Monster Trading Cards

[Mike Scott]

Scans of my Creature autograph cards of both Ben Chapman and Ricou Browning.

Cool! 

Do you have the "Creature From The Black Lagoon Glitter Cards" from that one set?

[horrorhunter]

Cool! 

Do you have the "Creature From The Black Lagoon Glitter Cards" from that one set?

No. Those are from the Classic Sci-Fi & Horror Posters (Breygent, 2007) set. I only have the base set and the Ricou Browning autograph card. I know the poster images look better on the over-sized cards but I still prefer the standard size trading cards for convenience of storage and viewing.

[Mike Scott]

I found a set. I had seen them, before, but didn't remember what they were called.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Posters-Sci-Fi-Horror-Creature-from-Black-Lagoon-Glitter-Card-SET-/151148554407

[horrorhunter]

Frankenstein (Artbox, 2006) is a 72 card base set with several chase cards and a nice binder. I was a little disappointed in these cards as the fronts appear to be photos from the Universal classic taken from screen grabs and they don't appear very sharp. I guess I'm spoiled by the high quality of the Hammer Horror cards. I bought one of the binders (with a nice photo of the Monster on the cover) to store all of my Universal Monsters cards in.

Cards 1-9:


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http://nslists.com/franken.htm

[horrorhunter]

Hammer Horror Series 2 (Strictly Ink, 2010) included 13 different Autograph Cards of which I've managed to obtain 7 so far. I also have the two unused redemption cards for two of the Autograph Cards (the only two that had redemption cards). Scans of mine follow:



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http://www.nslists.com/hamhosi2.htm

[Mord]

 I think those Frankenstein cards are pretty decent (no Hammer, of course). The picture quality (or lack of) gives them that old movie feel. Did you get the "chase" figures (the monster & the Bride) that go with this set?

[horrorhunter]

I think those Frankenstein cards are pretty decent (no Hammer, of course). The picture quality (or lack of) gives them that old movie feel. Did you get the "chase" figures (the monster & the Bride) that go with this set?

No, I only have the base set and binder at this point. I would like to have the figures and chase cards but those are some of the many things on the backburner. If I find backburner stuff cheap enough it gets moved to the front burner. 

[Mike Scott]

Here's a cool new set!

[horrorhunter]

Here's a cool new set!

It does look pretty cool. I'm a huge Monster Times fan and have a complete run including the specials. I was really excited about these cards at first until I found out the set costs around $25. They offer a few token odds and ends with it but I wish they would have kept their plastic cockroach and made the set more reasonably priced...like about half what they are charging (or less). Each card features a cover from The Monster Times, but if you already have the run it kind of takes the wind out of it. For me this looks like one of those backburner things where I'll pick one up when I get a good deal on evilBay...like about 10 bucks.

[Mike Scott]

Each card features a cover from The Monster Times, but if you already have the run it kind of takes the wind out of it.

And if you don't, you can see the covers, here! 

http://monstermagazinegalleries.blogspot.com/2010/03/monster-times.html

[horrorhunter]

I finally found a few Twilight Zone (Rittenhouse) Autograph Cards for good prices and have posted the scans below. My favorite is Beverly Garland since she is a fave Horror Hottie. Some others of note regarding monster movie appearances are William Schallert, Charles Herbert, and Susan Gordon.


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I bought these in different eBay auctions all from the same seller for between $2 and $12 each, averaging around $5 each. Most of the time these cards only show up as Buy-It-Now and usually are $15-$30 each or more. Being patient and waiting for an auction is a good strategy if you just want a good sampling of various cards, but if you are looking for specific cards you could be waiting a very long time. I just got lucky that the seller was auctioning off some of the cards I was looking for anyway, especially Bev Garland. 

[Mike Scott]

I finally found a few Twilight Zone (Rittenhouse) Autograph Cards

Are these actual autographs, or just printed on? All the ink is the same color.

[horrorhunter]

Are these actual autographs, or just printed on? All the ink is the same color.

Those are the real deal. When viewing the cards in person you can tell the ink casts a slightly different reflection off the card surface. Rittenhouse Archives made five Twilight Zone trading card series from 1999-2009 with 149 different autograph cards. I don't have all of the chase cards from those sets but I don't think they had printed signature cards.

http://nslists.com/twizone2.htm

http://tradingcardspace.com/community/showthread.php?t=1405

Also, if you follow this eBay link to the listings for different Susan Gordon cards you will see slight variations in her signatures. If they were printed signature cards they would all be identical.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2060778.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.Xsusan+gordon+autograph+card&_nkw=susan+gordon+autograph+card&_sacat=0

[Mike Scott]

Found this buried in my (digital) files. Original art and the finished card (both sides). An example of a Topps Foldees (1962). There was another one in this series with a Frankenstein monster.



Just found the Frank one on ebay.

[Hepcat]

Those 1962 Topps Foldees are tough! I don't have any.

Here are front and back scans of a few of my sheets from the 81 card Hammer Horror set Cornerstone issued in 1995:









I like the way the set is arranged. The first card is a reproduction of the movie poster while the next eight are stills from the movie. Toward the end of the set is this group of nine cards featuring Hammer movie posters: