Per Lambiek Comiclopedia, Gary Whitney was an underground comix artist.
He contributed to Bizarre Sex and Dope Comix at Kitchen Sink Press,
and was also present at Artie Romero’s Everyman Studios. He drew the
‘Phoebe & the Pigeon People’ comic strip (1978-1996), written by
Jay Lynch for the Chicago Reader. From 1990 on, Jim Siergey was assistant-inker.

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The comic back for OS11
reverse card 418a LUCY Lock-It and 418b Shut Up SHIRLEY, by artist JOHN
Pound, FEATURES the same OS11 character
artwork from its own card front; plus ‘FLICK IT!‘
panels #1 and #2, respectively. Rather then brand-new rendered artwork,
the actual final artwork has been inserted; the first release to use
its own frontside character for the reverse card back. This expert artwork
only emphasizes the joke behind ‘HOW TO DRAW A G.P.K!‘,
that one can go from ‘art appreciation’ to ‘GPK artist’ in just nine
easy steps. The chances of creating Pound-quality artwork might be slim,
and the skull & crossbones within step no. 9 would highly suggest
a ‘starving artist’ outcome or scenario, at best.

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This
first ‘PUZZLE PUKE’ is more of a comic than a puzzle, unless you’re
attempting to solve one of life’s riddles. Finding a career, and not
just a job. Step no.1 mentions
and portrays a deluxe or ‘de luxe‘ (elegant, luxurious) and expensive
fountain pen, where a good-quality pen usually costs between $20 to
$200 bucks, but could easily cost upwards of $1,000. Step no.3 instructs
the artiste to use a ‘guest towel’ (in a guest bathroom?), that may
be more high-quality, like superior egyptian cotton, rather than the
lesser quality found in the family bathroom. Step no.4 mentions eating
chutney (def’n: a spicy condiment made of fruits or vegetables
w/ vinegar, spices, sugar, etcetera, originating in India), a newspaper
(hopefully the funny pages), and a dead rodent, which would potentially
induce vomiting the contents of one’s stomach, in order to study art.
Step no.6 suggests a self-inflicted concussion, which might disorient
and help create abstract artwork, but don’t go to sleep!

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The comic back for OS11
reverse card 419a MEG-A-Volt and 419b Charged MARGE,
by artist JOHN Pound,
FEATURES the same OS11 character artwork
from
its own card front;
plus ‘FLICK IT!‘ panels #3 and #4, respectively.
The first release to use its own frontside character for
the reverse card back.
The rendered artwork by JAY Lynch places the character in the same shocking
situation, but the character is now in a ‘different’ room and wearing
a hair bow.

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SPOILER! Solving the puzzle… “WHAT
DID CHARGED MARGE’S DAD SAY WHEN HE SAW HER PLUG HER UMBILICAL CORD
INTO THE WALL?“… gi(rl) + m(oon) + mea(t) + (f)l(y) +
(r)ight! = GIMME A LIGHT! Charged MARGE’s father needed some assistance
with lighting his cigar; proud parenting skills at its best.

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The comic back for OS11
reverse card 420a Spanked HANK and 420b Spikey SONDRA,
by artist JAMES Warhola,
FEATURES OS6 character artwork for cards
215a Gnawing NORA and 215b Nervous NELLIE, originally created by TOM
Bunk; plus ‘FLICK IT!‘ panels #15 and #16, respectively.
The rendered artwork by JAY Lynch showcases the character in the same
stressful stance & purple dress, with four fingers instead of five.

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The ‘PUZZLE PUKE‘
backside showcases pictorial clues for the possible ‘state’ that Nervous
NELLIE is in; no.1 being an adobe jailhouse in Arizona, no.2 being the
Statue of Liberty in New York (City), no.3 being an oil extraction (pump
&) tower in Texas, no.4 is missing and isn’t even displayed on the
card back, but Nervous NELLIE is pictured within the state of TX, no.5
being the U.S. Capital Building in Washington, D.C., no.6 being the
Moab desert in Utah, no.7 being an igloo & an Eskimo on a dog sled
in Alaska, and no.8 being a garbage can, potentially located within
any given state. But regardless, because as the card states, NELLIE
is in a ‘state’ of severe shock!!!

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The comic back for OS11
reverse card 421a Groovy GREG and 421b Combin’ HARRY,
by artist JOHN Pound,
FEATURES OS1, OS2 & OS7 character artwork
for cards 3a Up CHUCK & 3b Heavin’ STEVEN, 8a ADAM Bomb & 8b
Blasted BILLY, 29a Bony JOANIE & 29b Thin LYNN, and 46a Rappin’
RON & 46b RAY Gun, originally created by JOHN Pound, and 278a Have
A Nice DAVE & 278b MILES Smiles, by TOM Bunk; plus ‘FLICK
IT!‘ panels #13 and #14, respectively. The rendered artwork by
JAY Lynch showcases the characters with an added atomic mushroom cloud.

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The ‘PUZZLE PUKE‘
is obviously more about ‘street smarts’ (which involves practical knowledge
gained through life experiences), rather than ‘book smarts’ (which involves
a formal education and academic knowledge). If life were a ‘matching
game’, everyone would be attending Yale University (located in Connecticut).
The other “look-alike” twins, would be categorized as fraternal
twins, for numbers 2, 4, 5, & 6, as
opposed to identical twins, if even considered actual twins. The rendered
8a & 8b artwork by JAY Lynch is very reminscent of the rendered
OS1-OS5 wrapper artwork by TOM Bunk. These additional characters basically
have the atomic mushroom cloud placed over their heads (or out of their
mouth & baby bottle), but it’s interesting to note that the original
concept artwork for 8a & 8b contained the former President Ronald
Reagan, so it’s fitting to see the character finally get his ‘boom’.
Additionally, the original concept artwork for 46a & 46b had the
character holding guns, also hinted at by the card nomenclature.

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The comic back for OS11
reverse card 422a SHERI Cola and 422b All Night DINAH,
by artist JOHN Pound,
FEATURING no previous GPK character artwork,
but instead all-new artwork by JAY Lynch; plus ‘FLICK
IT!‘ panels #15 and #16, respectively. On close inspection, the
artwork showcases several hints at a non-U.S. classroom.

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The ‘PUZZLE PUKE‘
backside is technically more of a search-and-find game, but showcases
some great artwork by JAY Lynch. The artwork portrays quite a few hints
of a Russian classroom… two images of an Ushanka fur hat in the first
and second rows, with the latter hat’s earflaps being tied up. The pull-down
chart in the background demonstrates a community with poor rations and
an unbalanced diet along with the uncombined Communist symbol, the hammer
(representing workers) and sickle (representing peasants). Lastly, the
window’s snowy atmosphere shows several buildings with Russian architecture,
similar to Saint Basil’s Cathedral in the Red Square, Moscow & Kremlin.

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The duplicate comic back
for OS11 reverse cards 423a Hungry IVAN & 423b SY Sty,
by artist JOHN Pound, and card 452a Impaled GAIL & 452b Magic WANDA,
by artist JAMES Warhola,
FEATURE no previous GPK character artwork,
but instead all-new artwork by JAY Lynch; plus ‘FLICK
IT!‘ panels #37 and #38, respectively. On close inspection, the
entertaining artwork is absolutely identical and nothing has changed.

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The ‘PUZZLE PUKE‘
backside is technically more of a comparison game, but showcases some
great line work by JAY Lynch. The key to the puzzle is the interpretation
of the question, “What’s the difference?” and the popular
idiom, “What’s the difference?!” One is used to ask about
the distinction (or literal difference) between two objects, and the
other to express indifference or disinterest… but in modern times,
it’s often used as a rhetorical question, meaning there is no real distinction
between two things. A trick question that’s nuanced.

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The triplicate comic back
for OS11 reverse cards 424a Rainy STORM & 424b Lightning LINDA,
by artist TOM Bunk, 455a
Charred COLE & 455b Deviled EGBERT,
and 443a
Wet WHIT & 443b Wee-Wee WILLIE,
by artist JAMES Warhola,
all FEATURES OS2 character artwork for
cards 77a Ghastly ASHLEY and 77b Acne AMY, originally created by JOHN
Pound; plus ‘FLICK IT!‘ panels #39 & #40 (x2)
+ #29 & #30, respectively. The rendered artwork by JAY Lynch showcases
the character with the same facial blemishes, but with a closed mouth
to better display the puzzle, and a bit of booger.

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The ‘PUZZLE PUKE‘
backside shows a connect-the-dot puzzle, titled ‘CONNECT
THE ZITS‘. The twenty-step puzzle shows a revolver/gun/pistol
and the object that Acne AMY used in order to ‘eliminate’ her blemish
problem ‘forever’. One doesn’t have to worry about acne forever if their
life is eliminated and over. A time when both guns could be portrayed
in artwork and the topic of suicide wasn’t frowned upon.

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The comic back for OS11
reverse cards 425a DENNY Saur & 425b RIP Tile,
by artist JAMES Warhola,
FEATURES OS5 character artwork for cards
170a RICHIE Retch and 170b LUKE Puke, originally created by JOHN Pound;
plus ‘FLICK IT!‘ panels #31 & #32, respectively.
The rendered artwork by JAY Lynch showcases the character without his
green face, but his vomit is now in more of a projectile-like di-‘splay’.

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The ‘PUZZLE PUKE‘
backside shows several similar objects within the pile of barf, including:
eyeball, apple core, tin can, bottle, a bone, and fish bones. There’s
a plethora of different objects compared to the items showcased within
the OS5 card image, including: a hair comb, eggshells, tissue, and scissors
(card image) & tape dispenser, a pack of cigs, paperclip, clothesline
pin, smoking pipe, banana peel, a pair of underwear, toothbrush, shaving
blade, mouse, plunger, handsaw, mug, fork, drinking can, magnet, brain,
a pair of false teeth, etcetera (rendered image).

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The duplicate comic back
for OS11 reverse cards 427a Ripped FLETCH & 427b Taped TATE and
434a HOLLY Daze & 434b Joyous NOEL,
both by artist TOM Bunk, FEATURES OS6 character
artwork for cards 248a HECTOR Collector and 248b G.P. KAY, originally
created by JAMES Warhola (after JOHN Pound);
plus ‘FLICK IT!‘ panels #33 and #34, respectively.
The
rendered artwork by JAY Lynch shows the collector with a much expanded
collection stuck to his person.

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The ‘PUZZLE PUKE‘
backside is technically more of a Q&A (questions & answers)
than a puzzle, but a great look back at previous GPK releases. As with
the original final artwork, created by artist JOHN Pound, JAY Lynch’s
rendered edition has sticker characters that are unrecognizable (with
an added snot drip), unlike JAMES Warhola’s final artwork that are discernible.
For question no.7, there is a colour error where OS1 cards 12a/b and
OS4 cards 140a/b have ‘hot pink’ GPK headers, instead of red, or perhaps
like question no.8, we should call it ‘shocking pink’. For question
no.9, series 10 also had a blue wrapper, but alas, light blue.

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The comic back for OS11
reverse cards 432a Packed MAC and 432b SUE Case,
by artist JAMES Warhola,
FEATURES OS1 character artwork for cards
19a Corroded CARL and 19b Crater CHRIS, originally created by JOHN Pound;
plus ‘FLICK IT!‘ panels #7 & #8, respectively.
The rendered artwork by JAY Lynch showcases the character sticking his
tongue out, wearing longer suspended shorts, and standing on a stool.

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The ‘PUZZLE PUKE‘
backside shows six simple steps of starting with the word ‘ZIT’ and
ending with the word ‘PUS’, by changing one letter at a time. Step no.1
showing a guy getting punched in the face for the word ‘HIT’, step no.2
showing an image of a ‘HAT’, step no.3 showing an image of a ‘BAT’,
step no.4 showing an image of a ‘BAG’, step no.5 showing an image of
a ‘BUG’, and step no.6 showing an image of a ‘BUS’.

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The duplicate comic back
for OS11 reverse cards 435a London BRIDGET & 435b Toxic WES,
by artist TOM Bunk,
and 456 Split CORD & 456b WILLIAM Won’t Tell, by artist JOHN Pound,
FEATURES OS6 character artwork for cards
207a Over FLO and 207b Moist JOYCE, originally created by JOHN Pound;
plus ‘FLICK IT!‘ panels #35 & #36, respectively.
The rendered artwork by JAY Lynch showcases the character in the same
busting-seams predicament with a worrisome face.

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The ‘PUZZLE PUKE‘
backside shows six possible pee-able destinations and outcomes; no.1
being a fire hydrant, mainly associated with canines and marking their
territories, no.2 being a potted cactus plant, possibly something to
try to hide behind for privacy, no.3 being a porcelain toilet (aka
the CAN), the main goal, no.4 being a burger & drink, which would
only make matters worse, no.5 being a gravesite with tombstone, associated
with “pissing on someone’s grave”, and no.6 being an upturned
hat, something that could potentially hold a liguid and to urinate in.

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The comic back for OS11
reverse cards 436a Scaldin’ ALDEN and 436b Steamy MIMI,
by artist JOHN Pound,
FEATURES OS5 character artwork for cards
173a Menaced DENNIS and 173b Wormy SHERMY, originally created by JOHN
Pound; plus ‘FLICK IT!‘ panels #21 & #22,
respectively. The rendered artwork by JAY Lynch showcases the character
in different pajamas, no invading worms, night sweats, and having a
nightmare.

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The ‘PUZZLE PUKE‘
backside answers are taking objects beginning with a ‘G’, a ‘P’, and
a ‘K’ to the absolute extreme, which is most likely well beyond the
knowledge base that an average GPK collector could draw on whilst still
in grade school (or middle school for that matter), using proper nouns
& descriptive adjectives, and not the normal, most obvious choices.
‘G’ answers included ‘geometric shape(s)’, ‘genuine pistol’, and ‘George
Gershwin’ (an American composser and pianist), instead of: gun, gas
mask, guitar, grave, ghost, and gorilla. ‘P’ answers included ‘periodontist’
(dental specialist), ‘Pennsylvanian’, and ‘parallel lines’, instead
of: pistol, parrot, policeman, pipe, pigeon, pencil, Pilgrim, pine tree,
pyramid, piano, pineapple, pizza, pianist, penguin, puddle, pig, pillow,
and peeping tom. ‘K’ answers included ‘kat’ (purposefully misspelled),
‘K.G.B. agent’ (Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti = Russian intelligence),
and ‘karate victim’, instead of: kite, kid, kitten, key, kangaroo, and
koala.

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The comic back for OS11
reverse cards 437a Sliced BRAD and 437b Dead LEE,
by artist JAMES Warhola,
FEATURES OS5 character artwork for cards
198a Gore MAY and 198b CONNIE Sewer, originally created by JOHN Pound;
plus ‘FLICK IT!‘ panels #5 & #6, respectively.
The rendered artwork by JAY Lynch showcases the character with a different
food bib, fork (and knife) next to an empty plate, and licking up the
remaining snot.

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The ‘PUZZLE PUKE‘
backside has four easy steps to find out what Gore MAY had for dinner…
step no.1 equals NO(S)E, step no.2 equals FI(N)GER, step no.4 (should
be step no.3) equals T(I)SSUE[?], and step no.5 (should be step no.4)
equals (T)ONGUE, which spells ‘SNIT’, but should actually be ‘SNOT’,
naturally. The picture numbers are messed up and step no.4 (aka
step no.3) should have been a T(O)ILET or something.

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The duplicate comic back
for OS11 reverse cards 442a Rugged ROY & 442b Bare BARRY,
by artist JAMES Warhola, and card 449a BERT Food & 449b Gutsy GUS,
by artist TOM Bunk,
FEATURE no previous GPK character artwork,
but instead all-new artwork by JAY Lynch; plus ‘FLICK
IT!‘ panels #23 & #24 + #17 & #18, respectively. Minus
a barfing outbreak, it’s not directly apparent what is amiss within
the imagery.

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The ‘PUZZLE PUKE‘
backside is technically a nonsensical question with a satirical answer,
with a plethora of signage in the background, including: ‘JUICE‘,
‘NO CHOKING‘ (instead of ‘NO SMOKING‘),
a ‘SMOKING VICTIM‘ poster, ‘REST
ROOM‘ with ‘ADAM BOMB 4 PRESIDENT‘ scrawled
on the door, and most importantly, ‘CAFETERIA. TUESDAY:
IRISH STEW‘. The ‘Answer’ states, “MEATLOAF
IS SERVED ON TUESDAYS, NOT IRISH STEW!!
YUCK!“, and obviously, without
the full menu, the onlooker would be unaware of this information, or
a menu misprint, nor of its side affects.

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The comic back for OS11
reverse cards 444a Fairy Tale DALE and 444b Nose Drip SKIP,
by artist JOHN Pound,
FEATURES OS2 character artwork for cards
62a Greaser GREG and 62b CHRIS Hiss, originally created by JOHN Pound;
plus ‘FLICK IT!‘ panels #27 & #28, respectively.
The rendered artwork by JAY Lynch showcases the character in a mirror-image
view, with a stick of lit dynamite, and no flames around the skull &
cross’bones’ t-shirt.

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The ‘PUZZLE PUKE‘
backside has five potential pitstops and one final destination. Since
the ‘Answer’ mentions the character dropped out of school two years
ago, there really isn’t a reason for him to attend classes, let alone
gain access, especially since the image portrays more of a grade school-looking
building and the character is carrying weapons. It is highly unlikely
the character would be heading to the ‘WHITE HOUSE‘
(unless on a field trip), and would attempt to sidestep ‘JAIL‘
(and might be too young to serve), could play hooky in ‘TIMES
SQUARE‘, and would be attracted to a ‘BAR‘
or a ‘GUN SHOP‘, but may run into age restrictions.
Unless you run through Times Square, and dropped down into the ‘SCHOOL‘
through the flag area, there is no real direct route.

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The comic back for OS11
reverse cards 445a COLETTE Coldcut and 445b ELLIE Deli,
by artist JOHN Pound,
FEATURES character artwork for cards 204a
JULES Drools & 204b KIT Spit (OS5), 319A Chopped SUSIE & 319B
SHANA Saw (OS8), 5a Dead TED & 5b JAY Decay (OS1), 77a Ghastly ASHLEY
& Acne AMY (OS2), plus 265a Curly SHIRLEY & 265b Blown JOAN,
all originally created by JOHN Pound, and 212a Upliftin’ CLIFTON &
212b Air-Head JED (OS6), originally created by TOM Bunk; plus ‘FLICK
IT!‘ panels #19 & #20, respectively. The rendered artwork
by JAY Lynch showcases the characters in very similar poses, except
for two characters in mirror-image position.

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The ‘PUZZLE PUKE‘
backside contains a ‘secret message’ from your so-called “friends”
in Garbage Pail Kids-Land that can be deciphered using their card nomenclature:
JULES (Dr)ools + Ch(op)ped SUSIE + JAY (De)cay + Air-He(ad) JED + Ac(n)e
AMY + Bl(ow)n JOAN that reads ‘DROP DEAD NOW’. Perhaps this occurs once
you Connect-the-Zits for the ‘PUZZLE PUKE‘ cards
with Acne AMY and locate the gun. Like CLUE, killed in GPK-Land with
the revolver.

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The comic back for OS11
reverse cards 446a Mean MARLENE and 446b Punk ROCKY,
by artist TOM Bunk,
FEATURES OS1 character artwork for cards
27a Brainy JANIE and 27b JENNY Genius, originally created by JOHN Pound;
plus ‘FLICK IT!‘ panels #9 & #10, respectively.
The rendered artwork by JAY Lynch showcases the character in an upright
position, standing, with one shoe, holding
an umbrella, and wearing a red hair bow.

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The ‘PUZZLE PUKE‘
backside is a ‘MEMORY‘ game and showcases a store
window. Presenting the card back to the store first could thwart your
store freebies… the game is basically promoting the illegal act of
stealing; hopefully the character is young enough to avoid any correctional
center or serving time. The items Brainy JANIE memorized from left-to-right,
top-to-bottom, are: a skull with cap, bugs, sawed off leg, mouse, jar
of eyeballs, melting ice-cream cone, cat, tack, bone, a shrunken head,
cigarette butt, empty can, playing card, hung teddy bear with arrow
in head, fish bones, her other shoe, pencil
stub, hatchet, and a plate of spaghetti. The store front does have a
cityscape in the background, and may be in a rougher area of town, having
a broken window, and a band-aid & bullet hole on the back window.

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The comic back for OS11
reverse cards 454a Lynched LYNDON and 454b BRUCE Noose,
by artist TOM Bunk,
FEATURES OS3 character artwork for cards
106a Fowl RAOUL and 106b MACK Quack, originally created by JOHN Pound;
plus ‘FLICK IT!‘ panels #25 & #26, respectively.
The rendered artwork by JAY Lynch showcases the character still screaming
and cursing, but the swear words are floating above his head with the
puzzle in front of his extra angry face.

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The ‘PUZZLE PUKE‘
backside is a simple word search, titled, ‘GROSS-WORD
PUZZLE‘, but not a ‘crossword’ puzzle, unless you mean crossed
words… “Fowl RAOUL doesn’t give a DUCK
(F-U-C-K) about what he says!” Various words that can be deciphered
are, from L—R: stuck, garbage, vomit, puke, poo, blood, pus, pigs,
fur, zit, eel, home/work, rat, sewer, armpit, and underwear = sixteen
‘gross’ words; from T—B: barf, burp, toilet, snot, crud, booger,
bazooka, mutant, eve, gross, ego, goo, atlanta = thirteen ‘gross’ words;
and, diagonally: warts. Roughly thirty words can be located, but there
could be more!

Original Series — One Puzzle Preview
card: 458a Dental Hy GENE — sixteen Puzzle
Piece cards: 426a,
428a, 429a, 430a, 431a, 433a, 438a, 439a, 440a, 441a, 447a, 448a, 450a,
451a, 453a, 457a.

Original Series — One Puzzle Preview
card: 458b RUDY Canal — sixteen Puzzle Piece
cards: 426b,
428b, 429b, 430b, 431b, 433b, 438b, 439b, 440b, 441b, 447b, 448b, 450b,
451b, 453b, 457b.