It’s not clear to me if the dinosaurs materialised all at once or the appearances are staggered over time? Did this baseball game start AFTER dinosaurs appeared elsewhere in the world?
Anyway, we appear to have a journalist with a sense of humour (or a real focus on sport) at the Omaha Sun, as the report is cast very much in the context of how this incident will affect the Falcons win/loss record and disabled list.
The pitcher throwing a ball at the dinosaur’s body if a nice detail - although it means the dinosaur will now get a (HBP) walk!
11: Trapped in the Basement!
There are few more emotive moments in “Dinosaurs Attack!” than the reverse of card 11, as we see the incomplete hand-written note from a group who were trapped in the basement.
I am curious…
Is the note being written in blood or a red marker?
What was the plan for the note?
Do they know they’re being attacked by dinosaurs? They say “monsters”?
The monsters are burrowing out of the ground? Are they coming from below the basement?
Anyway, as we see from the front of the card, it ends badly for the humans.
Is that guy on the left using a circular saw? If so, why is the dinosaur still eating the man on the right?
10: Italy Under Siege!
The dinosaurs’ knack for attacking world famous landmarks continues, with The Leaning Tower of Pisa now under assault.
The Sistine Chappel has also been reduced to rubble, though we do not see this and are spared a depiction of the Pope in any distress… A rare moment of mercy from the DA artistic team?
A Nerdy Note: The Leaning Tower of Pisa is 57m high. I‘ve found no evidence of any dinosaur that topped 20m.
Another Nerdy Note: (Translated Edition) is a nice touch on the card’s reverse in case nerds were going top say “Well actually, why is the Il Gazzettino article in English!?)
9: Nuptial Nightmare
This Triceratops combines stunning accuracy with a sense of the artistic by skewering both the bride AND groom.
In the background, the wedding photographer continues snapping pictures for what will surely be a “wedding album for the ages”.
And just to completely ruin the day (if the bride and groom’s demise was not enough?)… the cake has been ruined too.
8: Crushing a Canine
Was that really necessary?
At least he died doing what he loved, chasing cats.
RIP Barney.
7: D.C. Holocaust
We’re now told that citizens are “concerned” after watching the US President and the First Lady get eaten by Pteranodons on the lawn outside the White House.
I’d be concerned too, I guess!
It’s nice to know that even Presidents under attack from dinosaurs still stop to shout at reporters as they board Marine One.
A poll has also revealed that 78% of the public believe the attacks are real.
So we‘ve reached a point where the US President himself has been eaten by dinosaurs - but we’re still conducting polls.
6: Police Precinct Assaulted!
Showing scant regard from the rule of law, the dinosaurs are now attacking the police.
Journalists at the Chicago Courier spare us no detail, explaining how one officer spent his final moments “howling like a crazed animal in torment”.
I hope his family didn’t read that.
As always the Dinosaurs Attack creators leave no questions unanswered, even telling is that it was Precinct 69 that was attacked - and that it happened at 11.42am.
5: Homeroom Horror
Well that escalated quickly.
As an Allosaur dines in a classroom in Denver, we’re treated to the minor detail that a substitute teacher named Miss Gazarian (no first name) was among the victims.
I smell an in-joke among the writers/artists!
Our Denver Globe reporter also takes undue delight in the fact that the class was learning about dinosaurs when the attack happened.
Meanwhile - as random school children are eaten alive in their classrooms - the President urges people to remain calm.
4: The Past Comes Alive!
For the third card in a row, we have an exclamation mark in the title!
But here it‘s entirely justified, as we seem to have a dinosaur attacking a suspension bridge.
I’m not aware of any dinosaurs which were taller than the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, which clocks in at nearly 200m high. Maybe the time travel process also involves re-scaling? We shall wait and see.
The savvy newspaper reporter has already suggested this may be linked to the TimeScan mishap in space, but that’s little consolation to the poor souls commuting to work in New York.
SIDENOTE: As a former newspaper reporter myself, I’m not convinced “The Past Comes Alive!” would be the best headline if hundreds of people around the world started getting massacred by dinosaurs.
3: Time Scanner Disaster!
Surprise surprise - there’s a technology demonstration balls-up.
It’s like Elon Musk’s car window or Steve Jobs’ iPhone - except this time with dinosaurs!
Three security guards are dead and there are “concerns” about the safety of the planet.
The man and woman in the foreground are like: “You’re not filming this, are you?”
2: Experiment in Space!
After the bold promise of dinosaurs attacking humans, the storytellers immediately thrust us into Earth orbit.
Here we see a space station (with two shuttles bearing down at alarming speed).
On board those shuttles, we are told, are UN delegates who will be shown a time scanner.
This “harmless” experiment allows us to watch “videos” of the past - essentially turning all human history into a boxset?
But rather than immediately using it to see who killed JFK, the scientists have instead opted to investigate why dinosaurs became extinct.
What could possibly go wrong? (Hint: the card series is called Dinosaurs Attack!)
1: Title Card
Topps presents… the scene is set with a slightly cross-eyed dinosaur appearing to bite the entire Earth.
He or she is mainly taking a munch on the North Pole.
Fear not people, no dinosaur is THAT big. And why the Earth would be bleeding is not entirely clear?
But the spoiler-tastic reverse of the title card sounds an ominous warning… “Can the human race survive?”
Only time (and the next 54 cards) will tell.
(card two next week!)
