Complete Set of Kellogg’s PEP Pins Now on Heritage Auctions

Currently at auction on the USA-based Heritage Auctions is a complete set of Kellogg’s PEP pins.

In 1945, 1946 and 1947, the Kellogg Company inserted a give-away collectible in the form of pinback buttons into specially marked boxes of PEP cereal. PEP pins included U.S. Army squadrons as well as comic book characters published in newspapers at the time.

There were five series of comic book character pins released, with 18 different pins in each set. The Superman button was included in all five series, hence 86 unique comic character pins were released.

The complete set of Kellogg’s PEP pins at auction by Heritage Auctions is made up of 88 pins, which includes characters such as Smokey Stover, Dick Tracy, Herby, Nina, Lilliums, Orphan Annie, Moon Mullins, Sandy (dog), Smitty, Harold Teen, Shadow, Kayo, Smilin’ Jack, Winnie Winkle, Perry Winkle, Uncle Walt, Skeezix, Superman, Henry, Min Gump, Uncle Bim, Mama Katlenja, The Captain, Mamie, Mae, Mr. Bailey, Punjab, Warbucks, Chester Gump, The Fire Chief, Felix the Cat, Wimpy, Snuffy Smith and Tillie the Toiler.

More information on the Kellogg’s PEP pins can be found HERE

The Phantom was also featured on a PEP pin, found in the third series by the Kellogg Company in 1946. The front and back of the Phantom pin can be seen below, with the front of the pin showing a profile image of the Phantom as illustrated by Ray Moore.

The auction description for the Kellogg’s PEP pins as seen on the Heritage Auctions website reads:

All 86 comic character pins, including the hard-to-find Phantom and Felix the Cat pins. Extra Superman and Dick Tracy pins are included. Overall condition is Excellent, one of the best sets we’ve seen to date.

The complete set of Kellogg’s PEP pins as seen on the Heritage Auctions website can be seen below. The Phantom PEP pin can be seen in the image on the right, the first pin in the third row.

Each pin inserted in a specially marked box of PEP cereal was released in a clear plastic wrapper. Below we see an example of the cereal box, plus the Phantom PEP pin still in it’s original wrapper.