2013 Topps 75th Anniversary Trading Cards
Topps 75th Anniversary Trading Cards were released by The Topps Company
on December 11, 2013. The series reprints iconic non-sport cards from the
history of Topps Chewing Gum. Hobby boxes contain 24 packs with 8 cards per
pack. Each box guarantees three "Pop Culture Autograph" cards and one buyback
card.
The 100-card base set is printed on vintage card stock reminiscent of Topps
Chewing Gum cards released prior to 1991. Parallel variations are printed on a
modern white stock. Each pack includes one "Rainbow Foil" parallel card.
Randomly inserted "Diamond Anniversary" variants are numbered to 75 copies.
"Modern Gloss" parallels numbered to 10 are found in approximately 1:224
packs. CMYK printing plates are randomly inserted for each card. A sealed 1/1
blank-back parallel was sold separately by the Topps Vault.
George Reeves appears as Superman from the Adventures of Superman television series. "Metropolis' Hero"
was first released as part of the 1965–66 Topps
Superman Cards
set.
Christopher Reeve appears as Superman in "Night Flight" from Superman: The Movie. The photo cards and stickers were originally issued by Topps Chewing Gum in
1978.
The Test Card subset includes reprints of "Blasting the Python" from Superman in the Jungle, a rare set issued in 1966. The series was penciled by Al Plastino.
Inks and color separations were done by Norman Saunders. The 1966 series
failed to grab consumer attention in American test markets. Superman in the Jungle was distributed in the UK by A&BC Gum Ltd.
Each 75th Anniversary box contains one gold-foil stamped buyback insert of an
original card previously released by Topps. Buybacks from
Superman Cards, Superman: The Movie, and
Superman II
have been observed. The precise number of stamped buyback cards has not been
disclosed.
Base Checklist | ||
Rainbow Foil (1 per pack), Diamond Anniversary #/75, Modern Gloss #/10, CMYK Printing Plates 1/1 | ||
1 | Magic Photos | 1948 |
2 | X-Ray Round-Up | 1949 |
3 | Wings | 1952 |
4 | Tarzan & The She Devil | 1953 |
5 | Who-Z-At Star? | 1953 |
6 | World On Wheels | 1953 |
7 | Rails and Sails | 1955 |
8 | Flags of the World | 1956 |
9 | Davy Crockett | 1956 |
10 | Elvis Presley | 1956 |
11 | U.S. Presidents | 1956 |
12 | Western Round-Up | 1956 |
13 | Robin Hood | 1957 |
14 | Space Cards | 1957 |
15 | Hit Stars | 1957 |
16 | Goofy Picture Cards | 1957 |
17 | Isolation Booth (Gee Whiz Quiz) | 1957 |
18 | Zorro | 1958 |
19 | TV Westerns | 1958 |
20 | Fabian | 1959 |
21 | Funny Valentines | 1959 |
22 | Funny Monsters | 1959 |
23 | Crazy Cards | 1961 |
24 | Civil War News | 1961 |
25 | Casey & Kildare | 1962 |
26 | Mars Attacks | 1962 |
27 | Beverly Hillbillies | 1963 |
28 | Astronauts | 1963 |
29 | Beatles | 1964 |
30 | Outer Limits | 1964 |
31 | John F. Kennedy | 1964 |
32 | Monster Greeting Cards | 1965 |
33 | Ugly Stickers | 1965 |
34 | Battle | 1965 |
35 | Gilligan's Island | 1965 |
36 | Rat Patrol | 1966 |
37 | Get Smart | 1966 |
38 | Man From U.N.C.L.E. | 1966 |
39 | Lost in Space | 1966 |
40 | The Green Hornet Stickers | 1966 |
41 | Batman | 1966 |
42 | Slob Stickers | 1966 |
43 | Batman Laffs | 1966 |
44 | Frankenstein Valentine Stickers | 1966 |
45 | Superman Cards | 1966 |
46 | Wacky Packages | 1967 |
47 | Nutty Initials | 1967 |
48 | Soupy Sales | 1967 |
49 | Who Am I? | 1967 |
50 | Laugh In | 1968 |
51 | Kooky Awards | 1968 |
52 | Planet of the Apes | 1969 |
53 | Man on the Moon / Neil Armstrong | 1969 |
54 | Mod Squad | 1969 |
55 | The Brady Bunch | 1969 |
56 | The Partridge Family | 1971 |
57 | Creature Features | 1973 |
58 | Kung Fu | 1973 |
59 | Evel Knievel | 1974 |
60 | Bazooka Joe | 1975 |
61 | Hysterical History | 1975 |
62 | Wanted Stickers | 1975 |
63 | Good Times | 1975 |
64 | Comic Book Heroes Stickers | 1975 |
65 | Star Trek | 1976 |
66 | Happy Days | 1976 |
67 | Welcome Back, Kotter | 1976 |
68 | Charlie's Angles | 1977 |
69 | Star Wars | 1977 |
70 | Jaws 2 | 1978 |
71 | Close Encounters of the Third Kind | 1978 |
72 | Grease | 1978 |
73 | Battlestar Galactica | 1978 |
74 | Superman: The Movie | 1978 |
75 | Alien | 1979 |
76 | Moonraker | 1979 |
77 | The Incredible Hulk | 1979 |
78 | Weird Wheels | 1980 |
79 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | 1981 |
80 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | 1982 |
81 | Donkey Kong | 1982 |
82 | The A-Team | 1983 |
83 | Michael Jackson | 1984 |
84 | Gremlins | 1984 |
85 | Masters of the Universe | 1984 |
86 | Garbage Pail Kids | 1985 |
87 | Alf | 1987 |
88 | Fright Flicks | 1988 |
89 | Pee Wee's Playhouse | 1988 |
90 | Back to the Future II | 1989 |
91 | Batman | 1989 |
92 | Ghostbusters II | 1989 |
93 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | 1989 |
94 | New Kids on the Block | 1990 |
95 | Robocop II | 1990 |
96 | The Simpsons | 1990 |
97 | Terminator 2: Judgement Day | 1991 |
98 | Desert Storm | 1991 |
99 | Jurassic Park | 1993 |
100 | The X-Files | 1995 |
Mini Cards | ||
1 | Freedom's War | 1950 |
2 | Hopalong Cassidy | 1950 |
3 | Bring 'em Back Alive | 1950 |
4 | Animals of the World | 1951 |
5 | Look 'N See | 1952 |
6 | Fighting Marines | 1953 |
7 | Scoops | 1954 |
8 | Jets | 1956 |
Test Cards | ||
1 | Superman in the Jungle | 1966 |
2 | Flipper | 1966 |
3 | King Kong | 1966 |
4 | Crazy TV | 1968 |
5 | Emergency! / Adam-12 | 1973 |
6 | Six Million Dollar Man | 1974 |
7 | The Waltons | 1974 |
8 | Shock Theater | 1975 |
Pop Culture Autograph Cards (1:8) | ||
* redemption only | ||
Anson Williams | Potsie Weber | Happy Days |
Barbara Feldon | Agent 99 | Get Smart |
Bill Mumy | Will Robinson | Lost in Space |
Burt Young | Paulie | Rocky IV |
Corey Feldman* | Mouth | Goonies |
Dawn Wells | Mary Ann Summers | Gilligan's Island |
Ed Gale | Howard T. Duck | Howard the Duck |
Ernie Hudson | Winston Zeddmore | Ghostbusters |
Jeff Cohen | Chunk | Goonies |
Jim Starr | Laser | American Gladiators |
Joshua Rudoy | Young Ernie Henderson | Harry and the Hendersons |
Joyce DeWitt | Janet Wood | Threes Company |
Julia Nickson | Co | Rambo Part II |
Karen Allen | Marion Ravenwood | Indiana Jones |
Maggie Langrick | Teenager Sarah Henderson | Harry and the Hendersons |
Mark Goddard | Major Don West | Lost in Space |
Marta Kristen | Judy Robinson | Lost in Space |
Richard Kiel | Jaws | Moonraker |
Roger Moore | James Bond | Moonraker |
Russell Johnson* | Professor Roy Hinkley | Gilligans Island |
Tyler Mane | Sabretooth | X-Men |
Van Williams* | Green Hornet | Green Hornet |
Autograph 1/1 |
Cut Signature |
Charlton Heston |
Evel Knievel |
Farrah Fawcett |
Bob Hope |
Sammy Davis Jr. |
Burgess Meredith |
Cesar Romero |
75th Anniversary Buyback |
Sylvester Stallone Rambo: First Blood Part II #45 (1985) |