledged.
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"Quick, Circle number 977JB on the Reader Service Card!"
May 1969 Electronics World (p82)
"It's your wife, again, with her nasty ultrasonic voice."
May 1969 Electronics World (p86)
These Technically-Themed Comics Appeared in Vintage Electronics Magazines. I
personally scanned and posted every one from copies I own (and even colorized some).
275 pages as of 5/13/2026.
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