Art on the back: 1956

 In 1956 Topps went back to cartoons about the player. Three pretty big cartoons on the back of the last oversized Topps set. Certainly a highlight year for card-back cartoons. Some highlights from my collection:

I'll show off this card any chance I can get. It's notable that Topps was able to depict Black players as Black in cartoons, something they chose not to do in later years.

Note the button on the player in the middle cartoon. A subtle political endorsement in an election year.

Not sure if "Scrap Iron" is supposed to be a robot or a knight in that cartoon. Looks cool either way.

Drawing a player joining the actual version of their team name is a common Topps theme (a player traded to Cleveland wearing a headdress, for example). That drawing of ballplayers boarding a pirate ship is the best version of that trope that I've ever seen.

Check out the '40s coeds all over Handsome Ransom Jackson.

Topps had fun with young Yankee star Bill Skowron's nickname of "Moose" here. I should cross out "Tony" and sign the back "Bo".