Milestone Media trading card featuring the character Virus: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Milestone trading card owned by Dwayne McDuffie. The card features a color image of the character Virus. The back features a smaller image of the character as well as biographical text about the character. The card is numbered on the back and has manufacturing information 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: 2019.96.28.30
• 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.