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American as Apple Pie in Your Face · 4b

Commie Cranston

Commie Cranston first appears as card 4b in American as Apple Pie in Your Face (2016), and the name has been printed 7 times across 7 sets up to 2024.

On the card: The kid lies in bed while a clown leans over with a hammer and smashes open the kid’s cracked skull. The gross-out gag is the broken head with blood and chunks flying as the clown grins.

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Every card printed as Commie Cranston

SetYearCardPainterWhat the painting shows
American as Apple Pie in Your Face20164b
Not-Scars 201720174bThe kid lies in bed while a clown leans over with a hammer and smashes open the kid’s cracked skull. The gross-out gag is the broken head with blood and chunks flying as the clown grins.
Not-Scars 201820184b
Not-Scars 201920194bThe kid stands in a pool of blood with a row of dead bats strung across his chest, and he holds up two more by their tails. The gross-out gag is the bloody bats and the blood dripping down his clothes into the puddle around him.
Not-Scars 202020204bTwo kids race in small carts, and one kid in a wheelchair-like vehicle has a crazed face with his tongue hanging out as he crashes into the other. The gross-out gag is the wild, battered-looking kid smashing into his opponent in a chaotic collision.
Not-Scars 202320234bA glamorous kid in a pink dress bends over and vomits a huge stream onto the floor. The puke splashes out a jumble of gross junk and creepy objects, including snakes, a skull, bugs, fish, and a screaming face.
Not-Scars 202420244bThe kid stands stiffly with a worried look while one eye points off to the side and the other stares forward. The gross-out gag is his severe wall-eye.

The same painting, other names

Next to Commie Cranston in American as Apple Pie in Your Face

Checklists: House of Checklists and GPK World. Card scans: GEEPEEKAY, used with permission. Garbage Pail Kids is a trademark of The Topps Company.