Milestone Media trading cards set: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Milestone trading cards owned by Dwayne McDuffie. The cards feature color images of the character Icon and events from the character’s past. The nine cards can be placed together to show a page from a comic book that describes Icon’s origin story. The back of the cards feature a smaller image of the image of the front and a portion of Icon’s origin story. The card is numbered on the back and has manufacturing information along the bottom.

2019.96.28.1: The front of the card depicts an alien on a spaceship. The back of the card features a smaller image of the image of the front and a portion of Icon’s origin story. The card is numbered on the back and has manufacturing information along the right side.

2019.96.28.2: The front of the card depicts an escape pod being jettisoned into space from a spaceship. The back of the card features a smaller image of the image of the front and a portion of Icon’s origin story. The card is numbered on the back and has manufacturing information along the bottom.

2019.96.28.3: The front of the card depicts an escape pod crashing on earth. The back of the card features a smaller image of the image of the front and a portion of Icon’s origin story. The card is numbered on the back and has manufacturing information along the bottom.

2019.96.28.4: The front of the card depicts Icon working as an enslaved person. The back of the card features a smaller image of the image of the front and a portion of Icon’s origin story. The card is numbered on the back and has manufacturing information along the bottom.

2019.96.28.5: The front of the card depicts Icon fighting in the Civil War. The back of the card features a smaller image of the image of the front and a portion of Icon’s origin story. The card is numbered on the back and has manufacturing information along the bottom.

2019.96.28.6: The front of the card depicts Icon standing next to the gravesites of his adoptive family. The back of the card features a smaller image of the image of the front and a portion of Icon’s origin story. The card is numbered on the back and has manufacturing information along the bottom.

2019.96.28.7: The front of the card depicts an image of Icon's wife, Estelle Jackson. The back of the card features a smaller image of the image of the front and a portion of Icon’s origin story. 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 (2019.96.28.1): 3 1/4 × 2 3/8 in. (8.2 × 6 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (2019.96.28.2): 3 1/4 × 2 3/8 in. (8.2 × 6 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (2019.96.28.3): 3 1/4 × 2 3/8 in. (8.2 × 6 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (2019.96.28.4): 3 1/4 × 2 3/8 in. (8.2 × 6 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (2019.96.28.5): 3 1/4 × 2 3/8 in. (8.2 × 6 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (2019.96.28.6): 3 1/4 × 2 3/8 in. (8.2 × 6 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (2019.96.28.7): 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: 2019.96.28.1-.9
• 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.