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| I was looking at the Super Country Music (Tenny Cards, 1992) promos yesterday and checked Allender's site for any unusual background info. Longtime collectors know that there are 4 promos (Holly Dunn, Brooks & Dunn, Sawyer Brown, and John Anderson) that were distributed in a cello-pack with a sticker on the front that says "Promotional Not For Sale." The cards themselves are not marked in any way that they are promotional. Shown below are a John Anderson base card (front & back) and a John Anderson promo back (front is the same). The promo has the same front but a different back (shown still in a sealed promo pack). What I learned from Allender's listing, is that the base cards are actually unnumbered like the promos. Most of the time, an unnumbered card is an indicator of a promo or prototype card. This led me to think that the promos might just be base cards. However, the promo is still distinguishable from the corresponding base card because the back text is arranged a little differently. You can see the first line of base card ends with "storm-" while it ends with "out" on the promo. I don't know if the Dunn, Brooks & Dunn, and Sawyer Brown promos are different. Maybe someone else can confirm either way? |
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| I saw that listing too but now I don't see it. Did you happen to save any of the images? quote: Originally posted by David R: PCE lists a Barbie fold out promo card by the River Group which is fairly common. However I recently saw a second version on ebay with totally different images
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| PCE2008 lists two cards, "Bloodskirt" and "Spiderfemme" under "Spoof Comics" on pages 132-133 although I'm not certain the "Bloodskirt" card is the same. Todd lists the "Spiderfemme" card within a subgroup, the cards being distinct in that they are undated and lack manufacturer info, having just some background info on the character shown on the front and named on the back. These two cards are the kind of thing you might have found in a bargain box back in the 90's but they were originally available only as inserts with the special serial-numbered "Trading Card Edition" of "Amazing Heroes Swimsuit Issue" #5. Many of you remember "Amazing Heroes" as a comics industry journal geared for comic book collectors in the 80's and early 90's. Wikipedia says it went out of business in 1992 but these cards were inserted with the August 1993 Swimsuit Issue. I have seen two copies of the "Trading Card Edition" and they didn't have the same two cards so I assume there are more of them and maybe a few of the other cards listed in PCE were also inserted with Swimsuit Issue #5 or one of the other special editions. |
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| PCE2008 notes the existence of a "Betty Page" card with "silver prismatic border under the "Personality Comics" heading. The entry is marked as the cards being undated so the card below might be a different one (as it is dated) or just an exception within the group. Anyway, this one was inserted with the autographed and serial-numbered edition of the "Bad Girls" (Personality Comics, 1992) set which is a set within the "Shock Cards" series. You didn't get the card if you bought the regular edition. I've seen at least one of the other "Shock Cards" sets also has a special (and possibly exclusive) insert. Also, the "Bad Girls" set is part true crime/history, part celebration of actresses with attitude with the artwork leaning toward caricature. |
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