Jonathan Richman
 
In 1977 a Dutch company called Monty put out a set of trading cards under the name “Punk: The New Wave.” Included in the set were punk-era stalwarts like the Dictators, Blondie, Elvis Costello, the Jam, the Sex Pistols, the Clash, and the New York Dolls; Dutch acts like Gruppo Sportivo and Normaal; and a handful of acts who clearly didn’t belong in any set of punk rock cards, like Dwight Twilley and KISS.

In a package you’d get six cards and a bright pink strip of gum. The packaging looked like this:
 

 
Unfortunately, there’s no place on the Internet (until now!) where a large number of these cards can be seen, so it was necessary to grab (almost invariably rather small) images from a few dozen individual auction pages. The quality of the images leaves something to be desired, so someone out there who might own this set—upload some better scans, please!
 

Blondie
 

The Clash
 

Johnny Rotten
 

Heartbreaker
 

The Dictators
 

New York Dolls
 

Elvis Costello
 

The Jam
 

Heartbreaker
 

Johnny Rotten
 

Blondie
 

Lou Reed
 

The Sex Pistols
 

The Stranglers
 

Blondie
 

Mink DeVille
 

Heartbreaker
 

Johnny Rotten
 

The Jam
 

Elvis Costello
 

Johnny Rotten
 

The Dictators
 

Gruppo Sportivo
 

Normaal
 

Heartbreaker
 

Previously on Dangerous Minds:
‘A Clockwork Orange’ trading cards
‘Wicker Man’ trading cards