21 Jump Street (the TV show and not the movie) makes for a campy historical look back at the late 1980s. It's also proof that Johnny Depp can play a character that's not over-the-top and always moving his hands in strange ways. Rather, it's a simpler, hair-slicked-back Johnny Depp. 1987 Topps 21 Jump Street trading cards share that simple notion with a checklist that's about as basic as you can get.
The cards are actually stickers if you want them to be. The set has 44 cards. A brick wall background lends itself to the graffiti-like logo. There's an image of a character inside a red frame and a yellow box at the bottom with a caption that's likely to make you grimace or groan.
Backs are puzzle pieces and offer no further information or context.
Due to its visual nature, the focus is entirely on the characters. Depp's Hanson, there's Penhall (Peter DeLuise), Hoffs (Holly Robinson-Peete), Ioki (Dustin Nguyen) and Captain Fuller (Steven Williams).
With 48 packs per box and five cards per pack, building this set is not difficult. This has likely had a major impact on why the set can usually be found so cheaply and easily still today.
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1987 Topps 21 Jump Street Checklist
2 Proud and Fearless
3 Cops Who Care!
4 Officer H.T. Ioki
5 Officer Judy Hoffs
6 At the Rifle Range
7 A Man, His Duty
8 High School Cops!
9 Officer Tom Hanson
10 Time for Fun!
11 The City Beat
12 Hanson & Hoffs
13 One Cool Cop!
14 Undercover!
15 Judy's Dream
16 Captain Adam Fuller
17 On the Job!
18 "To Protect & Serve"
19 Duo for Danger!
20 Fuller in Charge!
21 Dynamite Duo!
22 Jump Street's Finest
24 Ioki's Gamble
25 A Fast Lane Life!
26 The New Case
27 Hot Night Out!
28 Huggable Hoffs!
29 Man and the Mission
30 Hot Young Star
31 Hanson Takes a Break!
32 A Laugh between Jobs
33 Hanson Undercover
34 Officer Doug Penhall
35 Top Secret!
36 What a Fox!
37 Lighten Up!
38 Teen Patrol
39 Schoolyard Blues
40 Officer H.T. Ioki
41 Officer Tom Hanson
42 What a Hunk!
43 Freeze!
44 Officer Doug Penhall
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