You'll Die Laughing (1959)

(Bubbles, Inc. / Topps)
Monster cards. You'll Die Laughing. Card Set
Set title: You'll Die Laughing
AKA: Funny Monsters
Set type: Trading card set. (Sold via wax packs.)
Producer: Bubbles, Inc. (AKA "Topps". See below.)
Year released: 1959
Cards in set: 66
Wrapper produced: Yes
Card cost (Nrmt): $2.50-$3.50
Set cost (Nrmt): $200-$250

 
Set Comments
The first of the great wave of monster cards. 1959 You'll Die Laughing (also known as "Funny Monsters" features
generic monsters as well as altered classic horror & sci-fi movie monsters with illustrations by celebrated artist Jack Davis.

You'll Die Laughing (which takes it's name from the banner on the card's back) also set a tone for the many monster card
sets to follow by parodying it's monsters.

This would prove to be a highly successful formula as parodies never seem to fail with the kiddies, and that by parodying the
subject matter, the more gruesome horror elements could be avoided.

Though card backs state "Bubbles, Inc." as the set's producer, this set was produced by Topps. During this period, when
Topps felt uneasy about putting their own name on a particular card set, they'd credit "Bubbles, Inc." on the product to
distance the Topps brand name from any anticipated controversy.

A 1973 You'll Die Laughing set, also released by Topps, carried Topps' standard "T.C.G." logo on the back.
The 1973 You'll Die Laughing set however employed black & white photography instead of color illustrations.


 
1959 You'll Die Laughing: Card Fronts
Monster cards featuring two-headed creature.
Monster cards wolf man card.

 
1959 You'll Die Laughing: Card Back
Monster cards You'll Die Laughing card back.

 

1959 You'll Die Laughing: Wrapper


 
1959 You'll Die Laughing: Box
Funny monsters trading cards box.
1959 You'll Die Laughing box courtesy of collector Lonnie Cummins

 
Monster Cards Index
1959 You'll Die Laughing
1961 Horror Monsters (Green)
1961 Horror Monsters (Orange)
1961 Spook Stories
1962 Mars Attacks
1962 Adventures of Captain Chapel
1963 Monster Flip Movies
1963 Monster Laffs
1963 Monster Laffs (Midgees)
1963 Monster Magic Action
1963 Terror Monsters
1963 Famous Monsters
1964 The Addams Family
1964 The Munsters
1964 Outer Limits
1964 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1965 King Kong
1965 King Kong (Test Issue)
1965 Monster Cards
1965 Monster Greetings
1965 Ugly Stickers
1966 Weird-Ohs
1966 Make Your Own Name Stickers
1966 Superman
1966 Lost in Space
1966 Frankenstein Stickers
1966 Insult Postcards
1967 Terror Tales
1967 Star Trek
1967 Baseball Weird-Ohs
1968 Dark Shadows (Pink)
1968 Flash Gordon (Test Issue)
1968 Land of the Giants (Test Issue)
1969 Dark Shadows (Green)
1969 Quentin Postcards (Dark Shadows)
1969 Planet of the Apes
1973 You'll Die Laughing

 

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