Pre-War Cards

Introduction

M-Cards are issues from magazines and publications. Because many of these were often inserts in publications, some are photos/supplements and other types of inserts – not standard trading cards.

Boxing was sort of the exception to that, however. There are several publications issues in boxing that were standard trading cards. Several of these were printed in the early 1920s and feature some of the first cards of a few key boxers, including the legendary Jack Dempsey. While a few were cataloged by Jefferson Burdick in the American Card Catalog, most were not.

Dempsey’s 1922 cards produced by Comic Life and Boys’ Magazine are some of his first cards. A few collectors even consider these to be rookies of a sort, even though Dempsey does have a few earlier cards.

In terms of the supplements, note that those inserts that are not cataloged in the American Card Catalog (with M- designations) have not been given individual pages below. However, a list of those sets can be found here, on a separate page.

Sets

1936 Amalgamated Press Champion Sports Wallets	1934 Amalgamated Press Sportsmen of the World	1930s Arena Boxing Supplements
1911 Boxing Supplements	1940-70 Boxing News Photos/Postcards	1922-23 Boys Cinema Famous Film Stars
1911 Boys’ Friend Famous Boxers	1922 Boys’ Friend Rising Boxing Stars	1922 Boys’ Magazine Boxers
1920 Chums Sports Gallery Boxing Supplements	1922 Comic Life Sports Champions	1935 D.C. Thomson/The Wizard Famous Fights
1935 Detroit Free Press (M120)	1940s Editorial Bruguera Sportsmen of the World	1941 Editorial Valencia Boxeadores
1922 Girls’ Mirror Actors and Actresses	1922 Lot-O’-Fun Sports Champions	1936 Malmo Art Print Varldens Basta Boxare
1880s New York Illustrated Champions Cabinets (M125)	1940s Parade Sportive Photographs	1901-17 Police Gazette Supplements (M128)
1923 The Rocket Famous Knockouts	1923 Union Jack Monarchs of the Ring

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