Famous Monsters

(1963 Rosan)

The Set
Set title: Famous Monsters
AKA: Famous Monsters Series
Set type: Hobby card set. (Sold in complete set form.)
Producer: Rosan
Year released: 1963
Cards in set: 64
Wrapper produced: No
Box produced: No
Card cost (Nrmt): $2.50-$3.50 ea.
Set cost (Nrmt): $125-$150

Variations: Card #'s 14 & 31 sre found with 3 different
backs. Card #'s 3 & 49 are found with 5 different backs.
All other numbers can be found with 4 different backs.

Set Comments
Originally sold as a complete set in the backs of monster magazines, Famous Monsters is routinely
found in complete set form (and in fairly decent condition.) Singles can be located, but perhaps not
as easily as with some other sets.

Though crudely manufactured, this is a favorite set among collectors owing to it's

relatively low price and simple look. Centering is a problem with many cards in the set and one should
not be as particular with Famous Monsters as with other sets.

Collectors of Famous Monsters cards also tend to like the Horror Monsters set of 1961 and the
Terror Monsters set of 1963.

1963 Famous Monsters: Card Fronts

1963 Famous Monsters: Card Back
Famous Monsters card back.

1963 Famous Monsters: Checklist
1. Konga 2. The Red Planet 3. I was a Teenage Frankenstein 4. Amazing Colossal Man 5. Invasion of the Saucermen 6. Konga 7. Night of the Blood Beast 8. The Undead 9. Goliath and the Dragon 10. The Blood of Dracula 11. War of the Colossal Beast 12. The Blood of Dracula 13. Konga 14. Terror from Year 5,000 15. Return of Saucerman 16. Headless Ghost 17. Goliath and the Barbarians 18. Konga 19. Goliath and the Dragon 20. Circus of Horrors 21. Educated Skeleton	22. The Melting Head 23. The Head Shrinker 24. The Giant Lizard 25. Teenage Frankenstein 26. Cruel Terror 27. How to Make a Monster 28. Creation of Frankenstein 29. Goliath and the Dragon 30. The Blood of Dracula 31. The Voo Doo Man 32. The Devil's Curse 33. Invasion of the Saucermen 34. How to Make a Monster 35. The Claw 36. The Werewolf and Frankenstein 37. Teenage Werewolf 38. Werewolf Meets Teenage Frankenstein 39. Invasion of Saucerman 40. Coffin of Terror 41. The She Creature 42. The Hook	43. Unknown Terror 44. Horrors of the Black Museum 45. Circus of Horrors 46. The Iron Mask 47. I Was a Teenage Frankenstein 48. The Iron Mask 49. The Snake Pit 50. Reptilicus 51. Circus of Horrors 52. The Sea Monster 53. Dracula's Daughter 54. The Ghost 55. The Colossal Beast 56. Konga 57. The Corrugated Brute 58. Invasion of Creatures 59. Star Creatures 60. The Yellow Serpent 61. The Devil's Doll 62. The Beastly Horror 63. Haunted Fear 64. Horrors of the Black Museum

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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