Goosebumps trading cards

There have been several different iterations of Goosebumps trading cards. Some trading cards were features inside of books in the original series, but many sets were sold as separate promotional material.

Book trading cards

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Starting with #40 Night of the Living Dummy III, the original Goosebumps series started including trading cards in the middle of the books. There would be two cards with characters from that book and the following book, as well as a bookmark inside. These cards were only featured in the original series and were never officially released elsewhere.

Topps Collectible Trading Cards

Topps released a series of trading cards in 1996. The cards came in the following varieties:

Rare Foil Embossed Cards
TV Show cards
Monster Cards
Story Cards
Monster Magic Cards
Glow in the Dark Cards
Foil Stickers.

The Monster Magic cards, Glow in the Dark cards, and Foil stickers were the rare chase cards in the series and were heavily promoted on the packaging. Art for the cards were provided by Walter Velez, David Chelsea, Wayne Murray and Zina Saunders.

Topps was in development of a second series of Goosebumps cards for a fall 1996 release and would have featured more story cards for books including Go Eat Worms!, but the series was cancelled without any explanation. Only one promotional card was released.