MONSTERS RULE! Wanna See My 12 Creature Feature Trading Cards From 1973? They’re Really Cool…
CREATURE FEATURE TRADING CARDS – Monsters rule. Monsters are Metal. Don’t believe me when I say Monsters are Metal? Just ask Rob Zombie, Glenn Danzig, Jerry Only, Wednesday 13, Skeletonwitch, Lizzy Borden, Orange Goblin or the mega-legendary KISS, Iron Maiden, King Diamond and Alice Cooper if Monsters are Metal! Monsters are to Metal, what hops is to beer. They just go super swell together.
Back in 1973, Topps Chewing Gum released some very scary and very cool trading cards called Creature Feature. I remember vividly, watching Creature Feature on Saturday mornings with my sister. We both were psyched out of our minds to see the black and white film classics of: Frankenstein, The Bride Of Frankenstein, The Creature From The Black Lagoon, The Wolfman, The Hunchback Of Notre Dame, The Invisible Man and ALL the King Kong and Godzilla flicks too! Whoa!
Okay, I’ll throw in the original War Of The Worlds film from 1953 and The Blob from 1958 as being childhood favorites of ours as well. In my opinion, the special effects seen in any of these old-time Horror films deserves an applause! Hell, there were no computers back then to assist in any SFX, like we all know exists today.
Night Of The Living Dead – Original Movie Poster (No, I don’t own this poster… wish I did though).
If I had to name my favorite Horror film stars from the golden years of Hollywood, they would be (in no particular order): Vincent Price, Lon Chaney Sr., Lon Chaney Jr., Bela Lugosi and of course Boris Karloff. Horror film icons all. My favorite Horror film of all time? Why, it’s a tie. Here they are: The Phantom Of The Opera (1925 silent film) and George A. Romero’s Night Of The Living Dead from 1968.
I would share these cards with my sister and we would laugh at the corny jokes that are printed on the backsides of them. The “sayings” on the card fronts are a hoot as well! Here are 9 of my Creature Feature trading cards:
The Frankenstein card in the center reads: “Would Somebody Tell Me A Scary Story?”
Grand memories these Creature Feature cards produce for me. I so often wish my sister was still alive; I miss talking about ghosts, monsters and the paranormal with her. My sister was never at a loss for words when it came to these scary topics! My sister also had a small quantity of Creature Feature cards too. While growing up, we weren’t surrounded with money, therefore, building a complete set of Creature Feature was not even a thought to us.
Here are 3 more of my Creature Feature trading cards:
Here are the backsides of my Creature Feature cards:
On the back of card #93 (shown above) reads the joke:
“Why are you so surprised that I shot a werewolf last night in my pajamas?”
“I didn’t think a werewolf could fit in your pajamas.”
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I’d like to give a BIG thank you to my Metal Buddy over at ATOTHEWR.COM for prompting me to write about and show off my Creature Feature cards. Please check out his very, very cool site! From movie reviews, books and music to running, you’ll be in for a surprise by stopping by there! Plus, I believe he’s a KISS fan too! Tell ’em Stone sent you. Now, to end with a quote from ATOTHEWAR:
“Metal And Monsters Be Thy Name”
LONG LIVE LEGENDARY MONSTERS.
Rest In Peace, Christine. I Miss You So Much.
Stone.
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August 26, 2012 at 12:12 am
I always watched those creature feature movies over my grandparents house. Classics!! My favorite was always the creature from the black lagoon!
August 26, 2012 at 12:21 am
‘The Creature From The Black Lagoon’ has been my favorite too, time and again! There are so many grand monster movies from those golden decades… my “favorite” seems to change by the week!
More of a Science Fiction movie than Horror… ‘Escape From New York’ takes the Metal cake for me too. 🙂 \m/\m/
August 26, 2012 at 4:13 am
I also used to watch Creature Feature on Saturdays and have seen many of these classic horror films. One that I’ve always found very amusing was “Samson vs the Vampire Women.” It’s a hoot.
August 26, 2012 at 5:58 pm
Yikes! I’ll put my Metal money on the Vampire Women any day! 😉
August 26, 2012 at 7:45 am
Thanks for the nod man. These are really cool.
August 26, 2012 at 6:00 pm
Not a problem. I wish I could have more of these cards. I’m just thankful these 12 cards survived the years with me!
August 26, 2012 at 6:01 pm
They look good and in mint condition.
August 26, 2012 at 6:09 pm
They really are! As a kid, I kept care of what I owned. Getting material “treats” wasn’t something I took for granted and I made certain my stuff would last. However, I did wreck the crap out of my matchbox cars though, with make believe crashes. LOL!
August 26, 2012 at 6:34 pm
G.I Joe figures and Star Wars ones found their way onto the short end of my bee bee gun.
August 26, 2012 at 6:49 pm
LOL! 😮
Yeah, my sister took all of her Barbies and cut their hair so short, they all became bald Barbies! Um, all these vintage toys we’re talking about “probably” would have made us rich. (!)
August 26, 2012 at 6:52 pm
I cringe at that every day. I lost so much money to useless violence. If only we knew.
August 26, 2012 at 7:50 am
I like the 2 profile shots of Frankenstein. It looks like the photos actors take in order to get movie roles. Couldn’t you see Frankenstein going into an audition with those 2 pictures?
August 26, 2012 at 6:02 pm
LOL! Yes, I actually could. Both of those Frankenstein photos make him look like a trustworthy, punctual and down-to-earth, um, dead guy! 😮
August 9, 2013 at 12:01 am
That is so awesome Stone. Truly loved Creature Feature and totally forgot the cards. I remember someone who I thought had a lunchbox