Hi Saul,
If you are talking about the "Spook" cards, you are correct. There were two
series of approx. 120 cards. I'm pretty sure Frankenstein was on the wrapper,
and there was a piece of bubble gum inside each wrapper. They were a nickel a
pack and the box did include 20 to 25 packs. It seemed like every time I got a
dollar, I would run to the carry out and buy a box...most of the time, the gum
was hard and was thrown away!
Extra cards were traded off to other kids in the neighborhood for other trading
cards, baseball cards, comic books, GI Joe 's/ stuff, toy guns ( I think they
do real ones now), or whatever someone wanted to trade.
I also collected the "Man for Uncle," Addams family" (they had a cool puzzle/
picture on the reverse), "James Bond" (I think that was in two sets), "Batman"
(from the TV show and in color), "Outer Limits", etc.
The monster flip books were cool also!
Doug
----- Original Message -----
From: Saul H. Chapman, Ph.D.
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 7:34 AM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] Speaking of Stephen Fishler...
Hi Todd,
At the risk of seeming like I might have "false memory syndrome," I'm going
to say that I remember that those packets of monster cards did indeed come in
waxy-like, printed paper packets containing five cards. In my mind's eye I can
even see some of the designs and print on the wrappers. I do remember them
being in boxes which I believe contained about 24 packets. These, along with
other types of "trading cards" would be sitting on Dixie's countertop (local
combination luncheonette and candy and novelty store) waiting for my own, and
many of my friends' grubby little hands. Again, I don't remember whether or not
there was any bubblegum. I do remember spending a small fortune on these when I
was a kid. Oh, the packets were probably 5 cents and maybe eventually went up
to 10 or 15 cents a packet. But I bought so many of them. Now this was Flatbush
and it may have been different elsewhere in Brooklyn. But I distinctly remember
packets with printed designs on them and NO vending machines.
Saul
----- Original Message -----
From: Todd Feiertag
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 2:38 AM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] Speaking of Stephen Fishler...
Saul,
Most of the MONSTER cards in the 1950's and early 1960's which sold in
Brooklyn were sold in vending machines with a plain brown paper band around
them, with no gum for 5 cents.
Todd
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