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Originally Posted by rhettyeakley

Jon, the black splotches are fairly common in the set, the cards were printed fairly cheaply and there was just some extra ink on the press when the one with the spots were produced. Many cards in the set do have unusual ink blotches on the cards that do always show up on the same subject, but that isn't the case with Hooper, it was just extra ink on the press.
-Rhett

Thanks Rhett