Long before the Garbage Pail kids there was a bubble gum trading card series known as
Mars Attacks from 1962 - the year the United States launched a man into orbit one year after the Soviet Union.
Earthmen Tank Flag - Mars Attacks 1962 
On card number 49 a small flag can be seen on the counter attack of humans upon the Martian home world. The flag is barely noticeable on the
Earthmen Tank. It is a red and black horizontal
tri-bar pennant - with black in the middle.
The artwork is a mix of war time WWII meshed to the early space age 1960s.
The Back Side of the Card
Here is the other side of the card with story
explanation. This unique format of a 'book' revealed by trading cards made it like an
archeological game where bits and pieces of the story came to the readers in a non-linear fashion. This type of 'trading card book' with a strong focus on art is a rare type of media. Considered not a comic book but yet a cherished media that stirred the imaginations of many a American Children.
Wondrously it is attached to
Solarian Heritage.
Solarian is an all inclusive politically correct term for beings native the '
Terran/Sun' system.' Thus persons from the Moon, Earth, Mars, Ceres, Deimos, Phobos or Mercury are all considered '
Solarian' yet differ by native planet such as Lunatic (considered an insult on Earth), Earthling,
Martain,
Cerisian,
Deimonite,
Phobo or
Mercurite.
This series of cards will certainly become priceless artifacts of 'Martian Heritage' when 'humans/cyborgs' from earth successfully colonize Mars in the next 200 years - maybe in the year 2222. Certainly in the next 50 years people will have 'cell phones' directly implanted in their skulls.
After arriving on Mars, the household appliances are surprised to that the planet has already been colonized by machines who seek to reek revenge on the humans that inhabit earth. However a courageous little toaster reminds the machines that there is spark of joy in the human heart.
