Did Anyone Actually BUY This?

I mean, obviously a lot of people did buy the Easy Bake Oven, but why would you advertise it in a comic book geared for 8 to 12 year-old boys? No parent in their right mind would let a boy get anywhere near a heat source capable of baking anything.... that's just asking for a plate of dog-poop brownies to show up mysteriously on a grade-school teacher's desk!