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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 |
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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
This
would prove to be a highly successful formula as parodies never seem to
fail with the kiddies, and that by parodying the
Though
card backs state "Bubbles, Inc." as the set's producer, this set was produced
by Topps. During this period, when
A 1973
You'll Die Laughing set, also released by Topps, carried Topps' standard
"T.C.G." logo on the back.
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1959
You'll Die Laughing: Wrapper
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1959 You'll Die Laughing box courtesy of collector Lonnie Cummins |
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