Dynamite Panels - 1978
What? Me worry?
Issue 47, April 1978, featured a birthday tribute to Mad Magazine.
It is likely that Dynamite's circulation took off in 1978, as I have found 33 different panels, often with many multiples of each. It is by far the largest grouping I've found from any one year.
In 1978, Topps took to lettering its printing sheets, A-E, for the first time. All known panels from this year are from sheets A and B, which makes it seem likely that perhaps only these sheets were made available.
This makes me wonder whether the cards were shipped to Scholastic already cut or if they were cut once there.
The Eddie Murray rookie is included in some B Sheet panels.
Sheet A:
Lemon
Randle
Randle
Lemanczyk
Gross
Baylor
Yount
Zachry
Tenace
Oliver
Porter
Cooper
Perez
Cooper
Perez
Gross
Garvey
Yount
Bell
Tenace
Wills
Matlack
Fairly
Dawson
Velez
Concepcion
Morales
(x10)
Lynn
Burroughs
Harrah
Carter
Rice
Dent
(x4)
Lemon
Ott
Randle
Goltz
Randle
Goltz
(x2)
Garland
LaGrow
Romo
Waits
Manning
Kern
(x2)
Stone
Sizemore
Belanger
Rodriguez
Page
Schmidt
Lyle
Lemon
Gullett
Randle
Gullett
Randle
(x2)
Jones
Christenson
Grich
Spencer
Abbott
Forsch
Porter
Cash
Perez
Langford
Perez
Langford
Valentine
Stone
McCovey
Belanger
Montanez
Page
(x2)
Hargrove
Yastrzemski
Johnson
Munson
Fidrych
Hunter
Burleson
Lopes
Jackson
Smith
Kuiper
Kemp
Atkinson
Rozema
Garner
Rose
Garner
Rose
Fairly
Garland
Velez
Romo
Morales
Manning
(x2)
Rivers
Oliver
May
Cooper
May
Cooper
(x17)
Driessen
Bowa
Templeton
Palmer
Woods
Piniella
Sizemore
Blanks
Rodriguez
Morgan
Schmidt
Sutton
Stennett
Carew
Watson
Ford
Parker
Wynegar
Chambliss
McBride
Nettles
Bando
Nettles
Bando
Blyleven
Fingers
Alexander
Reuschel
Griffey
May
By far, 1978's A sheet has the greatest number of cards which can be ID'd on existing Dynamite Panels than any other in any year. Of 132 cards (including 11 DPs), all but 24 are respresented. The only cards on the A sheet not currently known to exist on a Dynamite Panel are: Cey, Winfield, Brett, Thormodsgard, Murcer, Singleton, Barr, Geronimo, Foli, Moskau, DeJesus, Candelaria, Trillo, Borbon, Boone, Jefferson, Orta, Montefusco, Niekro and Sutter.
B Sheet:
Otis
Jones
Bonds
Murray
Mayberry
Scott
(x2)
Torrez
Chalk
Lonborg
Kusick
Remy
Howe
Krukow
Russell
Moore
Bonham
Moore
Bonham
Rhoden
Flanagan
Randolph
Bibby
Hernandez
Campbell
(x2)
Cruz
Tiant
Soderholm
Fisk
Carlton
Bench
(x3)
Bair
Hobson
Veryzer
Poquette
Lopez
Ault
Henderson
Thornton
Cowens
Cabell
Stanhouse
Wilcox
John
Zahn
Lerch
Guidry
Lerch
Guidry
Hendrick
Leonard
Cromartie
Richard
Cedeno
Kranepool
Robinson
Stein
LeFlore
Rudi
DeCinces
Lezcano
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