Dinosaurs Attack! was a 1988 Topps trading card series, a sort of spiritual successor to the classic Mars Attacks! cards. It was a huge favorite of mine as a kid, and I scanned these images from the full set of cards I collected 25 years ago and still have. These are some highlights from the 55-card series.
Looking back on them now, these were absurdly gory, and probably helped warp my fragile eight year old mind into the twisted, desensitized thing it is today. They’re also absurdly awesome.
With the Garbage Pail Kids fad coming to an end, Topps was looking
for new ways to delight kids and disgust teachers. Enter 1988 Topps
Dinosaurs Attack, a story-based set that combines prehistoric creatures,
science fiction and a whole lot of blood and gore.
Done in the
same vein as Mars Attacks, 1988 Topps Dinosaurs Attack tell a tale of
all sorts ofJurassic Park wannabes invading the modern world. The
results are bloody, silly and completely over-the-top. Innocent people
are eaten, bystanders are maimed, even a dog is crushed.
With just
55 cards, the base set is easy to build. Card fronts are similar to
Mars Attacks. They have a white border and a detailed painted image.
Along the bottom is a caption in a black bar and the card number inside a
yellow splatter.
Every pack of 1988 Topps Dinosaurs Attack also comes with one of 11
dinosaur stickers. These are more traditional in the sense that they’re
just about dinosaurs. They’re not nearly as subversive as the base set.
Although
the release has some big-time fans, it wasn’t a huge success during its
initial release. A comic adaptation originally lasted just one issue.
It remained this way until 2013 when IDW published the entire mini
series. Today, boxes and sets are extremely affordable. The ample supply
makes them easy to find as well.
On this day, 31 July 1922, workers in Italy declared an indefinite general strike against fascism. However the nationalist unions did not join it, and the middle class and capitalists supported the fascists breaking the strike. After two days, the superior military organisation of the fascists broke the strike across most of Italy, with workers in Bari and Parma holding out until 7 August.
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