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55 Jim Martin — Detroit Lions
Darris McCord Sugar Coated Corn Flakes 15 oz. 54 V1-1 Darris McCord Sugar Coated Corn Flakes 15 oz. 54 V1-2 Darris McCord Sugar Coated Corn Flakes 15 oz. 54 V2-1 Darris McCord Sugar Coated Corn Flakes 15 oz. 54 V2-2
Sugar Crisp 14 oz. version 1-1 Sugar Crisp 14 oz. version 1-2 Sugar Crisp 14 oz. version 2-1 Sugar Crisp 14 oz. version 2-2
55 Jim Martin — Detroit Lions
Jim Martin Sugar Crisp 14 oz. 55 Jim Martin Sugar Crisp 14 oz. 55 back

Sugar Crisp 14 oz.
This card was printed only on Sugar Crisp 14 oz. boxes. It was double printed, meaning that each time the rotogravure cylinders made one rotation, six complete Sugar Crisp 14 oz. boxes with back panels 13, 55 and 143 were printed—so all three boxes were double printed. The cards and each panel are slightly different from the other double print panel with the same number. Martin is the first card on panel 55. That card was printed on one box with a green bottom flap and another with a yellow "shelf talker" bottom flap. Version 1 cards are from the green flap bottom and version two are from the yellow shelf-talker box. This was the only box of the six Sugar Crisp 14 oz. boxes with a yellow bottom flap.

Jim Martin Sugar Crisp 14 oz. 55 V1-1 Jim Martin Sugar Crisp 14 oz. 55 V1-2 Jim Martin Sugar Crisp 14 oz. 55 V2-1 Jim Martin Sugar Crisp 14 oz. 55 V2-2

Sugar Crisp 14 oz. versions 1-1, 1-2, 2-1 and 2-2
When Martin's card was printed on both the green and yellow bottom flap boxes, it showed no pupils or cornea in his eyes—they were completely white. At some point, whether it was in the middle of one print run or between print runs, Post "fixed" Martin's eyes by poking a spot on the black rotogravure cylinder plate which caused the black ink to adhere to the plate and transfer to the paper essentially creating eye pupils. The process wasn't perfect and the pupils look to be off in version 2-2. This can be further complicated when color registration is off and the pupils can vary in position.

Version 1 does not have a blue dot on Martin's jersey on his right side as circled on version 2. Version 1-1 has no pupils and no blue dot. Version 1-2 has no blue dot but does have eye pupils. Version 2-1 has a blue dot and no pupils. Version 2-2 has a blue dot and eye pupils.

The two versions with eye pupils are mechanical variations, not planned by Post as original prints but created by an on-the-fly fix. A master master set of 750 cards would include one each of a Martin card with and without the blue dot on the jersey (green and yellow bottom flaps). Collecting the two versions with eye pupils simply augments the master master set.