1978 Dynamite Magazine w/ 78 Topps Cards Attached

[darkhorse9]

You guys are confusing Dynamite magazine with Baseball Cards magazine. Dynamite didn't exist in the 80s.

The Dynamite cards were produced by Topps. The Baseball Card magazine cards were fantasy cards.

[moeson]

Of course Dynamite existed in the 80s! I have multiple copies in my collection and 80s issues are all over Ebay.

[Jayworld]

Originally Posted by moeson

Of course Dynamite existed in the 80s! I have multiple copies in my collection and 80s issues are all over Ebay.

Yes, I concur. Dynamite magazine was produced and distributed by Scholastic books from 1974 - 1992, and it was a monthly magazine until about 1983-84, going to bi-monthly at that time. At one time, I had a run from issues #38 - #125 with several issues of inserted baseball cards, etc.

[Exhibitman]

There are also football cards in the magazine. I have a 1975 issue with a Bruce Lee cover story and a six-card 1975 FB panel.

[ALR-bishop]

Marty---sorry to take so long to get back on this.

SCD lists 3 of the Dynamite card panels for 1978 in the 2011 Catalog, the last catalog to list post 1980 issues. There may have been other panels in other issues that year, but those were the only ones listed in SCD, so the only ones I sought out.

I picked one card from each panel I had to compare with the cards in my regular set...Fred Lynn (320), Reggie Jackson All Star ( 200) and the above mentioned Murray (36). All seem identical, front and back, including the sheet designations on the back ( 2 As and 1 B). I did not check yet to see if the same holds true for my 77 and 79 panels, but assume it will. I am not a sheet guy so do not know if a full sheet would show that the 6 card panels match up with how you would find them on a full sheet, but assume so.

The Murray panel appears in issue number 47. No date appears on the cover, but advertising for the upcoming June issue indicates it would be number 49, so assume the Murray was in April The panel is folded such that two cards appear just inside the front cover and 4 card, including Murray, appear just inside the back cover

[PowderedH2O]

I remember getting 1975 baseball cards in Dynamite before they actually made it into the local stores. I had the Hank Aaron Highlight (All-Star) card as one of the cards I remember.