Horror Monster Blue Review!
By Kurt Kuersteiner ©2024 Monsterwax
Monster Trading Cards for
The Wrapper Magazine
It’s not easy being the guy who has to tell everyone he’s not crazy, insisting that they are the ones who are misinformed, and what they believe is complete fantasy. Just think how Galileo must have felt... Yes, I too understand the stress of discovering something so life changing, so revolutionary and universe shattering, that our entire belief system could be undermined forever with the global implications of this new reality. So I feel justifiably paranoid about publicly denying a central tenet of The Bible. But that is my task. It' my Non-sports duty... My Kuersteiner curse! I must denounce an ongoing belief decreed by The Non-Sports Bible and other sacred Non-Sports reference books, including my favorite, The Sport Americana Price Guide to the Non-Sports Cards #4.
I own and deeply appreciate both those seminal works, but it doesn’t mean they are perfect. And while nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition to suddenly barge in…
I said, Nobody expects the Spanish Inquistion-- (Never mind.)
The point is, there are some collectors who consider the following theory blasphemy, but I’ve said it before and now I gotta say it again; Horror Monster Blue cards are NOT the original version (or the test version) of the 1961 Nu-Cards Horror Monster card series!!!
There. I said it. Burn me at the stake if you must, but at least I will have died in the right. And I know I’m right because a big payload of Horror Monster Blue cards recently sold in July on eBay for a whopping $1,583.90! And the 54 different card images from that sale are very revealing.
But first, a little background. Most every monster card collector has seen the common blue Monster Cards. They have no known wrapper, no copyright, and no date listed on the cards, but they are generally accepted as being produced by Rosan in 1965 or 66 and sold as complete sets (probably out of the back of Famous Monsters magazine or comic books). A complete set of 84 NM cards were only $200 a decade ago when I bought mine in The Wrapper magazine. The backs have a primitive Halloween style design that looks like a 5th grader drew it. Below the “Monster Cards” title are crude images of a ghost, a skull wearing a hat, a Cyclops, and a spider hovering above a stretched out rattle snake, followed by "Terrible Jokes:” A typical example is #81…
“Question: What has four wheels and flies?
Answer: A garbage truck.”
(Above: Reverse sample of the Monster Cards blue)
The fronts feature what look like photocopies of the Nu-Card Horror Monster green & (mostly) orange series, but instead of black and white photos and titles, the front images are blue on white. (The back design and text are conventional black and white.) The quality typeset titles on the front of the Horror Monster cards are replaced with white strips that have new titles typed in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS with a typewriter using a bad ink ribbon. Not all of them are actually “new” titles. Although they are usually the same titles as the Horror Monster cards, some are replaced with a gag or funnier quote.
Now for the controversial part: There is another blue series that looks very similar to the blue Monster Cards, and they are called Horror Monster Blue. They are scarce. They have the same fronts (although some of the titles have been changed). All the numbers are different and start much later, beginning around number 64. After #66, the numbers and photos on the front coincide with the same numbers in the Horror Monster orange set. The backs have the same graphic as the Horror Monster orange series, yet a few of them are from the Horror Monster green series (which have a completely different monster graphic). All the backs were printed in red ink on white.
For decades, these cards have enjoyed a mythos that is just plain wrong. It wasn’t a deliberate con, it was just a false assumption. I first noticed it in 1992 with Chris Benjamin’s Sport America Price Guide which stated, “We believe that the blue front cards are the original issue (of Horror Monster), which was refined and later reissued in the green and orange colors.” The theory actually grew in scope in 2007 with James Watson’s Non-Sports Bible, which labeled it a Horror Monster test issue, saying “These cards appear to have been an initial test offering of the two subsequent series since they contain the same images/format, but with very crude printing.”
Again, I love both these books and consider them 99.9% The Word of Non-Sports Gods. But the devil is in the details, and as I pled in my 2005 Wrapper magazine article (issue #212), Horror Monster Blue cards did not precede 1961’s Horror Monster green or orange cards. They pirated them sometime later! (As did the Rosan blue Monster Cards.) But since the urban myth continues unabated, then I shall again risk the public pillory to restate my case using additional evidence provided from this latest auction. I think after facing all these facts, it will be clear to any open-minded collector that these cards were not original in any way, shape, or form. They are bootleg knock-offs, plain and simple.
Hey! Who threw that egg?!... (Todd?... Jeff?)
But seriously, try looking over this set and tell me that I’m insane. It’s so crude and crappy. Does anyone seriously believe a legitimate company like Nu-Card would be responsible for such a mess? This is the same company that in 1961, was producing phenomenal sports sets like Baseball Hi-Lites, Baseball Scoops, the 1961 Football issue, and even gorgeous non-sports issues like the Dinosaurs series. (Not to mention the Horror Monster green and orange sets.) All of them had high production values and used professionally screened photos and/or top quality illustrations.
Topps produced the first monster set in 1959 (You’ll Die Laughing) and that started the monster card craze. Let’s pretend Nu-Card produced Horror Monster Blue immediately afterwards. That would mean they went from the bottom of the barrel quality to cream of the crop in just one year. Remember, the Horror Monster green and orange series aren’t just any monster sets, they’re some of the best ever produced. The first series even used a duotone process to create a 3-D effect that wasn’t out of register like their cheap-o imitators. (I’m looking at you, Terror Monster!)
Granted, that’s only evidence and not proof. But another professional hallmark of Horror Monster cards is the way they placed all their card numbers inside little skulls superimposed over the front photographs. That required a lot more effort than other companies in the 1960s ever bothered to do with their monster sets. In fact, Nu-cards 2nd series didn’t bother with it either. They placed the numbers of their orange series in clean circles on the front. And that’s one of the big give-aways: The lowest numbered card of Horror Monster Blue I’ve seen so far is #64, and it’s taken from the green Horror Monster series. You can see the clear outline of the skull graphic on the front. It’s missing the details of the skull’s face, but the outline of the graphic is unmistakable and it has the same number as the green series. The next card in the series from the auction is #67. That happens to be the first card in the orange series. It has the same photo and the same number as its orange series twin, but all the numbers in the 2nd series are housed within clean circles. From #67 to #146, all the numbers and photos correspond perfectly with the Horror Monster orange series, all 80 of them.
Question: Why would the earliest cards use a different graphic for the numbers than the other cards in the same set? Answer: Because it was stolen from a pre-existing set that already had a skull graphic printed on it (Horror Monster green, circa 1961) and they were too lazy to change it.
This would also explain why they skipped the first sixty or so green series cards and began the numbering sequence based on the Horror Monster orange set. Because the earlier green series had already come and gone, and the pirates only had a complete set of the orange series. They had some cards from the green series, but they had all of the orange series so it was easier to run those consecutively and not bother changing the numbers. They were cutting corners and wanted to do the least amount of work or renumbering. So they added four cards from the green series as bonus cards and ran all 80 orange series cards from #67 up.
“Then why bother including any of the green series?” you ask, “Why not just start at #67, like the orange series does, and keep it all uniform?” I’m glad you asked that. Because that’s another clue who the pirate was. There are only 80 cards in the Horror Monster orange set, but the pirates wanted 84 cards to fill out their print sheet (probably 7 x 12 cards or 6 x 14). That would have meant the lot on eBay was missing 30 cards, including one card lower than their lowest numbered card in the lot (#64). So they would need to rob three more cards from the green series.
“Why do you assume they needed 84 cards?” you ask, “That’s an odd number for a set.” I agree, it is. But guess what other monster set has exactly 84 cards? The aforementioned blue Monster Cards by Rosan. And wouldn’t you know, both series use the same photos and also the same typewriter font to type-in their titles. The eBay lot is just one card shy of 84 (assuming all the missing cards from 64 to 146 exist). And get this: All 84 of the blue Monster Cards perfectly correspond to the Horror Monster Blue eBay lot. We’re missing 30, but I’m confident when they surface, they will likewise mirror the blue Monster Card series. Even the jokes match card for card (although retyped for the new back design).
Yes, it sounds a bit complicated, but why else would they not start their numbering sequence at #1? If they were original cards (or test cards), they obviously should have.
Cross-referencing both of the blue series also reveals which green series cards were likely used for the fronts of these three missing low numbered cards in the auction. We already saw #64 is the same card in both series, but what were the other three? The only other green series cards represented in the 1965 blue Monster Cards set are as follows: #6 Teenaged Werewolf (aka Blue #15 “You’re cute too”), #60 Hunchback of Notre Dame (aka Blue #22 w/ same title), and #8 King Kong (aka Blue #64 “Cheese”). Since I have yet to find those cards in the Horror Monster Blue Bootleg series, I won’t stake my life on it, but I’ll bet anyone any amount of (Monopoly) money that those same three green cards (#6, 8, & 60) are the missing cards in the Horror Monster Blue series.
(Above: Notice the custom framing of King Kong in the green series. They did the same thing for orange series #64, and the same framing apears in the blue #64.)
Here's another “tell”. Notice that the photo framing of card #64 doesn’t have the usual four 90-degree corners. They’re 45-degree corners, making it an octangular frame. That’s a distinctive feature unique to a handful of the Horror Monster green cards, including #64. When the missing 3 blue cards finally surface (representing #63, 65, and 66) expect one of them to have the distinctive arch frame above the King Kong photo, just like the Kong #8 green series has.
If that’s not obvious enough, consider this: The back graphics to most the Horror Monster Blue cards are swiped from the orange Horror Monster series… but not all of them. At least ten of the backs in the eBay lot are from the green series. Why would a new series mix back graphics from two different series? Answer: For the same reason they included fronts with the skull logos from the green series-- They didn’t have enough to fill out the 84-card sheet!
Since all of the blue Monster Cards appear to also be (renumbered) Horror Monster Blue cards, that would suggest that the culprits went back and revamped their Horror Monster Blue cards to correct the most glaring mistakes described earlier (the clashing back graphics and late starting number). So they created a new (albeit crudely drawn) back graphic, and they renumbered everything starting with #1 to #84. Same exact blue color, same exact typewriter font, and same exact jokes on the backs! Most of the same front titles, too. Card #75 has the title strip cut in a unique spooky (wavey) style for Horror Monster Blue. The same exact cutting style is seen on its corresponding image (#63) in blue Monster Cards. Yet there’s still more!
There’s also the matter of the edge marks. Those are the edge lines that show up when you photograph or photo-copy pictures and/or cards, even if they are the exact same color. The thickness of the photo or card casts a thin shadow against the background and leaves a visible line on the finished copy. Professional printers typically remove such shadows from copies by scraping it off of the negative with an exact-o knife before burning the printing plates. But the pirates could care less. They left the edge marks to mock us for all eternity. Some are subtle (like on the back for #143), and others are very dark and pronounced (like along the back of bottom #136). It’s even more obvious on the front, because the inner borders are dark while the background was white. The fronts of #145 and #146 are glaring examples. Such lines only exist because these are copies of pre-existing cards, not originals. ‘Nuff said?
(See the visible edges from the back of the original Horror Monster orange card o the bottom & right hand side of the Horror Monster Blue bootleg #123?)
(Even more obvious are the edges from the original Horror Monster orange cards revcaled on the FRONTS of the Horror Monster Blue bootlegs (as seen above.))
Here’s another damning detail: the blotted out address on the copyright. Yeah, that’s right. On the original Horror Monster green and orange, it says “©NCI” (Nu-Card Incorporated) then states “Nu-Cards Inc., Box 217 Seaford N.Y.” But get this: The Horror Monster Blue cards kept the company name, but blotted out their address. Oh, it’s there alright, but completely covered a by dark, straight line so no one will actually write the company and alert them to the piracy. This same censorship is on both the green and orange back graphics used in the blue series. Sure, you can come up with a plausible explanation why an early version or test series would not add their address. (Perhaps they were just starting out and didn’t have a permanent location yet.) But that wouldn’t explain why they listed an address, then went back and crossed it out. It does, however, makes sense to hide a pre-existing address if it could alert Nu-Card that some slap dash amateur was stealing their work and bastardizing their glorious monster set!
(Sample of Blue series bootlegs that covered up the original address from both the green (left) and orange (right) series.))
The covered address is the final nail in the coffin. This series was pirated and they did it the quickest and easiest way they could, with the minimum of effort. They probably sold them through vending machines, like they did other low-end monster cards w/out wrappers in the mid 1960s, because they didn’t seem to sell them as complete sets. I only find them as singles or small lots (except for this last eBay sale). But if any readers have recollections where and how they first encountered these cards, I’d love to hear about it. (I contacted the eBay seller but they had no details except to say they were shocked by the high price.)
Now that we’ve finally exposed the ugly truth about Horror Monster Blue, don’t assume my feelings about them are negative. I’m not saying they aren’t interesting, or that I don’t like them, or that I don’t collect them. I find them very interesting and I collect them. I don’t consider them worthy of the $30 per card price tag they recently fetched given their pedigree (IMHO), but there is no denying they are scarce. (I only own a few as type cards.) The fact is, it’s hard enough to unearth solid information on vintage cards that were made by established companies in large quantities. Finding information on pirated cards made in small numbers by hustlers trying to avoid detection is almost impossible. But at least the clues for this series are abundant, and although we may not be able to prove 100% who printed them, the evidence is overwhelming that they are not the original or test issue of the Nu-Card sets. They were made afterwards, and all clues point to Rosan. This set was a precursor to the blue Monster Cards, followd by the Terror Monster and Famous Monsters sets.
Remember, the eBay lot was missing 30 of the 84 cards (if my 63-146 checklist is correct). I have two more in my collection (#136 The Tingler, and #143 Not a whisper of bad breath). All the cards seen so far support the above theory perfectly. But until we actually see those other cards, there is still room for error. So if you have any Horror Monster Bluecards not listed below, please contact me to share your information so we can fit the last pieces into this puzzle. I will post any updates along with additional details and photos of this set on this web page (at the bottom).
In the meantime, if you think of this series as an early version or test set of anything, consider it the pirate premier of Rosan’s blue Monster Cards. And if you must call it “Horror Monster” anything, then call them Horror Monster Blue Bootlegs! Because somewhere in Seaford N.Y., there is probably a magnificent monster card maker who will otherwise SPIN in his grave!
BIG TIME UPDATE!!!
Since writing this in early July, I found card #6 & 60 on Non-Sport.com. They were as predicted. (They even kept the original numbers 6 & 60.) So now the only remaining question before closing this very cold case is: who has #8???
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Below: The eBay images of the July 2024 Horror Monster Blue cards.
Above, #64-77. Below, #64 starts on the top right, #67 is below it, #77 is in the bottom left corner, etc. etc.
Above, #79-89. Below, #79 starts on the top LEFT, and #80 is below it, #89 is the top right corner. etc.
Above, #90-99. Below, #90 starts on the BOTTOM LEFT, # 91 is ABOVE it , and #99 is top right corner, etc. etc.
Above, #102-108. Below, #102 starts on the top right, #105 is below it, and #106 bottom left corner, etc. etc.
Above, #109-137. Below, #109 is on the BOTTOM LEFT cornert, and #111 is above it, and #137 is in the top right corner, etc. etc.
Above, #138-145. (The bottom row with blocked #'s from above (L to R) are #142, #78, and #95.
Below, #138 is on the BOTTOM LEFT cornert, and #140 is above it, and #95 (the bald guy with fangs) is in the top right corner, etc. etc.
When Rosan got around to "improving" their Horror Monster bootleg blue cards, they renumbered them (from 1-84) and retitled the backs, "Monster Cards". They appear to line up perfectly with the known specimens we've seen from Horror Monster bootleg blue cards (although we're still missing nearly 30 numbers, so if you have any, please contact me so I can confirm them at monsterwax@aol.com). If you remember how or where you first encounted these cards in the 1960s, I'd also like to hear about that also!
1965 Blue Monster Cards # & title on frot / followed by the corresponding original Horror Monster orange (and four green) card #s & their title
Blue Monster Card # 1 Now where was I? / Horror Monster orange #141Wake Up to Tangg (Monster on Campus photo)
Blue Monster Card # 2 Curse of the Faceless Man / Horror Monster orange #126 Curse of the Faceless Man [We're missing the Monster Blue images to this number. Can you send it?]
Blue Monster Card # 3 Gets me right here / Horror Monster orange #122 La Casa Del Terror (The House of Terror) [On Non-Sport.com]
Blue Monster Card # 4 Bride and the Beast / Horror Monster orange # 107 The Bride and the Beast (Ape with woman)
Blue Monster Card # 5 Gramma will get you a cookie-- / Horror Monster orange # 93 Aren't you glad you used dile soap (Shrunken Head painting.)
Blue Monster Card # 6 Somebody Done This / Horror Monster orange # 77 Invisable Invaders
Blue Monster Card # 7 Angry Red Planet / Horror Monster orange # 73 The Angry Red Planet (Long shot of Spider Rat Creature)
Blue Monster Card # 8 Invasion of the Saucermen / Horror Monster orange # 142 Invasion of the Saucermen
Blue Monster Card # 9 The Golem / Horror Monster orange # 138 The Golem
Blue Monster Card # 10 Haunted Stranger / Horror Monster orange # 123 The Haunted Stranger (Karloff closeup) [Confirmed privately.]
Blue Monster Card #11 Look Ma-- No feet / Horror Monster orange # 109 Look Ma-- No Hands (Transporter victim from one of The Fly sequels)
Blue Monster Card # 12 I smoke filter tips / Horror Monster orange # 94 Nothing shaves like a blade (Zombie type monster in a suit)
Blue Monster Card # 13 Who's a cabbagehead? / Horror Monster orange # 90 Invasion of the Saucermen (alien closeup)
Blue Monster Card # 14 The Mysterians / Horror Monster orange # 74 The Mysterians (Giant robot melts tanks)
Blue Monster Card #15 You're cute too / Horror Monster GREEN # 6 Teen age werewolf [On Non-Sport.com]
Blue Monster Card # 16 You're not my mummy / Horror Monster orange # 139 The Mummy [Confirmed by M. Maltzman]
Blue Monster Card # 17 Curse of the Mummy / Horror Monster orange # 125 La Daldicion De La Momia (The Curse of the Mummy) [On Non-Sport.com]
Blue Monster Card # 18 Like man I'm tired / Horror Monster orange # 110 The H-Man [On Non-Sport.com]
Blue Monster Card # 19 Fiend Without a Face / Horror Monster orange # 106 Fiend Without a Face
Blue Monster Card # 20 Speak Up Boy/ Horror Monster orange # 91 The Monster of Piedras Blancas
Blue Monster Card # 21 Mad Soul / Horror Monster orange # 76 Mad Soul
Blue Monster Card # 22 Hunchback of Notre Dame / Horror Monster GREEN # 60 Hunchback of Notre Dame [On Non-Sport.com]
Blue Monster Card # 23 Here Kitty Kitty / Horror Monster orange # 128 You Can Always Tell a Hay Low Girl (Painting of chained girl screaming) [On Non-Sport.com]
Blue Monster Card # 24 Phantom of the Opera / Horror Monster orange # 113 Phantom of the Opera
Blue Monster Card # 25 Hideous Sun Demon / Horror Monster orange # 103 Hideous Sun Demon
Blue Monster Card # 26 It's Only the Avon Lady / Horror Monster orange # 96 The Boweyr Boys Meet the Monsters
Blue Monster Card # 27 Jack the Ripper / Horror Monster orange # 80 Jack the Ripper
Blue Monster Card # 28 Look Pa-- No Cavities / Horror Monster orange # 70 Look Pa-- No Cavities (Giant alligator menaces tiny man) [On Non-Sport.com]
Blue Monster Card # 29 The Savage Eye / Horror Monster orange # 145 The Savage Eye (Trans man)
Blue Monster Card # 30 Really, Old Chap-- / Horror Monster orange # 129 Like Sleeping on a Cloud (Ape Man holds fainted man) [Confirmed by M. Maltzman]
Blue Monster Card # 31 I Hate Milk / Horror Monster orange # 119 Not a Whisper of Bad Breath (Illustration of fanged zombie)
Blue Monster Card # 32 The Deadly Mantis / Horror Monster orange # 104 The Deadly Mantis
Blue Monster Card # 33 Brain From Planet Arous / Horror Monster orange # 97 The Brain from Planet Arous
Blue Monster Card # 34 Don't You Dare Touch Me!! / Horror Monster orange # 87 When You Care Enough to Send the Very Best (Sinbad the Sailor spears cyclops) [On Non-Sport.com]
Blue Monster Card # 35 13 Ghosts / Horror Monster orange # 71 13 Ghosts 71 (Flaming skeleton)
Blue Monster Card # 36 The Mutant / Horror Monster orange # 144 The Mutant (This Island Earth monster)
Blue Monster Card # 37 Rodan / Horror Monster orange # 135 Rodan [We're missing the Monster Blue images to this number. Can you send it?]
Blue Monster Card # 38 From Tarantula / Horror Monster orange # 120 From Tarantula [On Non-Sport.com]
Blue Monster Card # 39 House of Wax / Horror Monster orange #112 House of Wax
Blue Monster Card # 40 The Tingler / Horror Monster orange # 136 The Tingler [On Non-Sport.com]
Blue Monster Card # 41 Find it Fast in the Yellow Pages / Horror Monster orange # 88 Find it Fast in the Yellow Pages (Seahorse creature)
Blue Monster Card # 42 I'm Starved / Horror Monster orange # 79 Guaranteed to Taste like 70¢ Spread (Vampiress bites man)
Blue Monster Card # 43 Queen of Outer Space / Horror Monster orange # 140 Queen of Outer Space
Blue Monster Card # 44 Wanna Rassle / Horror Monster orange # 127 If You Care How You Look While You Play (Man wrestles robot)[On Non-Sport.com]
Blue Monster Card # 45 Guess who's Winning? / Horror Monster orange # 116 This is No Place for Second Best (Sinbad the Sailor fights skeletons)
Blue Monster Card # 46 The Blob / Horror Monster orange # 101 The Blob
Blue Monster Card # 47 Hold Still, Now.. / Horror Monster orange # 92 Robbie the Robot
Blue Monster Card # 48 You Ain't So Cute Either / Horror Monster orange # 78 The Monster that Challenged the World [We're Missing these card images. Can you send it?]
Blue Monster Card # 49 Cool It, Man-- / Horror Monster orange # 67 Frankenstein (terrorized by Igor)
Blue Monster Card # 50 You've Got Bad Breath / Horror Monster orange # 143 Not a Whisper of Bad Breath (Close up of Spider Rat monster from Angry Red Planet) [On Non-Sport.com]
Blue Monster Card # 51 Monster From Outer Space / Horror Monster orange # 132 Monster from Outer Space (I Married a Monster from Outer Space) [On Non-Sport.com]
Blue Monster Card # 52 Square Dancing / Horror Monster orange # 117 Put Dancing Into Your Life (Morlocks from The Time Machine) [On Non-Sport.com]
Blue Monster Card # 53 Attack of the Green Leeches / Horror Monster orange # 108 Attack of the Green Leeches
Blue Monster Card # 54 I like Kids (Well Done) / Horror Monster orange # 95 I Ain't Talking While the Flavor Lasts (Bald alien with fangs)
Blue Monster Card # 55 House of Haunted Hill / Horror Monster orange # 84 House on Haunted Hill (Old woman scrares younger lady)
Blue Monster Card # 56 Sinbad the Sailor / Horror Monster orange # 68 Dragon in Sinbad the Sailor [On Non-Sport.com]
Blue Monster Card # 57 I Need vitamins / Horror Monster GREEN #64 The Man Who Lost His Skin (Man in Misfits costume with cup)
Blue Monster Card # 58 Too Much Pizza, Mom! / Horror Monster orange # 133 The Creature Walks Among Us [On Non-Sport.com
Blue Monster Card # 59 Fly Now-- Pay Later / Horror Monster orange # 124 Fly Now-- Pay Later (UFOs Attack Moon Base) [On Non-Sport.com]
Blue Monster Card # 60 I'm Going Batty!! / Horror Monster orange # 111 The Bat Man (Legosi with bat)
Blue Monster Card # 61 Meanwhile, Back at the Swamp / Horror Monster orange # 100 Strange World (Alligator attacks man)
Blue Monster Card # 62 Monster from Green Hell / Horror Monster orange # 85 Monster From Green Hell (Man atop giant Wasp monster)
Blue Monster Card # 63 I'm Getting Sick! / Horror Monster orange # 75 The Giant Behemoth
Blue Monster Card # 64 "Cheese" / Horror Monster GREEN # 8 King Kong [We're Missing these card images. Can you send it?]
Blue Monster Card # 65 Strange Earthling / Horror Monster orange # 130 Let Hurts Put You in the Drivers Seat (Astronaught carries woman) [On Non-Sport.com]
Blue Monster Card # 66 You're My Boy / Horror Monster orange # 115 You're My Boy (Man in Misfits skull costume pets man's head)
Blue Monster Card # 67 The Electronic Monster / Horror Monster orange # 102 The Electronic Monster (Android before spider web)
Blue Monster Card # 68 Ill Carve the Turkey / Horror Monster orange # 89 The Unearthly (Man with knife)
Blue Monster Card # 69 Terror from the Year 5000 / Horror Monster orange # 82 Terror from the Year 5000 (Man with disks on custome on table)
Blue Monster Card #70 Dig that Crazy Grasshopper!!! / Horror Monster orange # 69 Beginning of the End (Giant Grasshopper)
Blue Monster Card # 71 Where's that DDT? / Horror Monster orange #137 Quick Henry the Flint (The Fly with male victim)
Blue Monster Card # 72 Do I Know You? / Horror Monster orange # 131 Some things can't be Hurried (Ape menaces woman) [Confirmed by M. Maltzman]
Blue Monster Card # 73 That's One Way to get Ahead / Horror Monster orange # 118 That's One way to get Ahead (Man views severed head)
Blue Monster Card # 74 Return of the Vampire / Horror Monster orange # 105 The Return of the Vampire (Werewolf views flying bat)
Blue Monster Card # 75 Monster on Campus / Horror Monster orange # 98 Monster on Campus
Blue Monster Card # 76 Shall we dance? / Horror Monster orange # 83 Shall we dance? (Man confronts alligator man)
Blue Monster Card # 77 I Smoke Marijuana / Horror Monster orange # 72 I Smoke Marijuana (The Amazing Colossal Man) [Confirmed by M. Maltzman]
Blue Monster Card # 78 Satan Satellites / Horror Monster orange # 146 Satan Satellites
Blue Monster Card # 79 The Undead / Horror Monster orange # 134 The Undead [On Non-Sport.com]
Blue Monster Card # 80 From Hell It Came / Horror Monster orange # 121 From Hell It Came [We're missing the Monster Blue images to this number. Can you send it?]
Blue Monster Card # 81 Blood of Dracula / Horror Monster orange # 114 Blood of Dracula [On Non-Sport.com]
Blue Monster Card # 82 Will it Hurt, Doc? / Horror Monster orange # 99 The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake
Blue Monster Card # 83 Ah, Let's Be Friends / Horror Monster orange # 86 How to Make Friends and Influence People (Wolfman strangles man)
Blue Monster Card # 84 Sure Beats Stamp Collecting / Horror Monster orange # 81 The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake (Skull from Head removal) [On Non-Sport.com]
Late Addition: #72, 129, 131, 139. (Courtesty of M. Maltzman)
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Above: 123 (Courtesy J. Janzen)
Please note: The following Horror Monster Blue bootleg numbers have graphics and jokes from the GREEN series, but fronts from the orange series. (But this list is incomplete because we still haven't seen the missing 30 cards):
#73, #74, #76, #77, #80, #88, #92. #98, #99.
And these are the missing Horror Monster Blue bootleg numbers from above that I would like to see (if you have them): 8, 78, 126, 135.
(The following numbers probably do not exist, but if they turn up, please alert me: #'s 1-5, 7, 9-59, 61-63, 65-66, then 147 and higher.)
Rev. 7.19.25