Illustration has blue text on a white background. Button reads Cap'n Jim across the top, Channel 11 across the bottom. Image of Popeye is in the center.

Cap'n Jim refers to Jim Sanders and later Ted Eckman (aka Ted Niemi), who ran Cap'n Jim's Popeye Club on WIIC Channel 11 in Pittsburgh, Pa. The children's show ran in the late 1950s through the mid-1960s and featured live hosts, Popeye cartoons, and other segments. A second version ran for a few years starting in 1970.

Color illustration of Bullwinkle with a confused expression. The words "I'm so confused" listed on the top of button in capital red letters. Words and illustration over white background. 

Bullwinkle J. Moose is a fictional character from the animated television series Rocky and Bullwinkle (later called The Bullwinkle Show), produced by Jay Ward and Bill Scott which ran from 1959-1964. 

Bullwinkle was characterized as being kind though dim-witted. He was frequently referred to as the "moronic moose" and was juxtaposed by his intelligent friend Rocky the squirrel. The pair shared a house in a fictional town called Frostbite Falls, Minnesota, which parodied the real town of International Falls, Minnesota. There Bullwinkle attended college at Wossamotta U on a football scholarship. Rocky and Bullwinkle were featured in a half-animated half-live-action film in 2000 called The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle.

Buckwheat, the Little Rascal, is wearing a blue coat and a blue hat and is leaning on a black, slanted object; the lettering is white and black; all images and lettering are printed over an orange background.

This is a button featuring Buckwheat, a member of the Little Rascals, a gang of kids from Our Gang, a series of comedy short movies. Our Gang was produced between 1922 and 1944 by many different companies. The actor featured in the photo is Billie Thomas, the second person to act as Buckwheat; the original actor was, in fact, a girl. Thomas became Buckwheat in 1935 while the character was still considered a female. The character was referred to as "he" starting in 1936. 

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Brave New World is a dystopian fictional novel published in 1932 by Aldous Huxley. The novel is set in London in the year 2540. Huxley plays with ideas of futuristic developments in reproductive technology, sleep-learning, psychological manipulation, and classical conditioning. Additionally, a central theme to the novel is the division of society into five tiered castes. Each caste has a different economic role within society with lower castes being chemically manipulated to manage their levels of intelligence and physical growth.

Two men wearing plaid shirts, jackets, and winter caps (or "tuques" to most Canadians) sit at a coffee table littered with mugs. Behind them is a mural or poster of North America, with Canada in light blue and the United States in pink. Over the map of Canada is text in a slightly darker shade of pink. On the left, leaning against the background, is a pair of snowshoes.

Bob and Doug McKenzie are characters portrayed by the comedians Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas, respectively. The McKenzie brothers originated on the third season of SCTV, Second City's sketch comedy show, after it had moved to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in 1980. Due to demands by the CBC for a quota of content relating to Canada, Moranis and Thomas created the "Kanadian Korner" sketch series (later renamed "Great White North") as a venue for their stereotypically Canadian characters. The duo became popular in both the U.S. and Canada for their antics and catchphrases such as "Eh?" and "hoser," which they called anyone they didn't like. The duo went on to record a comedy album in 1981, the film Strange Brew was released in 1983, and they have since reprised the roles in various iterations until the present. 

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Promotional items were given away with the release of DC Comics' Lobo's Back #1, such as T-shirts and buttons featuring the phrase "Bite Me, Fan Boy," primarily in the 1990s. The character Lobo is an alien humanoid from the planet Czarnia with tracking powers, an analytical mind and extreme strength. Lobo first appeared in 1983's Omega Men #3. Lobo made guest appearances in other comics such as Superman and Batman, and also had his own monthly series.

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A black and white photograph of a woman appears before a white background. Above the photograph the button is rimmed with red; below it is rimmed with blue. Between the two rims there are breaks, in which appear two blue, five-pointed stars. Within each rim is white text. Smaller blue text also appears to the left of the photograph of the woman.

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Batman is a fictional superhero in the DC Comics world. He first appeared in 1939 as part of Detective Comics #27 written by Bill Finger and illustrated by Bob Kane. He gained his own comic book title, Batman, shortly after in 1940. The character is referred to by several names including "the Caped Crusader," "the Dark Knight," and "the World's Greatest Detective." 

Unlike most superheroes, Batman does not have any super powers. He is an American billionaire and philanthropist, who having witnessed the murder of his parents as a child, serves as a vigilante to the fictional town of Gotham. Rather than supernatural skill, he relies on his intellect, martial arts skills, physical prowess, detective skills, technology, and wealth to fight crime.

When Batman is needed, the Gotham City police use a searchlight with a bat-shaped insignia over the lens called the Bat-Signal, in order to alert his attention. The bat symbol has evolved since its origin in the 1940s. This insignia most closely resembles the 2004 logo.

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Batman is a fictional superhero in the DC Comics world. He first appeared in 1939 as part of Detective Comics #27 written by Bill Finger and illustrated by Bob Kane. He gained his own comic book title, Batman, shortly after in 1940. The character is referred to by several names including "the Caped Crusader," "the Dark Knight," and "the World's Greatest Detective." 

Unlike most superheroes, Batman does not have any super powers. He is an American billionaire and philanthropist, who having witnessed the murder of his parents as a child, serves as a vigilante to the fictional town of Gotham. Rather than supernatural skill, he relies on his intellect, martial arts skills, physical prowess, detective skills, technology, and wealth to fight crime.

When Batman is needed, the Gotham City police use a searchlight with a bat-shaped insignia over the lens called the Bat-Signal, in order to alert his attention. The bat symbol has evolved since its origin in the 1940s. This insignia most closely resembles the 1998 logo.