I began collecting my first “non-sports” trading cards back in 1976 with presidents cards produced by local bread companies such as Colonial Bread. I then moved on to Star Wars cards thanks to a very small run of cards released in Wonder Bread loaves. Hooked on images of Star Wars in an age before VHS, in […]
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You’ve heard of Mars Attacks, but do you know the origin of Mars Attacks? A 1950s serial? A pulp magazine series? Strangely enough, Mars Attacks was an idea created by Len Brown and Woody Gelman for a 1962 set of 54 Topps trading cards. Those oversized-brain Martians first conquered Earth with a piece of pink bubble gum, and bridged sci-fi […]
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Review by C.J. Bunce Terry J. Erdmann and Paula M. Block, authors of Star Trek 101, the Secrets of Star Trek: Insurrection, and the Star Trek 365 series, have compiled a new book in the Topps retro series of bubble gum-inspired books that includes the The 60th Anniversary of Bazooka Joe we previously reviewed here at borg.com. It’s […]
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Review by C.J. Bunce Until only a few years ago every gas station across the country and every local supermarket had Bazooka bubble gum on the counter as a point-of-sale purchase item and at last look three cents was a pretty fair price for the flavor packed into that loud pink rectangle of gum. And […]
