Saturday, April 13, 2019

1981 Thirst Break Billy Williams

In the early '80 Topps put out a gum called "Thirst Break."  



It looks like they came up with a chewy version of Gatorade.  


The orange and green look Gatorade-like.

Topp's bubble gum, Bazooka, had the Bazooka Joe comics.  Topps decided to do the same with Thirst Break, and produced a set of 56 different comics in 1981. Instead of Thirst Break Joe, these comics each featured a sports figure and some sports fact related to the player. They covered a variety of sports, not just baseball.  Twenty of the 56 are baseball-themed.

Of the twenty baseball comics, just one was a Cub.


Billy Williams' consecutive games streak got a comic.  The picture looks nothing like him, but at least he got included.

2 comments:

  1. Your Billy collection never ceases to amaze me.

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  2. Reminds me of the "Quench" gum that came out around the same time.

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