Night Owl Cards

One of my favorite television shows of all-time growing up was "The Incredible Hulk." I couldn't wait for the weekend to roll around so I could watch Bill Bixby, Lou Ferrigno and Jack Colvin do their thing. I was never much of a comic book kid, so I didn't get into the Marvel series, and I've never seen any of the Hulk movies. But I am a fan of campy TV action shows. And "The Hulk" on CBS from 1978-82 was right up my alley. One of my favorite things to do when watching the show was to try to anticipate when Dr. Bruce Banner would turn into the Incredible Hulk. Sometimes it was easy, like when a baddie would punch Banner in the face and he would fly halfway across the room. Other times, it was more difficult, like when Banner would drop a dime in a phone booth and flip out. The times when Banner would "hulk" over seemingly inconsquential issues were the favorite moments for my brothers and I. We'd go into hysterics watching Banner freak ove...

The second set I completed in 2008 isn't even a 2008 set. It's a set that is celebrating its 25th anniversary. Yep, on Friday, I received the final 58 cards I needed to wrap up my favorite set of the 1980s, the 1983 Topps set. I received an email from Jeremiah of toppstraders , who had read about my years-long quest to finish this set. He said he had all 58 of the cards I needed and he'd send them off. No need to send anything in return, he said (although I think some cards of players dressed in red will eventually find their way to a mailbox in Oregon. What is it with Cardinals fans in Oregon?). This is such a classic set, but I'm not going to repeat all the things I love about it (if you're really ticked that you missed that post, you can read it here) . Instead, I'm just going to show the cards, with a nice little 1983 song title to introduce each group. Let's go back to the days when Pyromania was cool and girls were cutting up their sweatshirts : ...