Dynamite Magazine Panels

[deweyinthehall]

In doing my research, I did see Dynamite issues with Topps football panels - I remember seeing some from 1975 and 1977.

[deweyinthehall]

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

[toppcat]

My guess is Topps cut the panels as they were "pushed" into the magazine. Printing plants for magazine may not have been able to set up to configure pushed inserts.

[postwarcards]

Here's my "in-work" checklist:

Dynamite magazine Issue 2: 1974 Topps Baseball
Dynamite magazine Issue 10: 1975 Topps Baseball
Dynamite magazine Issue 17: 1975 Topps Football
Dynamite magazine Issue 22: 1976 Topps Baseball
Dynamite magazine Issue 34: 1977 Topps Baseball
???Is there an issue with 1977 Topps Football?
Dynamite Magazine Issue 47: 1978 Topps Baseball
Dynamite magazine Issue 59: 1979 Topps Baseball
Dynamite magazine Issue 73: 1980 Topps Baseball
Hot dog mag issue 8. 1981 Topps Baseball
??? Hot Dog magazine Issue 9: 1981 Topps Baseball
Dynamite magazine Issue 82: 1981 Topps Baseball
Dynamite magazine Issue 94: 1982 Topps Baseball
Hot Dog magazine issue 17: 1983 Topps Baseball
Hot Dog magazine Issue 18: 1983 Topps Baseball
Dynamite magazine Issue 106: 1983 Topps Baseball
Hot Dog magazine Issue 27: 1984 Topps Baseball
Hot Dog magazine issue 29: 1984 Topps Football Stickers
Dynamite magazine Issue 118: 1984 Topps Baseball
Dynamite magazine Issue 120: 1984 Topps Baseball Stickers
Dynamite magazine Issue 123: 1984 Topps Football Stickers
??? Dynamite magazine Issue 127: The cover says “Free Baseball Cards”

[ALR-bishop]

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[deweyinthehall]

Issue 59, April 1979, featured Christopher Reeve as Superman and skater Lynn Holly Johnson on the cover.

Of 18 identified panels, all originate from the E and F sheets, making it a possibility that only those sheets were used by Scholastic that year.

E Sheet:

Torrealba
Norris
Brusstar
Picciolo
Brusstar
Picciolo
(x2)

Bumbry
Chiles
Correll
Newman
Correll
Newman

Thomas
Gonzalez
Knapp
Whitson
Kusick
Humphrey

Honeycutt
Stanhouse
Asselstine
Nolan
Glynn
Adams

LaGrow
Morales
Castro
Edwards
Wockenfuss
Richards


F Sheet:

Dodgers Prospects
Red Sox Prospects
Rangers Prospects
Expos Prospects
Checklist 606-726
White Sox Prospects
(x4)

HR Leaders
Guidry RB
Edwards RB
Victory Leaders
K Leaders
Richard RB
(x3)

All Time Wins
Bruhert
Ellis
All Time ERA
Ellis
All Time ERA
Ellis
(x2)

Phillies Team
Royals Team
Rangers Team
Mets Team
White Sox Team
Brewers Team
(x3)

Red Sox Team
Blue Jays Team
Yankees Team
Braves Team
Angels Team
Orioles Team

Garrett
Anderson
Lerch
Fitzmorris
Borgmann
Landreaux

Braves Prospects
Pirates Prospects
Giants Prospects
Twins Prospects
Indians Prospects
Phillies Prospects

All Time Hits
Haas
Summers
All Time K
Summers
All Time K
(x2)

Hernandez
Zdeb
Barr
Briggs
Barr
Briggs
(x4)

Dauer
Duncan
Johnson
Bergman
Corcoran
All Time HR
(x2)

All Time Avg
Billingham
Wagner
Rivera
McCarver
Wilson

Freed
LeMaster
Grote
Checklist 364-484
Grote
Checklist 364-484

Royals Prospects
Tigers Prospects
Brewers Prospects
Mariners Prospects
Padres Prospects
A's Prospects

[deweyinthehall]

Issue 73, featuring John Schneider on the cover, was the June, 1980 issue. For some reason it took until the summer for Topps cards to be included. No idea why for the only time they delayed so long into the year.

I could only find 10 panels from 1980 - perhaps circulation dipped? With such a small sample size it's impossible to tell. All panels I did find were, as with 1979, from the E and F sheets.

E Sheet:

Capilla
Nicosia
Lopez
Solomon
Wockenfuss
McCatty

Devine
Lavelle
Romo
Riccelli
Auerbach
Honeycutt

Carbo
Paxton
Allenson
Doyle
Tolan
Crowley

Barker
Cox
Diaz
Pruitt
Narron
Tidrow


F Sheet:

Moffitt
Bochy
Rau
Niemann
Rau
Niemann
(x2)

HR Leaders
Red Sox Future Stars
K Leaders
Royals Future Stars
SB Leaders
Padres Future Stars

Stoddard
Sample
Boisclair
Chamberlain
Boisclair
Chamberlain

Ripley
Augustine
Hausman
Freed
Hausman
Freed

Scott
Kaat
Checklist 364-484
Dodgers Future Stars
Checklist 485-605
Checklist 606-726

Coleman
Cardinals Team
Hassler
Twins Team
Travers
Brewers Team