Popular Post Cpt Kirk Posted September 25, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 25, 2021 (edited) After posting a previously undiscovered DC comics 3-pack, I was asked some questions about those trading card sheets that came with the packs. @archivist found Jeff Allender's website which contains a checklist of all known 15 sheets. I have 13 of those 15 sheets in opened packs, so I thought I would post them for anyone who wants to see them. With about 40 other unopened packs in hand, I suspect I could find others but I'm not ready to open up those packs just yet. If I don't have a spare of any given pack, I keep it sealed (the goal is to have all the known packs still sealed). If anyone can produce images of Board 14, please do so (the board number refers to the numbering system in Jeff Allender's website). I have an unopened pack with Board 7 (which I will open as soon and post images as soon as a spare pack arrives from ebay) and I am missing Board 14. An image of the front of Board 14 can be found on the 4th board down on the following link (Board 14 has Power Girl, Superman 76, JLA 1 and others on it): https://www.cosmicteams.com/jla/img/cards/great_heroes/intro3.htm And here are links to Jeff Allender's listing of the following sheets. http://www.nslists.com/dccombk1.htm http://www.nslists.com/dccombk2.htm Board #1 Board #2 Board #3 Board #4 Board #5 Board #6 Board #7 Board #8 Board #9 Board #10 Board #11 Board #12 Board #13 Board #14 (I don't have this one... refer to link above for image of the front) Board #15 Edited October 10, 2021 by Cpt Kirk jdandns, OtherEric, Warlord and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdandns Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 Amazing, thanks! I'll try (again) to find mine in the next day or two and add the missing pictures, if I can. ADAMANTIUM and Cpt Kirk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt Kirk Posted September 26, 2021 Author Share Posted September 26, 2021 (edited) On 9/25/2021 at 5:58 PM, jdandns said: Amazing, thanks! I'll try (again) to find mine in the next day or two and add the missing pictures, if I can. Jeff Allender claims 6 different cards were produced in 1987 and 9 more different cards were produced in 1989. Link's to Jeff's checklists are as follows. http://www.nslists.com/dccombk1.htm http://www.nslists.com/dccombk2.htm The first 6 cards shown above were produced in 1987 according to Jeff's checklists. The next 5 cards shown above were produced in 1989 according to Jeff's checklists. Note that the only obvious difference between the 4th card shown above and the last card above is the UPC code. They both have a green background at the top of the card with an orange starburst. All the cards have "DC Comics Inc 1987" printed on the front of the cards, so I don't know how Jeff concluded that the second set was released in 1989 (but I have no reason to doubt his claim either). Many of the cards have different UPC cards, so maybe those will lend a clue for identifying the different types of cards without opening the packs. Edited September 26, 2021 by Cpt Kirk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdandns Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 I actually remember when these were first on-sale and there was a gap between the two releases. The first batch are the "$2.25 value" since that's three 1987 comics at 75 cents each while the boards that show "$3 Value" indicate three 1989 comics at $1 each. One of the packs I bought back then had the classic Batman #423 with the McFarlane cover. I'm not sure I would've saved that comic as I haven't looked at my Batman comics in a long time, but I still have the cards, haha. Cpt Kirk and Warlord 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdandns Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 I actually remember when these were first on-sale and there was a notable gap between the two releases. The first batch are the "$2.25 value" since that's three 1987 comics at 75 cents each while the boards that show "$3 Value" indicate three 1989 comics at $1 each. One of the packs I bought back then had the classic Batman #423 with the McFarlane cover. I'm not sure I would've saved that comic as I haven't looked at my Batman comics in a long time, but I still have the cards, haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt Kirk Posted September 27, 2021 Author Share Posted September 27, 2021 (edited) On 9/26/2021 at 2:23 PM, jdandns said: I actually remember when these were first on-sale and there was a gap between the two releases. The first batch are the "$2.25 value" since that's three 1987 comics at 75 cents each while the boards that show "$3 Value" indicate three 1989 comics at $1 each. One of the packs I bought back then had the classic Batman #423 with the McFarlane cover. I'm not sure I would've saved that comic as I haven't looked at my Batman comics in a long time, but I still have the cards, haha. Aha... now I get the difference of the 1987 vs 1989, And no worries my friend. I still have one of those Batman 423's in an opened pack if you really want one. I am quite frankly astounded at the prices of those 423's. I probably have at least 3 spares. Edited September 27, 2021 by Cpt Kirk onlyweaknesskryptonite 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 The one pack I have; no idea what the 3rd book in it is, or which card sheet: Cpt Kirk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 On 9/26/2021 at 5:29 AM, Cpt Kirk said: Jeff Allender claims 6 different cards were produced in 1987 and 9 more different cards were produced in 1989. Link's to Jeff's checklists are as follows. http://www.nslists.com/dccombk1.htm http://www.nslists.com/dccombk2.htm The first 6 cards shown above were produced in 1987 according to Jeff's checklists. The next 5 cards shown above were produced in 1989 according to Jeff's checklists. Note that the only obvious difference between the 4th card shown above and the last card above is the UPC code. They both have a green background at the top of the card with an orange starburst. All the cards have "DC Comics Inc 1987" printed on the front of the cards, so I don't know how Jeff concluded that the second set was released in 1989 (but I have no reason to doubt his claim either). Many of the cards have different UPC cards, so maybe those will lend a clue for identifying the different types of cards without opening the packs. Batman #429, featured on one of the second wave cards, has a cover date of January 1989, I'm guessing that's where the date came from. Cpt Kirk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt Kirk Posted September 27, 2021 Author Share Posted September 27, 2021 (edited) On 9/27/2021 at 12:21 AM, OtherEric said: The one pack I have; no idea what the 3rd book in it is, or which card sheet: I'm guessing you have Board #12 shown on Jeff Allendar's web page. If you turn the pack upside down and whack it a few times on a hard surface, the comics will slide down and you will see the bottom two cards (namely Green Lantern/Green Arrow 76 and Aqualad). And here's the rest of the story: After looking at 63 different boards with sealed and unsealed packs, I've concluded that there's a lot of randomness in how these were put together. The card groupings on the sheet and the appearance of the front of the sheet are always the same. However, the same sheet of cards can have different UPC numbers or appearances on the back side. Go figure. I found two more card sheets (namely board #7 and #9 on Jeff Allendar's page) by analyzing the packs, but I'm not going to unseal the packs to reveal the sheets. I still have yet to find 2 of the packs named on Jeff Allendar's page (specifically board #11 and board #14) Edited September 27, 2021 by Cpt Kirk jdandns and OtherEric 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt Kirk Posted September 27, 2021 Author Share Posted September 27, 2021 (edited) This website contains images of all the card sheets that I didn't have in my collection shown above except for Board #9. So you can refer to website below for images of Boards 7, 11, and 14 (which are not shown above). I will probably break out Board #9 out of it's pack in the next few weeks if someone doesn't post an image of it before I get around to that. https://www.cosmicteams.com/jla/img/cards/great_heroes/intro3.htm Edited September 27, 2021 by Cpt Kirk jdandns 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt Kirk Posted September 28, 2021 Author Share Posted September 28, 2021 On 9/26/2021 at 2:23 PM, jdandns said: I actually remember when these were first on-sale and there was a gap between the two releases. The first batch are the "$2.25 value" since that's three 1987 comics at 75 cents each while the boards that show "$3 Value" indicate three 1989 comics at $1 each. One of the packs I bought back then had the classic Batman #423 with the McFarlane cover. I'm not sure I would've saved that comic as I haven't looked at my Batman comics in a long time, but I still have the cards, haha. Notice that some of the backs of the last 9 boards still say $2.25 value. I wonder if that is because they stuffed those packs with older comics that were excess stock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stronguy Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 (edited) I decided to take a peek at the only DC 3-Pack I have and apparently it is one of the missing ones. Board #11 53 Lex Luthor 61 Hawk 69 Crisis #8 77 Metamorpho 85 Forever People #1 100 Gorilla Grodd 108 Batman #164 116 Batman Family #1 Comics are Batman 423, 424, 425 (all either 2nd or 3rd print) Edited September 30, 2021 by Stronguy Cpt Kirk, Iconic1s and jdandns 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt Kirk Posted October 1, 2021 Author Share Posted October 1, 2021 On 9/30/2021 at 3:40 PM, Stronguy said: I decided to take a peek at the only DC 3-Pack I have and apparently it is one of the missing ones. Board #11 53 Lex Luthor 61 Hawk 69 Crisis #8 77 Metamorpho 85 Forever People #1 100 Gorilla Grodd 108 Batman #164 116 Batman Family #1 Comics are Batman 423, 424, 425 (all either 2nd or 3rd print) Great job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt Kirk Posted October 2, 2021 Author Share Posted October 2, 2021 I bought and opened more packs in the interest of variant science. I included images of the front and back of Boards 9 and 11 in the first posting above. Coming soon, I will post front and back of Board 7 (just bought a spare pack on ebay that will allow me to crack open Board 7). After that, the only missing Board is 14 (we have an image of the front of Board 14, but I do not have this board so someone else might have to come up with images of Board 14. ADAMANTIUM, jdandns, Iconic1s and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stronguy Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 Knowing that the Batman 423-425 (Board 11) books are all 2nd or 3rd print, I wonder how many of the other books are later printings. Cpt Kirk and Iconic1s 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt Kirk Posted October 10, 2021 Author Share Posted October 10, 2021 I just posted an image of Board #7 (front and back) at the top of this post. Iconic1s and onlyweaknesskryptonite 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
