I mapped out all of the possible original Tatoo subjects that got sucked into 1981's 24 Tattoo set last time out and ended up with a list of 80 possibilities when I started drafting this week's entry; thanks to Lonnie's sleuthing a handful now appear to have been included in some of the four Popeye Tattoo sets issued by Topps from 1958-66 but having said that, I can't rule out their origins in the original 1948-53 issues of Tatoo. So this is even bigger than the mess I expected it to be by this point.
There could easily be a couple more or a few less than 80 as a handful do appear to be from 1968's 21 Tattoos (the first Topps larger sized issue in this vein) but from what I've seen of that1968 set, it mostly had its own designs. A couple of designs I thought might be associated with Monster Tatoo from 1962 could be mixed in, or vice-versa. It's really hard to tell with a number of these.
Some of my unknown subjects in the last post are probably from 21 Tattoos, again with possible exceptions either way as I've seen only three or four of the 16 sheets from '68.
I won't excise them from the 24 Tattoo sheets to show here (boy it's been a schlep-and-a-half already just eyeballing all of those subjects) and you can track the coordinates from the post last week. However, since my dad was Navy veteran, I'll just show their emblem as an example of a likely original subject, with a "flip" showing the "applied" version:
Here are the 80 likely additional subjects.
I previously counted and (hopefully) confirmed 136 Tatoo subjects and associated artworks so this haul brings us to a potential 216-ish but that count remains fungible. That fits the Topps Vault numbering scheme but I suspect more lurk out there and that the Vault has art from the other sets mixed into their numbering.
Some of my unknown subjects in the last post are probably from 21 Tattoos, again with possible exceptions either way as I've seen only three or four of the 16 sheets from '68.
I won't excise them from the 24 Tattoo sheets to show here (boy it's been a schlep-and-a-half already just eyeballing all of those subjects) and you can track the coordinates from the post last week. However, since my dad was Navy veteran, I'll just show their emblem as an example of a likely original subject, with a "flip" showing the "applied" version:
Here are the 80 likely additional subjects.
| ACE OF HEARTS |
| AERIAL BOMB |
| ALIEN WAVING |
| ALLIGATOR |
| AMERICAN INDIAN BRAVE WITH FEATHERS |
| ANCHOR |
| ARROW GAG |
| ARTISTS PALETTE |
| BANJO |
| BANJO WITH MUSICAL NOTES |
| BASEBALL HITTER LEGS CROSSED |
| BASEBALL HITTER LEGS OPEN |
| BISON |
| BOY WITH APPLE AND ARROW |
| BUFFALO BILL |
| CLOWN |
| CLOWN STANDING |
| CLOWN WITH BOWTIE |
| COCHISE |
| COMPASS |
| COWBOY WITH SIX SHOOTERS |
| DEVIL COSTUME |
| DIVER |
| DOLLAR BILL |
| ELEPHANT |
| EXECUTIONER |
| EXPLORER WITH BUSHY MUSTACHE |
| EYE |
| FIRE EATER |
| FLORIDA CONF. BATTLE FLAG |
| GENIE |
| GREAT DANE |
| GYPSY MAN |
| HANDLE WITH CARE |
| HEART WITH DAGGER |
| HOURGLASS |
| ICE CREAM CONE |
| JET PLANE |
| JOLLY ROGER |
| KEY |
| LIBERTY BELL |
| LIGHTNING BOLT |
| LION ROARING |
| LIPS |
| MATADOR |
| MEDAL FOR BRAVERY |
| MEDAL OF HONOR |
| MERMAID |
| MUSICAL NOTES |
| OPEN COCKPIT RACE CAR |
| PANTHER |
| PORPOISE WITH COMPASS |
| RATTLESNAKE |
| ROCKET LAUNCH |
| ROCKET ON INCLINED LAUNCHER |
| ROCKET WITH CLOUDS |
| RUNNER |
| SAILOR WITH SPYGLASS |
| SAINT BERNARD |
| SEAHORSE NO SPIKES |
| SILVER STAR |
| SITTING BULL |
| SMILING FISH |
| SNAKE LADY |
| SPACESHIP |
| SPACESHIP FLOTILLA |
| STRONGMAN MUSCULAR |
| STRONGMAN THIN |
| SUBMARINE |
| TECUMSEH |
| TEST PILOT YELLOW HELMET |
| TRAIN |
| TRAINED SEAL |
| TWO HEARTS WITH RIBBON |
| US NAVY EMBLEM |
| WHITE HAIRED MAN WITH HAT |
| WOLF |
| WOMAN |
| WORM IN APPLE |
| WRISTWATCH |
I previously counted and (hopefully) confirmed 136 Tatoo subjects and associated artworks so this haul brings us to a potential 216-ish but that count remains fungible. That fits the Topps Vault numbering scheme but I suspect more lurk out there and that the Vault has art from the other sets mixed into their numbering.
I could easily see the Aces of Diamonds and Clubs, possibly George Washington, Abe Lincoln, U.S. Grant, Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower and Annie Oakley being available, plus several more generic subjects like cowboys and athletes. Probably some American Flags would be in there too and it would not surprise me if more Confederate State flags popped up. Maybe there actually are 250 different across the "100" and "150" issues! Eisenhower (as "Ike") does appear in at least one later set and I'm also going to have to unravel the Davy Crockett Tatoo subjects, although I am reasonably sure those stand on their own.
As mentioned previously, we'll never get to a true count but we can keep adding to the Tatoo checklist--and others--, so stay tuned!
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