As *spoon* as Arch comes back from vacation Hepcat will still be Hepcat. 8 8

[Bomber-Bob]

Wow, some great wrappers. Love the Civil War News. Do you have any Mars Attacks wrappers to show us ?

[Hepcat]

Sadly I don't have a Mars Attacks wrapper.

 

The cards too are demand scarce, and I don't think they were distributed in Canada so they don't typically show up in my neck of the woods. I have a whopping total of only nine. Here they are:

 

 

 

I have these four booklets issued in the late eighties by Pocket Comics as well:

 

 

 

One booklet for each of the first 54 cards in the set was planned, but the endeavour was sadly curtailed after the first four booklets.

 

 

[Hepcat]

Well since we're in the midst of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, I thought some old hockey cards merited a look:

 

1960-61 Parkhurst

 

 

 

1961-62 Parkhurst

 

 

 

1962-63 Parkhurst

 

 

 

 

1963-64 Parkhurst

 

 

 

 

[KirbyJack]

No Gump Worsley?

[Wally's Comics]

 

 

 

 

[Hepcat]

No Gump Worsley?

 

I have quite a few Gump Worsley cards from 1957-58 to 1972-73. Which would you like me to scan?

 

[AJD]

Definitely give-a-show. They've been around at least since the 1950's. There were also foreign lines (Chad Valley, Peak Cine). The first one below shows Lassie, Three Pigs and Peter Pan I believe. The one I had seen had Top Hat, The Phantom and I can't remember the third one. Also, you'll notice the one pictured below has two sets of slides in addition to the box:

 

 

 

I've got a 1960s vintage Dr Who Chad Valley set at my mum's place. Almost wore it out as a kid. Here's a picture from the net of that set:

 

 

You can see the some of the slides here:

 

[KirbyJack]

No Gump Worsley?

 

I have quite a few Gump Worsley cards from 1957-58 to 1972-73. Which would you like me to scan?

 

 

Do you have one where he might possibly look athletic? I have just one, and he looks like Buddy Hackett.

[comicwiz]

No Gump Worsley?

 

I have quite a few Gump Worsley cards from 1957-58 to 1972-73. Which would you like me to scan?

 

 

Do you have one where he might possibly look athletic? I have just one, and he looks like Buddy Hackett.

 

Goalies from that era were not the picture of atheticism.

 

The culture was completely different from the way it is now. There is a lot of great reading material on the subject - if you can find Saving Face at your local library, I would highly recommend it. If I remember correctly, there might even be a rare photo of Gump wearing a mask with the North Stars (he was one of the few goalies who actually resisted the change, and the only time he wore one was in the last six games before he retired).

 

Anyhow back to my first point, to better illustrate what I mean, here is a classic photo of Turk Broda in full gear eating pancakes in the crease:

 

[Hepcat]

There were also foreign lines (Chad Valley, Peak Cine).

 

I've got a 1960s vintage Dr Who Chad Valley set at my mum's place. Almost wore it out as a kid. Here's a picture from the net of that set:

 

 

The Give-A-Show Projectors were marketed by Chad Valley in the U.K. and judging by how many Chad Valley Give-A-Show Projectors are still available these days, they were an even more popular toy line in the U.K. than here in North America.

 

[KirbyJack]

 

 

This picture is now a permanent part of my life.

[Hepcat]

No Gump Worsley?

 

I have quite a few Gump Worsley cards from 1957-58 to 1972-73. Which would you like me to scan?

 

 

Do you have one where he might possibly look athletic? I have just one, and he looks like Buddy Hackett.

 

The card in which Gump Worsley looks the most athletic is the 1960-61 Topps one:

 

 

And even that one may leave something to be desired in the athleticism department.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited June 23, 2014 by Hepcat

[Chip Cataldo]

I have a Gump card that looks like he should be making donuts and nowhere near a hockey rink.

 

Peace,

 

Chip

[Hepcat]

Now that summer's here, it's baseball jersey time again!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[KirbyJack]

No Gump Worsley?

 

I have quite a few Gump Worsley cards from 1957-58 to 1972-73. Which would you like me to scan?

 

 

Do you have one where he might possibly look athletic? I have just one, and he looks like Buddy Hackett.

 

The card in which Gump Worsley looks the most athletic is the 1960-61 Topps one:

 

 

And even that one may leave something to be desired in the athleticism department.

 

 

 

 

 

 

That's a good one! I like the back; it has a Jack Davis quality to it!

[Hepcat]

That's because the illustration on the back is indeed by Jack Davis! Jack did a lot of work for Topps including backs for baseball and hockey in certain years. And of course he did some fabulous non-sport sets for Topps including these:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Chip Cataldo]

 

Ripping off the Metaluna Mutant in the center there, eh?

 

Peace,

 

Chip

Edited July 7, 2014 by Chip Cataldo

[Hepcat]

Here are scans of some of my 1963 Post Cereal CFL cards:

 

 

 

And here are pictures of the Collector Album into which they can be glued:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Hepcat]

The first bubble gum cards to which I was exposed as a kid were from the 88 card 1957 Topps Hit Stars set. My older sister had brought a few home. She was looking for a Yul Brynner card, a search doomed to frustration since there was no Yul Brynner card in the set.

 

Here are a few scans from my present day set:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Hepcat]

They went to the fair and came back with a new friend for me:

 

 

His name is Bingo!

 

Edited April 6, 2015 by Hepcat