1930s Whiz Bang Gum Set and Checklist

Posted on September 9, 2016 by Pre-War Cards

‘It’s In The Details’

Title	Whiz Bang Gum
Year	1930s
Size	3″ x 3″
Images	Black and White
Type	Candy/Gum
Number in Set	16

1930s Whiz Bang Gum Overview

In 2009, a new discovery was made in the pre-war card hobby.

That year, a large find of Whiz Bang Gum cards was made. Packs of Whiz Bang Gum included various colors of gum. According to that linked article from Sports Collectors Daily, if a consumer found a piece of white gum, the store was to award him/her with one of the Whiz Bang Gum disc cards.

The person locating the cards found a total of 83 of them. Of that group, 16 different cards were discovered, which led to the belief that 16 are in the complete set.

While featuring a black and white circular image of a personality, the discs have a colorful border of either green, orange, or yellow. The backs of the discs had a spiral design. Of the 16 in the set, only three are athletes; baseball players, to be exact. All three baseball players, Goose Goslin, Gabby Hartnett, and Lefty Grove, are members of the Hall of Fame.

The rest are various non-sports celebrities. The set was produced by Fleer and is credited as being an early 1930s issue – some citing it from 1930 and others, from 1932.