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Garbage Pail Kids - The Gross, Weird, and Wonderful Cards That Took Over the 80s

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Garbage Pail Kids - The Gross, Weird, and Wonderful Cards That Took Over the 80s In the mid-1980s, while kids were trading baseball cards and begging for Cabbage Patch Kids dolls, Topps decided to stir the pot. The result? Garbage Pail Kids  - a set of hilariously gross, satirical trading cards that became both a playground sensation and a cultural controversy. Adam Bomb – The most iconic Garbage Pail Kid of them all Where it all began First released in 1985 by Topps, Garbage Pail Kids were designed as a parody of the wildly popular Cabbage Patch Kids dolls. Each card featured a grotesque yet funny character with pun-filled names like Adam Bomb , Leaky Lindsay , or Up Chuck . Kids loved them. Parents… not so much. Artwork came from comic legends like Art Spiegelman (later Pulitzer Prize winner for Maus ) and John Pound, who turned gross-out humor into collectible gold. Every sticker card had two versions: an “A” and “B” name, but with the same artwork — ...
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The Controversial Collectibles: A Look Back at the 1987 "Terrorist Attack" Trading Cards

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The Most Controversial Trading Cards Ever? Inside the 1987 “Terrorist Attack” Set In the weird world of trading cards, few sets have sparked as much controversy or curiosity - as the 1987 “Terrorist Attack” cards . Produced by the Piedmont Candy Company, these cards were marketed as educational tools but quickly became infamous for their shocking subject matter. Today, they stand as one of the most talked-about card sets of the 1980s. Who Made Them and Why? Released during the height of Cold War tension and global unrest, the “Terrorist Attack” trading cards were created to highlight real-life terrorist incidents and groups. The cards featured dramatic illustrations and brief descriptions of events, people, and factions involved in terrorism around the world. The intention may have been to educate, but the execution left many feeling uncomfortable. Backlash and Immediate Discontinuation Within weeks of hitting store shelves, the backlash ca...
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