Showcase your monster cards here!

[Hepcat]

I wouldn't know where to start if I had to pick from your portfolio of sketches Terry.

[twilitezoner]

I have to agree with Hep Terry.

[Scary Terry]

That's easy, guys!  Start with the ones that haven't sold yet!  Heh, heh heh!!!

[Hepcat]

Here are scans from my Topps Star Trek card set which was issued in 1976:

[horror1o1]

Here's the pic of the binder with my Mars Attacks cards and Lost in Space wrappers again:



I have less than a dozen of the Mars Attacks cards but I have all four variants of the Lost in Space wrapper.

I feel your pain I have round 25 Mars attacks cards and it's taking forever to get this far. One of these days I'll scan them in for you guys.

[Hepcat]

The Mars Attacks cards are what's called "demand scarce", meaning there are quite a few in existence but they're so popular with collectors that any offered at semi-reasonable prices are quickly snapped up.

The Mars Attacks cards weren't sold in my area when I was a kid. I was trick or treating on Halloween with two of my best buddies in 1963 or 1964 though when I was given one card in a generic wrapper. Opening it up we discovered the "Hairy Fiend" card from the Mars Attacks set. We were awestruck since we'd never seen any of the cards before and the card was absolutely wild! Without the wrapper, we failed to even figure out the name of the set despite the Mars Attacks title on the back!

Nonetheless, that "Hairy Fiend" card became the prize of our collection of 6500 or so cards. It wasn't until about thirty years ago that I figured out that our "Hairy Fiend" card was part of the notorious Mars Attacks set. I still don't have a "Hairy Fiend" card though!

[horror1o1]

The Mars Attacks cards are what's called "demand scarce", meaning there are quite a few in existence but they're so popular with collectors that any offered at semi-reasonable prices are quickly snapped up.

The Mars Attacks cards weren't sold in my area when I was a kid. I was trick or treating on Halloween with two of my best buddies in 1963 or 1964 though when I was given one card in a generic wrapper. Opening it up we discovered the "Hairy Fiend" card from the Mars Attacks set. We were awestruck since we'd never never seen any of the cards before and the card was absolutely wild! Without the wrapper, we failed to even figure out the name of the set despite the Mars Attacks title on the back!

Nonetheless, that "Hairy Fiend" card became the prize of our collection of 6500 or so cards. It wasn't until about thirty years ago that I figured out that our "Hairy Fiend" card was part of the notorious Mars Attacks set. I still don't have a "Hairy Fiend" card though!

That's a awesome story and wish my story was as good. I happened to see mention of them in the early 90's in a magazine and was awe struck and been on the hunt ever since. Only in the last 10 years have I acquired any of them. And some of mine are in rough shape but love them all the same. And don't feel bad I don't have a "Hairy Fiend" either. I've tracked down most of the Martian cards cause they are the most sought after but need to stoke up on the bugs. The set is truely amazing though.

[Monolith]

These 1960's monster greeting cards have Robert Crumb artwork on the front with a set-up, and a punchline and photo's on the back featuring
'60's monster masks and props.

Here's four fronts...



And here's the backs of those four with the punchlines...



Here's four more...



And here's their backs...



I have more of these if you want to see more.

[Hepcat]

I actually like the backs of those cards more than I do the fronts.

[Monolith]

I must admit I like the backs more, too.

I don't think anyone posted these in this thread yet- The 15 monster cards that came in an unpunched sheet inside the DRACULA'S GREATEST HITS LP.
Sadly, I'm missing two from my set. I'm missing "the Honda monster" and "Weirdo the hot rod monster" I'll get them one day. Until then here they are...



Here's a few close-ups...







Isn't Jack Davis the best?

[Hepcat]

Oh my! I like those! I'm a great fan of Jack Davis.

[CreepysFan]

   

Monolith, those monster fan cards are groovy.  I want to find me a set now.  And those greeting cards are twisted enough to be really cool.

[jimm]

Wow, classic Davis. A friend has a pile of those wacky plaks by Davis...cool...

[Monolith]

And kind of related to the Jack Davis 15 Monster Fan Cards are these: 15 Hormel Monster Green Stamps. These were made in the '60's by Fred Rice Productions, the same Fred Rice who produced the Dracula's Greatest Hits LP. I don't know for sure but I suspect having monster cards in the LP might have been Fred Rice's idea and having these green stamps might've been his idea as well. The way you could get these back then was to join the
Shrimpenstein fan club and send in one dollar and you would get a membership card, a letter and these stamps. The Shrimpenstein TV show premiered in 1966 and was hosted by Gene Moss as a character named Dr. Rudolph Von Schtick. It was done in kind of a Soupy Sayles fashion and featured all kinds of monsters. These stamps are pretty hard to come by nowadays.



Here's the Shrimpenstein stamp. The Shrimpy puppet used on the show was made by Wah Chang who made props like the Tricorders and Tribbles for the original Star Trek show.



Here's Wilfred the wiener wolf...







In this picture you can see how similar some of the Shrimpenstein Green stamps are to the Monster Fan cards that came in Dracula's Greatest Hits.
The Jack Davis "Surf Monster" is on the right and the Green Stamps  "Surf Monster" is on the left. I don't know who drew the green stamp images.



The two "Zombie" cards are similar as well. The Jack Davis cards came out in 1964, the Green Stamps came out at least a couple of years after that.



And the "Weirdo the Hot Rod Monster" on the left is similar to the "Weirdo" card in the Jack Davis set. The "Weirdo" card is one I am missing from my
Davis set.



Here's a couple more...



And here's the host of SHRIMPENSTEIN  and two bats that were puppets on the show who would do funny musical numbers...

[Terry]

Give Me Some Time,,,I'll have to post some of my favorite cards...