Things I Miss #3

In the 1970s there was a brand of American bubble gum called Bazooka Joe. Inside the packet was a piece of paper with a comic strip featuring the eponymous character (wearing a baseball cap and an eyepatch) "and his Gang." There was also an advertisement for a piece of kitsch (a telescope; an ID bracelet; a birthstone pendant; a “real camera). Although my friends and I assiduously collected these tokens, none of us ever sent off for anything nor knew anyone who had. Somewhere in a cupboard I have a small box full of these slips of paper…