Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- One of a set of 72 trading card featuring Superman, included in packages of Gum Inc.'s "Superman Bubble Gum" in 1940. Each "adventure story" card features an image of Superman on the front with a connected story on the back. The cards are one of the earliest examples of merchandise featuring the iconic superhero.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- Gum, Inc.
- copyright holder
- Superman, Inc.
- associated institution
- Superman of America Club
- maker
- Gum, Inc.
- Superman, Inc.
- Date made
- 1940
- Credit Line
- DC Comics, Incorporated
- Physical Description
- cardboard (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3 1/2 in x 3 in; 8.89 cm x 7.62 cm
- Object Name
- Card, Bubble Gum
