Garbage Pail Kids Original Series 9

RELEASE PERIOD : JUNE 1987 — PRODUCT NUMBER : 490-9

The four production runs of the 9th Series Garbage Pail Kids set—aka Original Series 9, or OS9 for short—are very similar. However, one of the production runs can be found with card character 355b Semi COLIN with or without a card number. The black dye is completely absent in the corner where the number was present and is very faded in the GPK header area, including the '®' (registered trademark) symbol on the right hand side. The first production run contains card 355b with a card number and the '25¢ CHEAP' logo on the wrapper. The second production run contains card 355b with and without a card number and the 'ALL NEW' logo on the wrapper. Because of this printing error, this is the rarest and most expensive card for the Original Series. The third production run contains card 355b with a card number and the '25¢ CHEAP' logo on the wrapper and the fourth production run contains card 355b with a card number and the 'ALL NEW' logo on the wrapper.

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ARTISTS : JOHN POUND, TOM BUNK, JAMES WARHOLA & JAY LYNCH
WRITERS : JAY LYNCH

88 CARD SET : 88 CARDS + 0 VARIATIONS
89 CARD SET : 88 CARDS + 1 ERROR (CARD NUMBER)

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In the past, any series manufactured in Canada was always a last print run for that given series, ie: OS3, OS4 and OS5, but it is the first two print runs for the 9th Series. As the OS8 GPK set was being produced in the U.S., after the OAA court case, I assume the OS9 set was being started in Canada to start both series for release considering any finished artwork of GPK could still be released as outlined in the settlement agreement before Topps had to make future releases have the character's appearcance look less like the Cabbage Patch Kids dolls. Although it appears to be an increase in GPK production for OS9, I have a hunch these were much smaller production runs compared to other releases.

Topps began their cross-promotional compaign starting with the OS9 set and ending with the OS10 set to promote the summer release of The Garbage Pail Kids Movie released on August 22, 1987, produced by both the Atlantic Entertainment Group and the Topps Chewing Gum Company. Paramount Home Video scored the distribution rights in 1988 for the U.S. VHS and laserdisc releases.

ITEM	CODE	REVISION	PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
Sell Sheet	UNKNOWN	NA	Wholesaler Buyer Product Order Sheet
Retail Wrapper	0-490-21-03-7	NA	Retail Store Wax Wrapper : 25¢ Price : Canada
Hobby Wrapper	0-490-21-04-7	No Price	Hobby Store Wax Wrapper : No Price : Canada
Retail Wrapper	0-490-21-05-7	U.S.A.	Retail Store Wax Wrapper : 25¢ Price
Hobby Wrapper	0-490-21-06-7	No Price; U.S.A.	Hobby Store Wax Wrapper : No Price
Retail / Hobby Box	1-490-40-02-7	NA	Cardboard Display Box : U.S.A.
Retail / Hobby Box	1-490-40-04-7	CANADA	Cardboard Display Box
Case Box	2-490-39-02-7	NA	Corrugated Cardboard Shipping Carton : Product
Uncut Sheet	4-490-05-02-7	NA	Uncut Production Sheet : Sticker Format
Display Poster	4-490-08-03-7	NA	Retail Box Display Poster
Order Sheet	4-499-40-04-7	NA	Wholesaler Order Sheet: Product #490

OS9 PRODUCTS & PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL

UNCUT SHEET — 132 CARD SHEET — 11 x 12 FORMAT
CODE 4-490-05-02-7 — REVERSE IMAGE WITHIN 'GPK HISTORY' SECTION

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CASE BOX — 24/48 ct. — PRODUCT #490-9
CODE 2-490-39-02-7 — UPC 0-41116-09490-3

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DISPLAY BOX — CODES 1-490-40-02-7 U.S.A. + 1-490-40-04-7 CANADA
MAIN + SIDE ARTWORK : JOHN POUND — BOX DESIGN : BRAD KAHLHAMER

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WRAPPER #1 — CODE 0-490-21-03-7 CANADA — 25¢ PRICE
NOTE: 3 VARIATIONS — T-SHIRT, SWEATSHIRT OFFER + GPK MOVIE AD
RENDERED ARTWORK : TOM BUNK — DESIGN : BRAD KAHLHAMER

WRAPPER #2 — CODE 0-490-21-04-7 CANADA — NO PRICE
NOTE: 3 VARIATIONS — T-SHIRT, SWEATSHIRT OFFER + GPK MOVIE AD
RENDERED ARTWORK : TOM BUNK — DESIGN : BRAD KAHLHAMER

WRAPPER #3 — CODE 0-490-21-05-7 U.S.A. — 25¢ PRICE
NOTE: 3 VARIATIONS — T-SHIRT, SWEATSHIRT OFFER + GPK MOVIE AD
RENDERED ARTWORK : TOM BUNK — DESIGN : BRAD KAHLHAMER

WRAPPER #4 — CODE 0-490-21-06-7 U.S.A. — NO PRICE
NOTE: 3 VARIATIONS — T-SHIRT, SWEATSHIRT OFFER + GPK MOVIE AD
RENDERED ARTWORK : TOM BUNK — DESIGN : BRAD KAHLHAMER

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RETAILER AD POSTER — CODE 4-490-08-03-7 — SIZE 10 x 14
ARTWORK : JOHN POUND — DESIGN : BRAD KAHLHAMER

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WHOLESALER ORDER SHEET — CODE 4-999-40-04-7 — SIZE 8 x 11
NOTE : NO SPECIFIC OS9 SELL SHEET KNOWN
APRIL 1987 — RED SHEET — #490 GPK PRODUCT

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WHOLESALER ORDER SHEET — NO DEAL CODE — SIZE 8 x 11
WRAPPER OFFER — BAZOOKA; OS3 THRU OS9
RENDERED ARTWORK : TOM BUNK

— The Garbage Gang ('TGG') trademark was filed in April 1987, at the time of the OS8 release, was first seen within early advertising for The Garbage Pail Kids® Movie in March 1987 within the presentation information with the tagline, "Featuring The Garbage Gang™" and the trademark line stating, "Garbage Pail Kids and The Garbage Gang are trademarks of and are liensed by Topps Chewing Gum, Inc. ©1987 Atlantic Entertainment Group. All Rights Reserved." The same tagline can be seen within the OS9 and OS10 retailer ad posters, and the first header usage on the backside of the OS9 cards. TGG would also be the international moniker for the GPK brand.

— The second Garbage Pail Kids set with NO reverse card back Variations.

— The last series to showcase the Garbage Pail Kids in the Cabbage Patch Kids style. It is interesting to note that the last two GPK characters of the set, painted my James Warhola and John Pound, are both 'hung up', as-in retiring, and are the last twins to have an extreme cloth-doll appearance before the OS10 set; cards 377a Closet CLYDE and 377b Hooked HOWIE, up on a hook and in the closet, and cards 378a Empty EMMY and 378b Ragged AGGIE up on a nail in a garage, completely soiled.

— The only Garbage Pail Kids wrapper with an 'ALL NEW' logo in place of the '25¢ CHEAP' star. Also, the only series with a wrapper that always displays a star logo.

— The first set with a major printing press mistake; card 355b Semi COLIN found with a card number for the 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th print runs or without a card number for the 2nd print run only. Notice the absence of black ink from the border around the GPK header and the '®' registered trademark symbol.

— The GPK set has two cards with the same First Name; cards 343b AL Catraz and 367a Dent AL.

— The completed Puzzles for the OS9 set is sequential with the OS8 set which contained puzzle 'H'. The puzzles continue to contain 21 pieces and the series is back to having two puzzles like the OS2, OS3 and OS5 GPK sets for card characters 369a Scalped RALPH and 369b Bone-Head FRED for red border puzzle 'I' and 375a Trap DORA and 375b Rear View MYRA for blue border puzzle 'J'.

— The only GPK set to have a Checklist with an incorrect nomenclature; card 345b Soggy DOGGIE instead of 345b Soggy OGGIE.

— The first Garbage Pail Kids set to mention 'The Garbage Gang' logo on the card backs and on the Dealer Ad Poster. The comic title contains the TGG™ trademark symbol, much like the GPK logo for the OS1 set.

— The fifth set to contain cards with the GPK Acronym found within the artwork. The acronym is located on the 'PlayToy' magazine of cards 352a HERMAN Hormone and 352b Turned-On RON, on the knife handle of cards 358a MAC The Knife and 358b WADE Blade, on the dog food can of cards 362a DOUG Food and 362b NICK Yick and on the sidewalk of cards 370a Cementin' QUENTIN and 370b Minus HANS.

— The first OS Garbage Pail Kids sets with no PEEL HERE arrow for cards 373a DESI Island and 373b Marooned MAUREEN.

— The only set to have the same character on both the top and sides of the Display Box; sets OS1 thru OS8 and OS10 thru OS16 have two two different characters for the box images, and sometimes a third character for the wrapper image.

— The only set to have a green Garbage Pail Kids Header on the box packaging; the wrapper has a blue GPK logo — seen above in 'Production' section.

— This Garbage Pail Kids set contains the light-blue Nameplate; but not the light-pink nameplate.

PRODUCTION ARTWORK (NA) — BITS & BOBS BACKSTORY — CARD ANNOTATION

— Pictured below are artist Tom Bunk's unpublished Display Box artwork that was created for the OS9 set and also tested for the OS10 set. The artwork was completed before the new model sheets came into affect but was pulled from either GPK release. The OS9 box characters still have the Cabbage Patch Kids look depicted in a very violent last scenario in response to the lawsuit outcome. The OS10 design was eventually changed slightly due to the new artwork guidelines; oval eyes, three fingers, et cetera. The cards later released in the UK and internationally post lawsuit were translated from The Garbage Gang title; the new logo can be found on the backs of the OS9 cards and the dealer ad poster. Below are two different sketch designs, one with the Cabbage Patch Kids' head being chopped off with two OS10 box artwork color concepts and the other without the CPK head being scissored along with the final artwork.

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— The unpublished Poster sketch artwork and poster layout from 1987 as sold on eBay via The Topps Vault. The final artwork pictured above would have been used for the poster and packaging for the OS9 Series GPK release. The OS9 set may have introduced the new The Garbage Gang title in case the Garbage Pail Kids logo could no longer be used after the lawsuit; the OS8 and OS9 sets were in production prior to the lawsuit coming to a close during the OS7 release.

— In the summer of 1987, the Garbage Pail Kids Movie was released to extremely poor reviews. Shot on a small budget, a union strike mid-production, and with a poor story line the movie was set to bomb prior to it eventually becoming a cult classic. The GPK characters themselves, seven in all, were very odd looking; due to the lawsuit, the characters could not have a CPK-like appearance. The international name for the movie was The Garbage Gang as seen on the collector's magazine pictured below. A VHS format was released for consumer home viewing along with the competing Betamax version (unsure if it made it on Laserdisc). The MGM movie was released on DVD for the first time in the Fall of 2005, and re-packaged for a Canadian release in the Fall of 2012. In December of 2015, the Shout Factory released the movie in hi-definition on Blu-ray format containing newly created key artwork by Nathan Thomas Milliner with a reversible cover containing the original VHS and theatrical poster key art painted by Craig Nelson — who also painted movie portraits for The Monster Squad, Homeward Bound, Slapshot, Police Academy 4, et cerera.

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— Atlantic Releasing Corporation printed off 'special collectors edition' Movie Postcards that measure 4 x 6 during the Garbage Pail Kids and The Garbage Gang movie release; a character card was most likely printed for each of the seven characters in the movie, but four of them for sure: NAT Nerd, VALERIE Vomit, Foul PHIL, ALI Gator, Greaser GREG, MESSY Tessie and Windy WINSTON. Paramount Pictures also sent out a GPK Movie flyer promoting sales for the beta and VHS versions of the movie for rentals with the backside giving a breakdown of 'selling tips' and 'in-store promotional ideas' for displays and giveaways; click the movie sheet back image for a larger view.

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— Artist and writer Jay Lynch completed the gags for the 'Would We Lie To You?' card back comics finishing the color roughs as well as the final artwork. Gary Whitney assisted Lynch with inking and lettering on the card backs. Lynch also submitted gag roughs for the card fronts.

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— Pictured below are two of artist Tom Bunk's early GPK color roughs that were finished in 1987 with the character for cards 347a Dam DAN and 347b MIKE Dike sporting a different, traditional female Dutch outfit and the character for cards 352a HERMAN Hormone and 352b Turned-On RON posing in a different position with the dirty magazine reading 'Play Trash' instead of 'Playtoy' — a name parody of 'Playboy'.

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— The following two Reworked GPK were completed in 1987 by Tom Bunk and are early idea color roughs for cards 359a Kerosene KERRY and 359b Blazin' BLAKE where the burnt edges were removed for the final image and cards 373a DESI Island and 373b Marooned MAUREEN taken over and painted by James Warhola where the palm tree was removed, paper added to the floor, pictures added to the cistern lid and the tile color changed.

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— Artist Tom Bunk had drastically different Color Rough artwork renditions for several of his OS9 GPK characters. The character for cards 341a Juicy BRUCE and 341b Fruity RUDY was a lemon instead of an orange being pressed by a woman's hand and the background and tabletop color combinations were completely changed. The character for cards 349a Polluted PERCY and 349b Barnacle BILL stayed relatively the same but sporting a nautical outfit, more dead fish were added to the fishbowl and the background color changed for the final artwork.

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— The John Pound color rough for cards 375a Trap DORA and 375b Rear View MYRA eventually was picked as one of the OS9 GPK puzzles, as seen in the uncut sheet further below. Since very few un-revised artwork pieces by Pound original thumbnail sketches are available to the public there are very few changes, if any, that can be found between the tight pencil, color rough and final artwork since they are photocopied and colored and painted over.

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— Artist James Warhola completed the first final artwork piece for cards 346a Peeled PAUL and 346b Skin LES prior to the art director at Topps having John Pound paint a different, alternate version for the printed card. Read more information on the piece within the Art Gallery section further above.

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— The character for cards 356a Momma MIA and 356b Electric SHARI also had 'MICHELLE Shocked' as potential GPK Nomenclature. The name comes from the music singer of the same name who became popular in the late 1980's.

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— The front and back Uncut Sheet images for the OS9 GPK set as auctioned off of eBay through the Topps Vault in the Summer of 2006. Partial front ('Production' section) and back images.

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— GPK Flowcharts were created for the later Garbage Pail Kids sets which showed the art director how the progress of the new set was going. It displayed what each artist was working on, which concept piece and the stage in which the painting had been completed. Oftentimes, concept pieces were denied and the department tried to work them into later sets. A list of additional concept pieces was found at the bottom of the flowchart in case pieces could not be used. The OS9 set contained the following gags which either replaced denied concept pieces within the series, were saved for a later sets or never saw the light of day: rolling dough (OS9), hot air balloons (OS9), piggy bank, hanging on coat hook (OS9), fat girl with girdle - eyes and zits popping (OS10), shark out of sink biting hand with toothpaste, generic Eric - UPC (TCT), filmstrip, manequin, lightbulb (OS15), middle finger (unpublished), kid in jar (unpublished), butterfly pinned (OS14), VC Artie - VCR (OS15).

#	NOMENCLATURE & NOTES	ARTIST: FRONT	ARTIST: BACK	WRITER: BACK
335a	Cute TIPPI	JOHN Pound	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
335b	Waxy WENDY	JOHN Pound	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
336a	Laser RAY — ZAPPED BY LASER GUN 9-JP-19 REV.	JOHN Pound	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
336b	Sizzlin' SID — ZAPPED BY LASER GUN 9-JP-19 REV.	JOHN Pound	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
337a	Early BERT	TOM Bunk	NA : CHECKLIST	NA : CHECKLIST
337b	Rotten ROBIN	TOM Bunk	NA : CHECKLIST	NA : CHECKLIST
338a	See-SAWYER	TOM Bunk	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
338b	Teeter TODD	TOM Bunk	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
339a	Snot Rope HOPE	TOM Bunk	NA : CHECKLIST	NA : CHECKLIST
339b	Drippy DEBBIE	TOM Bunk	NA : CHECKLIST	NA : CHECKLIST
340a	Half-Baked BETTY	JAMES Warhola	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch
340b	Rollin' ROLANDA	JAMES Warhola	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch
341a	Juicy BRUCE	TOM Bunk	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch
341b	Fruity RUDY	TOM Bunk	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch
342a	JIM Equipment	TOM Bunk	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
342b	BUDDY Builder	TOM Bunk	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
343a	Con VIC	TOM Bunk	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch
343b	AL Catraz	TOM Bunk	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch
344a	PERRY Chute	TOM Bunk	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
344b	Rip CORD	TOM Bunk	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
345a	CYRIL Bowl	TOM Bunk	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
345b	Soggy OGGIE	TOM Bunk	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
346a	Peeled PAUL	JOHN Pound	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
346b	Skin LES	JOHN Pound	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
347a	Dam DAN	TOM Bunk	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
347b	MIKE Dike	TOM Bunk	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
348a	Plane JANE	TOM Bunk	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
348b	WOODY Shop	TOM Bunk	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
349a	Polluted PERCY	TOM Bunk	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch
349b	Barnacle BILL	TOM Bunk	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch
350a	MISTY Suds	JOHN Pound	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch
350b	AMELIA Airhead	JOHN Pound	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch
351a	CHERYL Peril	JAMES Warhola	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
351b	Deflatin' NATHAN	JAMES Warhola	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
352a	HERMAN Hormone	TOM Bunk	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch
352b	Turned-On RON	TOM Bunk	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch
353a	Bazooka JOANNE — BIG BUBBLE BURST 9-JP-17 REV.	JOHN Pound	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch
353b	Bubbly BABS — BIG BUBBLE BURST 9-JP-17 REV.	JOHN Pound	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch
354a	CLARK Shark — "JAWS" SHARK 9-JP1 REV.	JOHN Pound	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
354b	MANNY Eater — "JAWS" SHARK 9-JP1 REV.	JOHN Pound	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
355a	Beasty BOYD — 1/2 MONSTER FACE 9-JP4	JOHN Pound	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
355b	Semi COLIN — 1/2 MONSTER FACE 9-JP4	JOHN Pound	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
355b	Semi COLIN — 1/2 MONSTER FACE 9-JP4	JOHN Pound	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
356a	Momma MIA	TOM Bunk	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch
356b	Electric SHARI	TOM Bunk	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch
357a	3-DEE — 3D COMIC 9-JP-	JOHN Pound	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
357b	Blurry BLAIR — 3D COMIC 9-JP-	JOHN Pound	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
358a	MAC The Knife	JOHN Pound	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
358b	WADE Blade	JOHN Pound	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
359a	Kerosene KERRY	TOM Bunk	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch
359b	Blazin' BLAKE	TOM Bunk	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch
360a	MARCUS Mucus	JOHN Pound	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch
360b	Gun BERYL	JOHN Pound	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch
361a	Diced BRICE	JAMES Warhola	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
361b	Chopped CHET	JAMES Warhola	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
362a	DOUG Food	JOHN Pound	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch
362b	NICK Yick	JOHN Pound	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch
363a	Slidin' SLOAN	TOM Bunk	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
363b	Flamin' DAMON	TOM Bunk	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
364a	Sticky RICKY	JAMES Warhola	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch
364b	Gooey LOUIE	JAMES Warhola	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch
365a	Shrap NELL	JOHN Pound	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
365b	HANNA Granade	JOHN Pound	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
366a	Low-Life LOLA	JOHN Pound	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
366b	SIS Pool	JOHN Pound	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
367a	Dent AL	JOHN Pound	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
367b	Fluoride IDA	JOHN Pound	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
368a	NAT Splat	TOM Bunk	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
368b	Jugglin' JUD	TOM Bunk	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
369a	Scalped RALPH — AT BARBER'S 9-JP-20	JOHN Pound	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch
369b	Bone-Head FRED — AT BARBER'S 9-JP-20	JOHN Pound	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch
370a	Cementin' QUENTIN	JOHN Pound	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
370b	Minus HANS	JOHN Pound	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
371a	Grippin' GRIFFIN	TOM Bunk	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch
371b	REN Wrench	TOM Bunk	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch
372a	JACK Frost	JAMES Warhola	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch
372b	Window PAYNE	JAMES Warhola	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch
373a	DESI Island	JAMES Warhola	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch
373b	Marooned MAUREEN	JAMES Warhola	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch
374a	Swiss KRIS — SWISS CHEESE 9-JP-9 REV.	JOHN Pound	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch
374b	Cheesy CHANDRA — SWISS CHEESE 9-JP-9 REV.	JOHN Pound	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch
375a	Trap DORA — 2 FACE	JOHN Pound	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
375b	Rear View MYRA — 2 FACE	JOHN Pound	JOHN Pound	NA : PUZZLE
376a	Retchin' GRETCHEN	JOHN Pound	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch
376b	ill JILL	JOHN Pound	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch
377a	Closet CLYDE	JAMES Warhola	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch
377b	Hooked Howie	JAMES Warhola	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch
378a	Empty EMMY — TORN RAG GPK 9-JP-6 REV.	JOHN Pound	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch
378b	Ragged AGGIE — TORN RAG GPK 9-JP-6 REV.	JOHN Pound	JAY Lynch	JAY Lynch
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