Adam Bomb Card
Garbage Pail Kids Card

Who is Adam Bomb?

Adam Bomb is a character from a card. A tiny, bald youngster with blue eyes wears a coat with blue color, a tie, shorts with the same shade of his tuxedo, blue and white boots on the card. Adam Bomb Garbage Pail Kids Card was a popular figure; he was in wrappers for the first five seasons. 

What does he do? He sits down and clicks a detonator box, releasing a mushroom cloud from his skull.

But despite being the Garbage Pail Kids’ said to be an apparent mascot. People didn’t see him in the movie The Garbage Pail Kids and their unaired cartoon. 

A much-assumed reason for his absence in the film is the production’s limited budget. However, aside from Ultra Violet and Banana Anna, it’s conceivable he was one of the other missing Garbage Pail Kids mentioned in the film. 

Or he could have been omitted from the cartoon as the production feared that he would be too aggressive due to his skull exploding open with a mushroom cloud.

Photo Credit: Sarah Miller

Why is this card so rare?

It became rare because Adam Bomb Garbage Pail Kids Card, the maker of these card franchise emblem Adam Bomb was present on the first five series’ packs.

You would probably see him everywhere, and back then, if you see the Adam Bomb card, people would immediately think of GPK. So that’s why the image became a trademark.

Many cards replicated Adam Bomb in succeeding seasons. In addition, the card has multiple versions in the Flashback series, and Topps’ “Trash Can Trolls” cards sequence also pays homage to it.

Photo Credit: Jenn Tisdale

How much does it worth now?

Adam Bomb is most likely the most well-known Garbage Pail Kid because the company utilized his image in most marketing collateral. 

Collectors appreciate him highly because of his unusual traits and frequent exposure, with his recent worth hovering about $4,000.00. 

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