Preview: In The Game Superlative Franchise

In The Game recently announced the latest in its Superlative Series products, Superlative Franchise, which focuses on one of the most successful pro sports franchises ever — the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Each of 1,600 hand-numbered books will contain seven cards — three of them featuring on-card autographs. (Every autograph in the set is on-card.) And for the first time ever in a Superlative product, there will be dual- and triple-autographed cards.

The vintage base set will include 32 cards — one per book — and 45 modern base cards, also one per book.

See a few checklist and images from the entire product’s lineup after the jump.

Here’s the preliminary checklist for the vintage set:

1    Apps, Syl
2    Bailey, I “Ace”
3    Barilko, Bill
4    Bentley, Max
5    Bolton Hugh
6    Broda, Turk
7    Chabot, Lorne
8    Clancy, King
9    Conacher, Charlie
10    Cotton, H “Baldy”
11    Davidson, Bob
12    Day, Hap
13    Drillon, Gordie
14    Goldham, Bob
15    Hainsworth, George
16    Hamilton, Reg
17    Horner, Red
18    Jackson, H “Busher”
19    Kennedy, Ted
20    Lumley, Harry
21    McCool, Frank
22    Meeker, Howie
23    Metz, Nick
24    Pratt, L “Babe”
25    Primeau, Joe
26    Rollins, Al
27    Schriner “Sweeney”
28    Sloan, Tod
29    Smith, Sid
30    Smythe, Conn
31    Stewart, Gaye
32    Watson, Harry

Here’s the modern checklist:

1    Allan Bester
2    Allan Stanley
3    Andy Bathgate
4    Bob Baun
5    Bob Pulford
6    Borje Salming
7    Brian Glennie
8    Darcy Tucker
9    Darryl Sittler
10    Dave “Tiger” Williams
11    Dave Keon
12    Dick Duff
13    Doug Gilmour
14    Ed Belfour
15    Eddie Shack
16    Errol Thompson
17    Felix Potvin
18    Frank Mahovlich
19    Gary Leeman
20    Gary Roberts
21    Grant Fuhr
22    Ian Turnbull
23    Jacques Plante
24    Johnny Bower
25    Lanny McDonald
26    Marcel Pronovost
27    Mats Sundin
28    Mikhail Grabovski
29    Mike Palmateer
30    Joe Nieuwendyk
31    Nikolai Kulemin
32    Norm Ullman
33    Paul Henderson
34    Red Kelly
35    Rick Vaive
36    Ron Ellis
37    Bert Olmstead
38    Russ Courtnall
39    Shayne Corson
40    Steve Thomas
41    Terry Sawchuk
42    Tie Domi
43    Tim Horton
44    Vesa Toskala
45    Wendel Clark

For the inserts, there will be nine blue versions of each card and one gold, a 1/1. The Famous Fabrics inserts are limited to nine blue versions and one gold, also 1/1.

Take a look at more images from the set below. To see full checklists, visit In The Game’s site here.

Chris Olds has collected sports cards and memorabilia since 1987. Before coming to Beckett Media, he wrote about the hobby for the Orlando Sentinel on his blog, SportsStuff, and for the San Antonio Express-News and The Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News. Do you have a comment, question or idea? Send e-mail to him at colds@beckett.com.