Milestone Media trading cards set
date: label: Date
content: 1993
name: label: Issued by
content: Milestone Media, American, founded 1993
label: Created by
content: Dwayne McDuffie, American, 1962 - 2011
label: Printed by
content: SkyBox International, American, 1989 - 1995
label: Owned by
content: Dwayne McDuffie, American, 1962 - 2011
notes: label: Description
content: Milestone trading cards owned by Dwayne McDuffie. The cards feature color images of the character Icon and events from the character’s past. The nine cards can be placed together to show a page from a comic book that describes Icon’s origin story. The back of the cards feature a smaller image of the image of the front and a portion of Icon’s origin story. The card is numbered on the back and has manufacturing information along the bottom.
label: Description
content: 2019.96.28.1: The front of the card depicts an alien on a spaceship. The back of the card features a smaller image of the image of the front and a portion of Icon’s origin story. The card is numbered on the back and has manufacturing information along the right side.
label: Description
content: 2019.96.28.2: The front of the card depicts an escape pod being jettisoned into space from a spaceship. The back of the card features a smaller image of the image of the front and a portion of Icon’s origin story. The card is numbered on the back and has manufacturing information along the bottom.
label: Description
content: 2019.96.28.3: The front of the card depicts an escape pod crashing on earth. The back of the card features a smaller image of the image of the front and a portion of Icon’s origin story. The card is numbered on the back and has manufacturing information along the bottom.
label: Description
content: 2019.96.28.4: The front of the card depicts Icon working as an enslaved person. The back of the card features a smaller image of the image of the front and a portion of Icon’s origin story. The card is numbered on the back and has manufacturing information along the bottom.
label: Description
content: 2019.96.28.5: The front of the card depicts Icon fighting in the Civil War. The back of the card features a smaller image of the image of the front and a portion of Icon’s origin story. The card is numbered on the back and has manufacturing information along the bottom.
label: Description
content: 2019.96.28.6: The front of the card depicts Icon standing next to the gravesites of his adoptive family. The back of the card features a smaller image of the image of the front and a portion of Icon’s origin story. The card is numbered on the back and has manufacturing information along the bottom.
label: Description
content: 2019.96.28.7: The front of the card depicts an image of Icon's wife, Estelle Jackson. The back of the card features a smaller image of the image of the front and a portion of Icon’s origin story. The card is numbered on the back and has manufacturing information along the bottom.
label: Description
content: 2019.96.28.8: The front of the card depicts an image of Icon's first encounter with the character Rocket. The back of the card features a smaller image of the image of the front and a portion of Icon’s origin story. The card is numbered on the back and has manufacturing information along the bottom.
label: Description
content: 2019.96.28.9: The front of the card depicts an image of Icon and Rocket dressed in their superhero costumes. The back of the card features a smaller image of the image of the front and a portion of Icon’s origin story. The card is numbered on the back and has manufacturing information along the bottom.
place: label: Place made
content: Durham, Durham County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Comics and graphic novels
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
label: Movement
content: Afrofuturism
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Charlotte (Fullerton) McDuffie
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2019.96.28.1-.9
objectType: label: Type
content: collecting cards
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Milestone Media LLC
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (2019.96.28.1): 3 1/4 × 2 3/8 in. (8.2 × 6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (2019.96.28.2): 3 1/4 × 2 3/8 in. (8.2 × 6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (2019.96.28.3): 3 1/4 × 2 3/8 in. (8.2 × 6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (2019.96.28.4): 3 1/4 × 2 3/8 in. (8.2 × 6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (2019.96.28.5): 3 1/4 × 2 3/8 in. (8.2 × 6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (2019.96.28.6): 3 1/4 × 2 3/8 in. (8.2 × 6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (2019.96.28.7): 3 1/4 × 2 3/8 in. (8.2 × 6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (2019.96.28.8): 3 1/4 × 2 3/8 in. (8.2 × 6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (2019.96.28.9): 3 1/4 × 2 3/8 in. (8.2 × 6 cm)