2021 Topps Chrome Garbage Pail Kids Series 4 Checklist

2021 Topps Garbage Pail Kids Chrome Original Series 4 reprints the 1986 Original Series 4 artwork on Chrome stock, adding six all-new paintings of classic characters. It is the fourth GPK Chrome series, following 2020 Chrome Series 3. Although branded 2021, it went on sale on Topps.com on August 24, 2022.

What's in the checklist

• Base: 100 cards: the 42 Original Series 4 subjects in their a and b names (125a to 166b), four extra b-name cards that share a number with another b name (125b, 149b, 158b and 164b), and six all-new subjects AN1a to AN6b
• Parallels: Refractor (1:3 packs) and Atomic Refractor (value boxes), then Green and Green Wave /299, Yellow and Yellow Wave /275, Purple and Purple Wave /250, Prism and Aqua Prism /199, X-Fractor /150, Black /99 (value boxes), Black Wave /99 (hobby), Orange /75 (hobby), Gold /50, Rose Gold /25, Red /5 (hobby), SuperFractor 1/1 and four Printing Plates 1/1
• Variations: 48 C Name Variations (1:100 packs), a third name for each painting
• Autographs: 23 Artist Autographs, numbered /50

Key characters

The base set opens with HOLLY WOOD and OAK KAY and includes JACK O. LANTERN, DUNCAN PUMPKIN, TEDDY BEAR and NO WAY JOSÉ. The all-new cards start with TROPHY TREY and ALLOY ADAM. Signed cards include ASHLEY CAN, MELTIN' ELTON and both b names of 158b, IG LOU and CRYSTAL GALE.

Grading considerations

Match the name as well as the number: 125b, 149b, 158b and 164b each exist under two different b names. Low-numbered refractors such as Red /5, SuperFractor 1/1 and the printing plates, along with the Artist Autographs, are among the cards collectors commonly consider for grading. Chrome surfaces show scratches and print lines, and silver borders make edge chipping easy to see. See our grading scale.

Sources and caveats

• Topps: 2021 Topps GPK Chrome

Card numbers and names follow the official Topps checklist PDF. We could not find a copy hosted by Topps, so it is not linked. Names split across two lines in that PDF are joined (MAY -HOGANY becomes MAY-HOGANY); other spellings, such as MAXE AXE and TRAVELIN' TRAVIS, are kept as printed. Parallels, pack exclusivity and the autograph print run follow the Topps hobby and retail sell sheets. The sell sheets advertised a November 2021 release; the date shown is the Topps.com on-sale date. The Topps checklist does not say which artist signed each autograph, so signers are not listed. Pack odds printed on the wrappers are not shown.