Make it famous: (5,987 views) Tucked inside every comic, between the bad puns and the offer for a "Secret Agent Decoder Ring," was a box. Inside that box was a . And next to that fortune was a squiggly line of gibberish.
Did you ever actually own a working Bazooka Joe decoder ring? Or did you just guess the symbols? Let me know in the comments below! bazooka joe code
By 2012, Topps officially killed the physical Bazooka Joe comic strip. The code went extinct in the wild. Tucked inside every comic, between the bad puns
The "Secret Code" turned a $0.05 piece of stale gum into an interactive puzzle. It forced you to buy another piece tomorrow to see if the symbols changed. (They usually didn't, but the hope was there.) One of the most fascinating things about the Bazooka Joe Code is that there was no single code. Did you ever actually own a working Bazooka Joe decoder ring
But for 60 years, it was .
In 2020, Topps revived the brand with "Bazooka Nation." The gum is still pink, the jokes are still terrible... and the code is back .
So the next time you see a dusty box of Bazooka at a retro candy store, buy it. Don't chew the gum (seriously, it’s like chewing a candle). Just look at the comic. Find that little box. And remember a time when a secret code only required a piece of gum, a dream, and a complete disregard for dental hygiene.
