Signed by hand by Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonist Tony Auth, this trading card from the Topps Star Wars Galaxy Series II set is in near mint/mint condition and will be shipped with the utmost care. A great example of how Star Wars influenced not only popular culture but real-world politics, Auth’s cartoons depicted on this card feature Reagan and the proposed Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) which, based on it’s plan to use space-based weapons systems to protect the United States, was quickly dubbed, and derided by opponents, as the “Star Wars” program.” Opponents were ultimately proven wrong as merely the pursuit of a viable SDI program ultimately helped bring an end to the Cold War and the Soviet Union. Please note- the signature is real. It is the actual, hand-singed signature of Auth. It is not a pre-printed image on the card.
