Quick Look: 1988 Topps Keith Comstock Yellow Name Variation

It appears that the answer to ‘what would have to happen to get me back to this blog, posting new content?’ is: a global pandemic and an excess of (arguably unwanted) “free time.” Anyway, for those getting alerts, welcome back. Very excited to have exhumed this image from the mass grave that is archived message board posts. Since many have asked and so few have seen one, I present one of the last, truly RARE, junk era Topps cards, the 1988 Topps Keith Comstock #778c “Yellow Name” variation:

Quick Look: 1988 Topps Blackless

Here’s a variation (read: printing flaw) that you don’t see too often. Several cards from 1988 Topps can be found without the black ink on reverse of their cards, because of this, these are not “blank backs” which are more common flaws. In my time collecting, I have only seen about 3-dozen examples pop up. A handful of stars (Clemens, etc.) but otherwise all commons. While they don’t receive the publicity or fanfare of their 1982 cousins, these oddities are an interesting branch of the Topps ‘blackless’ family tree!

Quick Look: 1988 Topps Dwight Gooden #405 All-Star Variations

1988 Topps #405, Doc Gooden’s All-Star subset card, can be found in 3 distinct varieties:

-Missing blue ink at tip of R on front

-Partially filled-in tip of R on front

-Complete R on front