Comedy of Comey

Topps opened orders for Comedy of Comey on June 12, 2017, seizing on the questioning of recently fired FBI director James Comey. During an era when the company was turning out political commentary through its daily Trumpocracy releases, this particular drop stood apart by offering Garbage Pail Kids gags exclusively, leaving out the Wacky Packages parodies. The entire release revolved around five new pieces of artwork poking fun at the questioning.

Offered exclusively online for a brief seven-day window that ended on June 19, the set arrived with two different purchase options. Buyers could pick up individual two-card character sets containing both the a and b versions for $9.99, or purchase the entire ten-sticker run in one go for $29.99. Domestic customers were treated to free shipping through SmartPost, but international buyers had to pay an added ten dollars to get cards sent abroad.

The checklist remained compact, spanning stickers 1a through 5a alongside matching 1b through 5b counterparts, with no parallels or pack odds complicating the distribution. Card 1ab reached a sales tally of 115 copies.