Kindness&Humility

Topps really went for it when they put together their 1962 Mars Attacks series. Illustrated by Norman Saunders and Bob Powell, they leave little to the imagination.

After attacking Earth, the aliens took an early lead, due at least in part to their giant, exposed brains, which enabled them to devise dozens of clever ways of killing men, women, children and animals. Methods included, but were not limited to, lighting dogs on fire, crushing folks in compactors, wielding flesh-eating rayguns and controlling giant robots.

Perhaps it is just me, but stuffing a surplus camping mattress under a car hood and advertising that it protects pedestrians seems just a bit outside of accurate. I’d liken it to making binkie-tipped bullets and claiming that make guns safe for kids.

Perhaps a few more dollars should have gone into the fit and finish of this "pedestrian saving" airbag system.