Question about 1977 Topps baseball

DanBessette · July 28, 2014 12:50AM

Spinning off of Mike's Topps comics thread..... It seems likely that a cartoon about Yaz was included on the back of a card in the '77 set. Can anybody out there confirm this and tell me which card number featured that cartoon?

EchoCanyon · July 28, 2014 2:05AM

Not what you're looking for, but check out the back of the John Mayberry card -- it says that a Honus Wagner is valued at over $1,000! (And just to make it interesting, according to google 1k in 1977 is equal to approx. 4k today).

05GHBRETT · July 28, 2014 2:25AM

Possible 271
Maybe Yaz in front of Green Monster

DanBessette · July 28, 2014 2:42AM

Thanks but Larry dierker is the subject of the comic on 271. There's got to be one card with a comic on back referencing the number of 100 RBI seasons Yaz had to date.

DanBessette · July 28, 2014 11:59PM

OK, how about this? Does anybody know of a site where I can find back scans or every card in the set? I'm willing to go thru all of them.

LarkinCollector · July 29, 2014 12:07AM

<< <i>OK, how about this? Does anybody know of a site where I can find back scans or every card in the set? I'm willing to go thru all of them. >>

You could try COMC or wait until I get a chance to pull out my 77 set and check.

MisterBungle · July 29, 2014 12:59AM

Trading Card Database

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bishop · July 29, 2014 1:51AM

was not aware of that site, thanks MB

DanBessette · July 29, 2014 1:54AM

<< <i>Trading Card Database >>

Thanks, this is exactly what I was looking for! Been thru 61 cards so far, no luck yet.

MisterBungle · July 29, 2014 1:54AM

"was not aware of that site, thanks MB"

Yeah, it's a pretty cool site. I just wish the scans
were a bit larger. It's tough on these old eyes.

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MisterBungle · July 29, 2014 1:56AM

"Thanks, this is exactly what I was looking for! Been thru 61 cards so far, no luck yet."

Yep, but I have no doubts. You're on a mission!!

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Stone193 · July 29, 2014 2:04AM

Cool site!

But that's a lot of card backs to check!

DanBessette · July 29, 2014 2:24AM

<< <i>"Thanks, this is exactly what I was looking for! Been thru 61 cards so far, no luck yet."

Yep, but I have no doubts. You're on a mission!!

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That's absolutely right. Reached the 25% mark!

DanBessette · July 29, 2014 2:47AM

<< <i>Possible 271
Maybe Yaz in front of Green Monster >>

I just found what you were talking about on 281. Typo I guess.

mlbfan2 · July 29, 2014 2:53AM

DanBessette · July 29, 2014 3:05AM

Yes, that's it, but not what I'm looking for. There's a caption about Yaz and how many seasons he had 100 RBI. Gotta be here somewhere. 370 down and no luck so far.

DanBessette · July 29, 2014 3:14AM

I thought this cartoon was appropriate to share, given that this is the week of the National

DanBessette · July 29, 2014 3:56AM

So if anybody cares, that caption did not appear on the backs of any of the 660 cards in 1977 Topps.

LarkinCollector · July 31, 2014 1:00AM

This thread inspired me to look through some the cartoons on some 77 dupes I had laying around and I found this issue on #186:

Has anybody seen a copy where the 'nn' from 'Inning' are present? The ones on COMC and others I have are all missing it.

DanBessette · July 31, 2014 1:26AM

Huh. Interesting! Kyle, always tracking down those variations!

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