In a plaintive cry for peace, a Philadelphia-based bubble gum company, Gum Inc, issued a gruesome 288-card set, The Horrors of War. In 1938, Fleer Corporation, the rival maker of Double Bubble gum and its own trading cards, was busy tracking products for research and development. "The Horror of War cards had tiles such as: Japanese Bomb Orphanage and Italian Squadrons Flying Low Slaughter Ethiopians." Photo by Morphy's AuctionsThe set was so successful that Bowman printed over 100 million Horrors of War cards. Of course, nothing could stop World War II, especially bubble gum cards.

Source: Forbes March 27, 2018 00:37 UTC