I was one of these foolish teenagers who was annoyed at not having some complete sets and cut up both my original series posters. Only realized it was a "D'oh!" move until years later.
In my schoolyard Wacky collecting crowd, Crust was an almost holy title and was seen as the highest value Wacky, for a plethora of reasons I can only vaguely remember now. Crust was viewed as incredibly rare, more so than any other title, and had this sacred, “First off the Press” type iconic status.
I remember wanting one so bad I got duped into trading some titles for a Crust some kid had cut out of a poster, I believe. I remember skeptically accepting it as trade, and probably used some lunch money to get it too. Like the basis of all con games, my greed overcame my rational powers, and I went ahead and took it and stared at that flimsy piece of paper for quite some time realizing I had gotten burned
. . . so much for the cornerstone of my collection.
Upon further analysis, my shrink would likely inform me this event triggered the birth of my lifetime of psychological disturbances
