Many many years ago I was given a small box of cards by a family friend who know I was into science fiction. Opening it up, I was grinning ear-to-ear as I looked at a nice collection of Mars Attacks baseball cards. I don't think I had the entire collection, but it had to be close. Keep in mind this was a couple of decades before Tim Burton's movie that was inspired by the aliens and technology visible on these cards. I don't know what happened to those cards (and if I think too long, I'll probably break down and cr-y-yie - my best Axel Rose imitation) but I do know that they were a guilt pleasure of mine because they most definitely were frowned upon by a few teachers who saw them in my book bag and most adults. The violence shown on the faces of these cards were typical of 1950s hysteria -- aliens attacking our women, showing no mercy, and with technology that made us look like rock throwers.
