Milestone Media trading card featuring the Blood Syndicate: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Milestone trading card owned by Dwayne McDuffie. The front of the card features an image of the comic book group called the Blood Syndicate. The back of the card has "MILESTONE printed vertically on the left side. Printed at center is a message from Skybox about what can be found in the Milestone trading card collection. The back of the card is numbered with "M2" and has manufacturing information printed along the bottom.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1993
• Issued by: Milestone Media, American, founded 1993
• Created by: Dwayne McDuffie, American, 1962 - 2011
• Printed by: SkyBox International, American, 1989 - 1995
• Owned by: Dwayne McDuffie, American, 1962 - 2011
• Type: collecting cards
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 3 1/4 × 2 3/8 in. (8.2 × 6 cm)
• Place made: Durham, Durham County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Art
• Topic: Comics and graphic novels
• Object number: 2019.96.28.102
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Charlotte (Fullerton) McDuffie
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Sources and reuse

Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: © Milestone Media LLC Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.