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Robbie Parry
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Mr Byrne, at any point in your life, have you collected or been interested in trading cards, superhero or otherwise?
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When I was between 10 and 13, there were a number of trading card series that I collected. There was an American Civil War set, a Pirates set (with some illustrated by Kurt Schaeffenberger), and some humorous sets, like Funny Valentines.
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Thank you for the answer! The Pirates set sounds fun!

I will say this: when I go to conventions, entire collections of cards are sold by dealers, but as a kid, and I didn't buy too many, the thrill was in the hunt; the thrill was in swapping with schoolfriends; and the thrill was in walking out of the newsagent and experiencing a mix of joy ("Yay, I needed this one!") and frustration ("Oh no, not that one again!").
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I used to collect Garbage Pail Kids cards. Still wish I had them.


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I still like Star Trek TOS trading card sets and will buy a set from eBay occasionally.  I only buy sets that look interesting and appealing to me.
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I used to collect the Topps Marvel stickers, in fact i
still have a few stashed away, if i remember correctly
you got a stick of gum and a trading card that was part
of an FF cover in the pack as well.
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I collected these when I was a kid...


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I was recently looking for the 1989 John Byrne Card Set but all I can find is an uncut card sheet on eBay.
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My aunt had Beatles cards, and my brother seemed to have a lot of hockey cards. I remember only buying 'Wacky Packages' stickers that were the same size as cards, but I saw lot of others around... some kind of monster baseball cartoon cars by Jack Davis stands out. I bought a pile of random 1966 Batman painting-style cards I ran across at a convention once but traded them off for something else before too long. Didn't know there were John Byrne cards.

"I was recently looking for the 1989 John Byrne Card Set but all I can find is an uncut card sheet on eBay."

I see someone has multiple copies of the uncut sheet right now for $8.95 u.s., sounds like a good deal for those that are into it, and the b&w art on the back looks really nice. Postage to Canada puts me out of even thinking about it. If you have access to a large paper cutter too...


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Would the Wacky Package things be stickers with parodies
of well known products? Eg:-Crust toothpaste?
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Jeff: I was recently looking for the 1989 John Byrne Card Set but all I can find is an uncut card sheet on eBay.

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A set pops up on Ebay every once in a while.

In "completed auctions", I see a set recently sold for less than $15.
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"Would the Wacky Package things be stickers with parodies
of well known products?"

Yes. I remember a few like a paperback cover for Gums had a shark with no teeth, and a U.S. cleaning product called 'Janitor In A Drum' was parodied by showing a janitor inside it drowned. Art Spiegelman of Raw/Maus worked on some I found out later, it seemed like they kept making them for years. We used to stick them all over everything and drive adults mad.
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