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G-Men & Heroes of the Law Gum Inc. - 1936-1937 Chewing Gum Products (Australia)
Notes: American Card Catalog index R60. These smaller cards were issued in several phases and more were planned, but the final tally includes 168 skip- numbered cards. They give "'Official Stories from records of G-Men and Famous Police Organizations and Heroes of the Law." Card fronts are full-color illustrations and card backs show story text. Collecting is complicated because there were printing variations, including the presence or absence of copyright information. The first 24 cards were a fairly "pure" release while later additions varied designs, including format changes for "high-number" cards (those numbered above 200). Groupings that are commonly used are shown in the right column, but I am sure I have not captured all of the variants. Groups 2 and 3 are split by difference or variants into cards that show, or do not show, the caption "240 thrilling action pictures," with Group 2A called "Yellow number & ampersand" but "with 240", and Group 3A is called "Red number & ampersand with 240." A 72-card set was released in French, but I don't have details. I'm sure I need updates for some of the information below.
No. Title Inset Text Collecting Group 1 G-Men Riddle the Killer "Who Couldn't Be Caught" "Pretty Boy" Floyd Group 1: The First 24 2 G-Men Wipe Out Leaders of "Secret 10" Bobby Mais Group 1: The First 24 3 Capturing a Killer and His Gang! Sergt. Reilly Group 1: The First 24 4 A Gamble with Death! Corp. Quinn Group 1: The First 24 5 A Midnight Graveyard Battle! Private Stewart Group 1: The First 24 6 A Shot from the Hip That Saves a Trooper's Life Trooper Taylor Group 1: The First 24 7 A Trooper's Race with Death! Trooper McCormack Group 1: The First 24 8 A Trooper's Fight with Flame! Trooper O'Brien Group 1: The First 24 9 Daring Bandits Get Their Just Deserts! Trooper Wilhelm / Trooper Dickerson Group 1: The First 24 10 G-Men Track Down Notorious Public Enemy! John Dillinger Group 1: The First 24 11 G-Men Trap Wily Fugitives across United States "Machine-Gun" Kelly Group 1: The First 24 12 A Treacherous Shot in the Dark! Corp. Maynard Group 1: The First 24 13 A Duel to the Death! Trooper Poppe Group 1: The First 24 14 Foiling Four Wanted Killers! Trooper Herbold Group 1: The First 24 15 A Mountain Cabin Gun-Fight! Trooper Wilson Group 1: The First 24 16 A Murderous Madman's Battle! Sergt. McCarthy Group 1: The First 24 17 Sure Death Defied! Trooper Perry Group 1: The First 24 18 Shooting It Out with a Desperate Fugitive! Corporal Simpson Group 1: The First 24 19 Two G-Men Meet a Heroic Death! Babyface Nelson Group 1: The First 24 20 G-Men Run Down a Daring Kidnapper Harvey Bailey Group 1: The First 24 21 A Desperate Running Fight! Lieut. Gorenflo Group 1: The First 24 22 A Trooper's Sacrifice to Duty! Trooper Haley Group 1: The First 24 23 Blasting Out a Gang of Killers! Trooper Chambers Group 1: The First 24 24 A Knife Thrust in the Dark! Group 1: The First 24 25 A Campfire's Ghastly Ashes Group 2: The Common Low Numbers 26 Trapping a Human Vulture Group 2A: The Common Low Numbers 28 G-Men Deliver Death Group 6: The Left Hand Low Numbers 29 A Death Duel with Escaping Convicts Group 2A: The Common Low Numbers 32 Unrelenting Justice Overtakes a Swampland Killer Group 2A: The Common Low Numbers 33 A Murder on an Arizona Trail Tell tale clues - clay c Group 2: The Common Low Numbers 36 The Filling Station Massacre This letter betrayed ... Group 2: The Common Low Numbers 38 Grapple with Bloody Death Group 6: The Left Hand Low Numbers 39 Kidnapped Courage Group 2: The Common Low Numbers 40 Unearthing a Deadly Arsenal The hidden arsenal ... Group 2: The Common Low Numbers 42 Murder from Ambush! The murderer's tell ... Group 2: The Common Low Numbers 44 Trapping the Jewel Conspirators. Group 2: The Common Low Numbers 45 Satan's Disciple Group 6: The Left Hand Low Numbers 46 Luggage Packed with Death Group 2: The Common Low Numbers 47 The Death of "Dutch" Anderson "Dutch Anderson" Group 2A: The Common Low Numbers 49 Far Flung Fingers of the Law Group 6: The Left Hand Low Numbers 50 The Trail of the Mystery Bones. The Vanished Package Group 2: The Common Low Numbers 51 Chinese Death Group 2: The Common Low Numbers 53 Blasting Crime from the Canadian Rockies. Group 2: The Common Low Numbers 55 Talking Blood That Told a Madman's Secret. Eight tiny specks ... Group 2: The Common Low Numbers 56 Following the Blood Tracks of the "Lucky Lone Wolf" Group 3: The Red Ampersands 57 Mining for Murder Group 6: The Left Hand Low Numbers 58 Disguises of the law! Group 2A: The Common Low Numbers 59 A G-Man Flirts with Secret Death Group 2A: The Common Low Numbers 60 The Gold Train Murder! Group 3: The Red Ampersands 62 Ending the Rule of a Man Killing Mob. Group 2: The Common Low Numbers 63 The Chinese Symbol of Death! Group 3: The Red Ampersands 64 The Killers in Tunnel 13 Group 6: The Left Hand Low Numbers 65 A City Lived in Terror Until ... Group 2: The Common Low Numbers 66 G-Men Clear Up a Famous "Snatch" Case Group 2A: The Common Low Numbers 67 Murder in Unaka Mountains Group 3: The Red Ampersands 69 A Dying Hero's Winning Fight! Group 2: The Common Low Numbers 72 Justice within the Arctic Circle. The Missionary's Cloak ... Group 2: The Common Low Numbers 74 A Death Defying Pursuit Group 2: The Common Low Numbers 75 The Phantom Bandits of the Pacific Coast Group 3: The Red Ampersands 76 The Trail of the Secret Symbols Discovery of ... Group 6: The Left Hand Low Numbers 77 Capturing the "Stinger" of the Underworld! "Tony the Stinger" Group 2: The Common Low Numbers 79 Caging a Blonde Tigress! Group 3: The Red Ampersands 80 The Clue That Couldn't Be Drowned The Clues Discovered ... Group 2A: The Common Low Numbers 81 "Rubbing out" the Sunday Gang Group 2A: The Common Low Numbers 82 Sleeping Evidence Awakes! Group 3: The Red Ampersands 83 A Bullet-Collected Debt Group 6: The Left Hand Low Numbers 84 Checkmating a Desperate Bank Robbing Gang. Group 2: The Common Low Numbers 86 A Murdered Trooper is Avenged Group 2: The Common Low Numbers 87 G-Men "Mop Up" the Barker-Karpis Gang Group 2: The Common Low Numbers 88 Target of Death! Tommy Carroll Group 6: The Left Hand Low Numbers 89 The Flight of the Black Duck Group 2: The Common Low Numbers 91 Grilling a Lying Gunman Group 3: The Red Ampersands 92 Murder Committed by the Victims Hands Group 2A: The Common Low Numbers 93 A Telltale Bullet Lands an Unsuspected Bandit Gang! Twin Bullets Checkmate ... Group 2: The Common Low Numbers 94 G-Men Strike in the Dark Group 6: The Left Hand Low Numbers 96 The End of a Killer's Trail. Group 2: The Common Low Numbers 97 G-Men Complete Their Record Catch Group 2: The Common Low Numbers 98 Vengeance Follows an Outlaw Gang Group 3: The Red Ampersands 100 The Dragnet Snares Its Prey Group 6: The Left Hand Low Numbers 101 The Capture of "The Crank" Group 3: The Red Ampersands 103 G-Men Answer Public Enemy Number-1 Alvin Karpis Group 2: The Common Low Numbers 104 The Fingerprint's Confession! The Fingerprint ... Group 3: The Red Ampersands 106 Murder Without Motive Group 3: The Red Ampersands 107 Trapping a "Cop Killer" Group 6: The Left Hand Low Numbers 109 Fog Phantoms That Could Not Elude the Law Group 3: The Red Ampersands 111 Justice Patrols the Arizona Border Group 2: The Common Low Numbers 112 The Mad Killer's Frozen Trail Group 3: The Red Ampersands 114 Swift Pursuit! Group 3: The Red Ampersands 115 Binding the Beast Group 6: The Left Hand Low Numbers 117 Torn Dollars Group 3: The Red Ampersands 119 Machine Guns Foil a Get-Away at Alcatraz Group 2: The Common Low Numbers 120 Death Rides the Waves Group 3: The Red Ampersands 121 G-Men Blot Out a Crime Career Group 6: The Left Hand Low Numbers 123 Radio Eavesdrops on Crime! Group 3: The Red Ampersands 125 Capturing the Killers of the Hatchet Gang Group 2: The Common Low Numbers 126 The Ape-Man Burglar Group 3: The Red Ampersands 127 The Gallows Prey Group 5/6 128 The Terror of the Mails! Gardner Group 3: The Red Ampersands 129 Eyes That Betrayed a Human Spider Group 2: The Common Low Numbers 131 Smuggling on the Rio Grande Group 2A: The Common Low Numbers 132 The Crime Teacher Group 3: The Red Ampersands 135 A Murder Leaves Its Roadmap The Only clue ... Group 3: The Red Ampersands 136 A Bullet Finds and Frees The Resemblance ... Group 5/6 137 The Crime in the Mirror Thumb Marked Glasses ... Group 2A: The Common Low Numbers 139 A Killer's Last Stand! Group 3: The Red Ampersands 142 A Mountain Moonshine Murder This Dog's Barking ... Group 3: The Red Ampersands 147 Duty Defies Death Group 2: The Common Low Numbers 149 A Desperate Crime at Sea The Shell ... Group 5/6 151 Death among the Gravestones Group 2: The Common Low Numbers 155 A Rancher's Camera Eye Group 2A: The Common Low Numbers 156 The Mask of Death Confronting the Murderer ... Group 5/6 158 Crime Telegraphs Its Loot Group 2: The Common Low Numbers 162 Heroism on the High Seas Group 2: The Common Low Numbers 166 Death Blast in the Mountains Group 2A: The Common Low Numbers 169 Death Rewards an Extortionist The Badge That Stopped ... Group 5/6 177 A Boat Betrays Its Killer Crew The Patch That Paved ... Group 5/6 181 Death Ends a Crimson Trail Group 5/6 185 G-Men Discover a Dead Hand's Secret Group 5/6 191 Death in a Poison Cup Group 5/6 196 Gun Butts and Bullets Group 6: The Left Hand Low Numbers 201 Crime's Crimson Target Group 4: The 1936 High Numbers 203 A G-Man Finds a Murderer's Mark The murderer's fingerprints Group 4: The 1936 High Numbers 206 Blood on the Moon Group 4: The 1936 High Numbers 208 Knife Thrust in the Dark Group 4: The 1936 High Numbers 210 Tracking a Living Dead Man Group 4: The 1936 High Numbers 212 Death Defies the Sky Group 4: The 1936 High Numbers 214 G-Men Play the Final Ace Group 4: The 1936 High Numbers 219 Bloodstained Desert Gold Group 4: The 1936 High Numbers 227 The "Law Hater" Group 4: The 1936 High Numbers 233 Machine Gun Vengeance Group 4: The 1936 High Numbers 239 Decoy of Death Group 4: The 1936 High Numbers 242 In the Grip of the Jinx Group 4: The 1936 High Numbers 248 The "Little Giant of the Law" Group 4: The 1936 High Numbers 253 Snake of the Underworld Group 4: The 1936 High Numbers 257 Death Streaks the Night Group 4: The 1936 High Numbers 262 A Murder Blkast Defied Group 4: The 1936 High Numbers 266 The Stroke of Fate Group 4: The 1936 High Numbers 269 A Red Trail's Blazing End Group 4: The 1936 High Numbers 271 Grip of Steel Group 4: The 1936 High Numbers 275 Capture in the Forest Shadows Group 4: The 1936 High Numbers 277 The Clue of the Chiming Clock Group 4: The 1936 High Numbers 279 The Fire Ring Group 4: The 1936 High Numbers 281 Smuggled Cargo Group 4: The 1936 High Numbers 283 G-Men Ride the Air Lanes Group 4: The 1936 High Numbers 307 G-Men and the Phantom Group 5: The 1937 High Numbers 311 The "Tri-State Terror" Group 5: The 1937 High Numbers 319 Pursuit in the Wilderness Group 5: The 1937 High Numbers 326 Doom of the Mad Marksman Group 5: The 1937 High Numbers 335 Hail of Death Group 5: The 1937 High Numbers 343 Swampland Vengeance Group 5: The 1937 High Numbers 349 Crushing the "Cry Baby Bandits" Group 5: The 1937 High Numbers 355 The Cry in the Night Group 5: The 1937 High Numbers 362 Death Dealt at Dawn Group 5: The 1937 High Numbers 371 G-Men and the Electric Eye Group 5: The 1937 High Numbers 381 The Crimson Thread Group 5: The 1937 High Numbers 389 Payment in Blood and Fire Group 5: The 1937 High Numbers 397 Midnight Sharpshooters Nitro Group 5: The 1937 High Numbers 401 The Deadly Draw Group 5: The 1937 High Numbers 405 Courage Backed to the Wall Group 5: The 1937 High Numbers 411 Capture at the Cattle Ford Group 5: The 1937 High Numbers 415 River Pirate Loot Group 5: The 1937 High Numbers 419 Silencing Gangland's Guns Group 5: The 1937 High Numbers 424 The Death Call Group 5: The 1937 High Numbers 427 Race in the Little Red Car Group 5: The 1937 High Numbers 431 Moonlight Man Hunt Group 5: The 1937 High Numbers 437 Loop of the Law Group 5: The 1937 High Numbers 445 The Whispered Clue Group 5: The 1937 High Numbers 451 The Voice from the Ether Cone Group 5: The 1937 High Numbers Searchwords: jahoc, yr1936, yr1937, mfrGumInc, mfrChewingGum, catHistory©2013 Jeff Allender. 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