When I was but a wee King D, I used to pester my parents into buying bubblegum cards every time we ended up at a 7-11 (remember when trading cards actually came with bubblegum?  Or, to be more specific - rock-hard, pink chalk that would maybe make a bubble if you chewed eight or nine pieces simultaneously).  Mostly I got Star Wars cards because I was never into sports, but at the tail end of '78, the marketing genius that is Greed…er…I mean, Gene Simmons, unleashed these goodies upon the world:  KISS bubblegum cards!

Because being the featured pin-up in 16 Magazine on a weekly basis was just not enough!!!

Anyway, as a short trip down memory lane, I thought I'd display my ALL-TIME FAVORITE KISS Bubblegum cards.  And, yes, most of them are of Ace Frehley…

The sad part of this story is that along about 1982 or so, I figured I was growing out of my infatuation with KISS and getting into more "serious" music, so I sold my entire KISS bubblegum card collection to a guy named Mike (I barely knew him then but later we became best friends, ironically) for a dollar.  That's right - one stinkin' dollar!  (He would never let me buy them back, either - but he did condescend to give me my three favorite Ace cards, which I have to this day).

So, we're all in agreement that KISS is basically just bubblegum music, right?  I mean, the proof is right above, staring us in the face…