Another oddity about the "Bent" art is that the "warning" on the side of the pack looks like it may have been altered as not to be read. Most of the undecipherable warnings on some of the cigarette spoofs were at least clearly draw lines that simulated some sort of text... this one looks like it was modified after the fact.
yep, a couple of mods to that Bent.
these reminded me of the proof cards that I have from toppsvault auctions from years ago. I think they auctioned the entire 2nd and 4th series original proof sheets worth of individual cards. The final Black is not printed on them, so no copyrights, or borders, which shows the blue die cut line for 2nd series and blue border for the 4th series.
I picked up several of these, including the Quake n Ache, Bent, and the 4th series copy of Pepto-Dismal - which is probably another little known fact at this point that it was an alternate title in the 4th series.
A copy of Winsome was also auctioned, but fetched a price far higher than I was willing to bid.