1936 Gum Inc Pirates trading cards (also known as Pirate’s Picture Bubble Gum) were 72 original art pieces depicting swashbuckling pirates in a variety of action scenarios. The reverse of each card provided a back story to the image from the front of the card.
Cards #9, 34, and 59 of the set are short prints and often missing from bulk lot auctions for this set. The relative scarcity of this set can make it a difficult one to piece together but the artwork is enticing for collectors of vintage non-sports cards.
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1936 Gum Inc Pirates Checklist
Base Set – 72 Cards
| # | Card Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | Fighting Aloft |
| 2 | Walking The Plank |
| 3 | Slave Traders |
| 4 | Who Shall Be Captain |
| 5 | Boarding Ship |
| 6 | Mutiny |
| 7 | Pierre Le Grand |
| 8 | Marooned |
| 9 | I Command Surrender!’ |
| 10 | Pirate Torture |
| 11 | Burning The Prize |
| 12 | Hiding Treasure |
| 13 | Blackbeard’s End |
| 14 | Captain Brand’s Death |
| 15 | Pirates Gambling |
| 16 | A Boarding Party |
| 17 | A Pirate Captured |
| 18 | Burning A Town |
| 19 | The Tricky Morgan |
| 20 | The Pirates Strike |
| 21 | Set Adrift |
| 22 | The Warning Shot |
| 23 | The Jolly Roger |
| 24 | Tripoli Pirates |
| 25 | Dividing Treasure |
| 26 | Killing A Traitor |
| 27 | The “Arch Pirate” |
| 28 | Four Against One |
| 29 | Dead Men Tell No Tales |
| 30 | Double Doubloons’ |
| 31 | Man The Guns’ |
| 32 | I’ve Got You At Last |
| 33 | Ghost Of Captain Watson |
| 34 | Left To Their Fate |
| 35 | Waiting To Attack |
| 36 | Englishmen As Slaves |
| 37 | Daring Takes A Man Of War |
| 38 | Flogging A Captive |
| 39 | Man Who Trained Morgan |
| 40 | Dividing Gold And Silver |
| 41 | Burying The Iron Chest |
| 42 | Landing To Bury Treasure |
| 43 | A Captain Well Named |
| 44 | Sunken Ships Have No Trail |
| 45 | Two-Gun Mulrooney Wins |
| 46 | To Death Blindfolded |
| 47 | Cheng, China’s Famous Pirate |
| 48 | The Daring Act Of The Age |
| 49 | Ready To Sack Maracaibo |
| 50 | Your Money Or Your Life |
| 51 | A Flag Of Terror |
| 52 | Abandoned And Afire |
| 53 | Board Her – No Quarter! |
| 54 | Join – See The World! |
| 55 | America’s Famous Pirate |
| 56 | A Surprise Attack |
| 57 | Counting The Treasure |
| 58 | China’s Foremost Pirate |
| 59 | Fight At Pirates Cove |
| 60 | Fight! – Or Surrender |
| 61 | Faithfulness Rewarded |
| 62 | Paying The Ransom |
| 63 | The Captives |
| 64 | Fill Em Up’ |
| 65 | El-Sid-Murad In Action |
| 66 | Trapped |
| 67 | Ending The Card Game |
| 68 | In The Crow’s Nest |
| 69 | On Way To The Gallows |
| 70 | Silenced Forever! |
| 71 | Sighting A Foe |
| 72 | Prepare For Action’ |