But first, from inside the front cover, how about a science quiz?
Well, yeah. Major Inapak The Space Ace #1 (1951) was one of those free promotional comics, this one dedicated to boosting a chocolate-flavored vitamin supplement that you mix with your milk.
"Steady nerves"?? What the hell is in this stuff, Prozac?
Anyway, yes, the book is replete with pitches for Inapak...
I don't want to oversell this story (drawn, and probably written, by Bob Powell). But it's a fun story, with aliens using the moon to launch attacks on Earth, and Major Inapak pulling a Reed Richards by taking off in an untested rocket (with a stowaway kid sidekick!!) to combat the menace. The tale is told with considerably more creativity and artistic merit than a free tie-in comic demanded. Check out this one-page fight scene...
So, thanks to this blog post, Major Inapak outlasted drink for which he got his name. Take that, capitalism!!
BONUS: Young David Bowie hasn't got the lyrics quite right yet:
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The Inapak were a Canadian First Nations tribe that are best known today for combining a paste made from cacao beans (similar to Mexican mole) with elk's milk, which was thought to have medicinal purposes.
This concoction was shared with the nearby Takhomasak tribe of US Great Lakes Area, who instead combined the paste with bison's milk and, in a process still not understood, made it into a partially frozen drink. This was often served with a portion of seared bison meat on a bun.
They are not to be confused with the Tokamak indian tribe of Russia who, of course, discovered the atom.
That's the best explanation/History lesson I've ever heard.
The More You Know...
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