1949–1950 Comic Stars, Inc. : Comic Traders

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Comic Stars Trading Cards, or Comic Traders, received four series of printings. The perforated cards feature popular characters from newspaper comic strips. The cards are approximately 2.25 x 3.5 inches, more narrow than a standard trading card. The set is unnumbered and the back of each cards is blank.

Some card backs are stamped with various store advertisements. Cards were originally sold in packs of twelve sealed in cellophane. Each cellophane pack includes a header placard and five duplicates to be traded. The later printings are packaged inside of die-cut cardboard sleeves.

1949 Comic Stars Inc. :  Comic Traders - Superman 1949 Comic Stars Inc. :  Comic Traders - Superman & Lois Lane

Superman appears on two different cards in this series and both images were illustrated by Wayne Boring. Each card has three variations, or types. The original 1949 issue, or Type 1, Superman card contains a yellow background with a white border that is unique to the entire series. The 1949 Type 1 Superman and Lois Lane card has a white background.

1949 Comic Stars Inc. :  Comic Traders Type 1 - Superman 1949 Comic Stars Inc. :  Comic Traders Type 1 - Superman & Lois Lane

Type 2 are borderless with yellow backgrounds and a copyright date of 1949. Type 3 are borderless with yellow backgrounds and a copyright date of 1950.
1949 Comic Stars Inc. :  Comic Traders Type 2 - Superman & Lois Lane 1950 Comic Stars Inc. :  Comic Traders Type 3 - Superman

Superman does not appear in the undated Type 4 series. The Comic Traders sets are not indexed in The American Card Catalog: The Standard Guide on All Collected Cards and Their Values.

The 1949 Type 1 and Type 2 series each contain 28 cards. The 1950 Type 3 series contains 44 cards.

1949 Checklist
1949 Comic Stars, Inc. : Comic Traders
Title Placard
Alvin
Ann Howe
Buck Rogers
Carol Tubbs
Caspar Milquetoast
Chief Thunderbird
Dinny
Donna
Flame D'Amour
Humphrey Pennyworth
Jerry
Joe Palooka
King Guz
Kitty
Mike Muscle
Mr McGoosey
Ooola
Penny
Pop Orbit
Pug
The Runaway Horse
Robin: Batman's Partner
Sugar 'N' Spice
Superman
Superman and Lois Lane
The Terrible Tempered Mr Bang
Thunder
Timber
Wash Tubbs