Harold von Braunhut (1926-2003) was the inventor/marketer behind X-Ray Specs and Amazing Sea-Monkeys. (Apparently von Braunhut was also a nasty racist who, even though he was Jewish, supported the KKK and other white supremacist groups.) Above is the story of von Braunhut’s magical brine shrimp that sold themselves through illustrator Joe Orlando’s wonderful comic book illustrations of unreal humanoid sea creatures living the life of Riley.
