Buzz Break: 2022 zerocool Clerks III trading cards

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The box: 2022 zerocool Clerks III trading cards
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Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (when/if available)

Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of what was in this one.

Packs per box: 10
Cards per pack: 5
Cards in this box: 50
Base set completion: 
21 of 43 (49 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Base cards – See all in gallery.

Insert cards: 27 (all cards from box in gallery below)
Behind The Counter (8) – Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Kevin Smith, Jennifer Schwalbach-Smith, Jason Mewes
Quick Stop Merch Corner (6) – Chewlie's Gum Sucker, Krel Public Access (2), Wool, Ranger Danger, Chewlie's Spearmint Gum
RST Video Rewind (6) – I Don't Watch Movies (2), Independent Contractors, Litter Box (2), Alternate Ending
Chrome Crypto Club Fungible Token Cards (1) – Crimson
Purple parallel (1) – Shooter Bob
Yellow parallel (2) – Jay, Dante Hicks (/99)
Yellow & Blue parallel (3) – Dream Bigger, And ... Action!, Borrow Some Money? (/69)

Autographs/Memorabilia: 2
Blue Autographs (1) – Marilyn Ghigliotti as Veronica (/10)
Dual Autographs (1) – Brian O'Halloran & Rosario Dawson as Dante & Becky (/37)

What's Buzz-worthy: My third box of this one -- unlike my hitless last one -- was a beast with that dual-auto card, a rarer parallel solo auto and a run of the core character cards that had eluded me in my first two boxes ... and with a cherry on top here not one duplicate card which was an issue with my first two boxes. My decision to do a third box after an awful second one paid off here well ... and that keeps the door open to me doing more if the price is right and it presents itself. ... As I noted before, I think this is a release with a backstory that could have all kinds of twists and turns. Why? This one quickly arrived several months (if not years) ago at this point with zero announcement (and then it vanished) on Fanatics' site with no mention anywhere of its inclusions -- nothing -- while carrying a premium price (pushing $100) for a whole lot of unknown. Some rippers from those first boxes found autographs in volume ... meanwhile, some found zilch on that front. With that in mind, I never bothered looking for this -- too much cost for the mystery -- and moved on, though there was a time when I would have absolutely dropped everything and bought anything View Askew in bulk. Fast-forward (VHS pun intended) to 2024 and this one just recently arrived via Topps' site with a slightly lower price, zero mention of zerocool and a checklist but no odds for hits or anything laid out to even know what parallels there are or what they might be called. One was a classic, one was a dud ... so I did this third one to see which way the odds would roll for me. ... The single-signer card lineup is small -- 10 names -- and it's got some you may not have landed elsewhere (there have been a few View Askew sets over the years) and the parallels tend to flow pretty well, too, with the only real issues here being base collation and hits being erratic. I'm 2-for-3 for home run boxes here.

Product Grade: A- (it's got collation issues so it will be hit and miss ... good or bad)
Box Grade: A++ (see below)
Fun Grade: A+ (great box, no dupes, key names and an epic dual-auto card)

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