It's kind of hard to believe, but it took me over 25 years of reading comic books to discover this ad.  A couple of months ago, I was reading a newly acquired copy of Headline Comics #71 (May-June 1955) and on the very last page, I found an ad for Cloverine Salve entitled "Jim and Judy Defy Savage Gorilla."  What makes this ad so terribly funny is that it is full of absolute nonsense at several different levels. I almost decided against posting the ad on our site when I found that it is already featured in seanbaby.com's "The Best of the Worst in Comic Book Advertising" section.  But this piece really deserves some more exposure, so I've posted our full scan of the ad here.  Some of the text is awfully difficult to read, but this is not so much an issue with our scanner as it is an indication of the poor printing quality of comics back in the 1950's.

cloverine pony Have a look at the ad for yourself and you'll see just how ridiculous it is.  Lucky for the frightened zoo patrons that the parents of Jim and Judy had the foresight to allow their  kids to bring their weapons to the zoo.  I guess it was perfectly legal for underage kids to carry concealed weapons back in the 1950's.  Nowadays, that's only legal in Texas, I think.

And how much Cloverine salve do you have to sell to get that pony, anyway?  Good luck on getting your dad to work a night job at the foundry to pay all those vet bills and lodging expenses for your "free" horsey.  I bet the glue factories loved Cloverine salve.