53 or 54
The '53 set was the first set I collected. Yeah, I'm that old. A big kid friend down the street gave me Sam Jones and Jackie Robinson. I was hooked.
The art work was all over the place. Some images had a near photographic quality while others looked like bad art fair drawings Charlie Dressen, John Mize and Irv Noren should have filed suit against Topps.
The '54 Topps really popped, but they began using the same head shots year after year after year. They could have done better.
Oh, look at the 1953 Bowmans. They are so perfect, they don't even look like they were made for kids.
All said, the 1953 Topps hands down. Nostalgia ain't what it used to be....
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