First, check out this creepy 1960’s trading card, “Bring in the Earthmen,” #36 in the oft-forgotten Outer Limits 50-card SF-Horror set that was issued in 1964 by a company called Bubbles Inc., more commonly known as Topps! Then, read this neat 2011 chat with Len Brown, the Topps writer & editor who penned the little stories on the back of the cards!
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012
1960's Outer Limits trading card: “Bring in the Earthmen”
First, check out this creepy 1960’s trading card, “Bring in the Earthmen,” #36 in the oft-forgotten Outer Limits 50-card SF-Horror set that was issued in 1964 by a company called Bubbles Inc., more commonly known as Topps! Then, read this neat 2011 chat with Len Brown, the Topps writer & editor who penned the little stories on the back of the cards!
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Very cool. I never thought about who wrote those things.
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