1964 Donruss Addams Family trading cards aren’t creepy, a little bit kooky but not particularly mysterious or spooky. But it is fun and with the franchise remaining relevant through a variety of different turns on both the big and small screens, collectors still have reason to chase it.
1964 Donruss Addams Family Checklist Details
Consisting of a modest 66 cards, the set highlights Gomez and Morticia Addams as well as other members of their family like Wednesday, Pugsley, Uncle Fester, Grandmama and Lurch. It’s not so much a story-driven release. Rather, it’s a mix of stills that showcases the dark but lighthearted tone that makes the series remain appealing decades later.
Each card has a photo, either from the series or a publicity shot. Of course, they’re in black and white, just like the the show. Overlaying the image is the Addams Family word art in read plus the card number inside of a circle. Underneath, Donruss included enough room for a caption, copyright info, an ad to watch the show on ABC, and a note to finish the set and use the backs to make an Addams family portrait.
For that last part to work, backs need to be puzzle pieces. And that’s exactly what they are, adding no additional background or details on the show.
While most of the cards center on the focal family, a handful have guests or secondary characters. Look closely and you may notice that their faces look a little off. That’s because they’ve been altered slightly, possibly to tweak actors’ likenesses.
Canadian Variations
1964 Donruss Addams Family trading cards do have a second scarcer version. These were available to Canadian collectors. There’s only one small difference from their American counterparts — Canadian versions have a “Printed in U.S.A.” stamp added to them. It’s a hand stamp that can run along the bottom or through the existing text.
One of the more notable releases from the decade, 1964 Donruss Addams Family trading cards continue to carry solid values. They’re not overly rare but finding singles in top condition can be either tricky or carry big price tags. This is also helping to drive prices for the remaining unopened packs that are out there, which now sell for hundreds.
1964 Donruss Addams Family Checklist
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Set size: 66 cards
Cards per pack: ?
Packs per box: 24
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Base Set Checklist
66 cards.
Buy on:
1 Gomez
2 Somebody Drank My Embalming Fluid!
3 Feeding the Tropical Fish!
4 Will the Real Granny Please Stand Up!
5 You Rang?
6 I Always Look Better By Candlelight.
7 I’m Your New Neighbor!
8 Ever Seen a Train in Orbit?
9 Of Course I Play the Piano!
10 This Will Stop His Headache!
11 My Brother-In-Law!
12 Only 3 More and the Cemetery Is Full
13 Next Time-Use Your Zip Code!
14 Want Some lizard Soup?
15 Your Slab Will Be Ready in a Moment
16 I Really Dig You Morticia
17 Got Any Ghostly Numbers
18 Which One?
19 Fester
20 Don’t Move, You’ll Spoil My Shot!
21 Here He Comes…Now Do Your Stuff!
22 Yes, We Have a Room for Rent!
23 I Can’t Stand a Lumpy Mattress!
24 I Always Use Live Bait!
25 My Own Graveyard!
26 He’ll Get the Point Now!
27 Your Kids Ate My Spiders
28 A Few More and We’ll Have Our Own Boot-Hill
29 Yes, the Real Estate Is Getting Cheaper!
30 Of Course I Ride a Broom!
31 Its So Nice and Gloomy In Here!
32 What Do You Mean-Get a Receipt?
33 What’ll I Wear for Halloween?
34 A Friend of Lurch
35 I Always Play in Poison Ivy!
36 Thing
37 Just Think, Our First Dead Letter
38 Let’s Tell Scary Stories
39 The African Strangler
40 It Only Hurts When I Cough!
41 Two Heads Are Always Better Than One
42 It’s Only the Monthly Bill from the Blood Bank
43 Bury the Next One over There!
44 Morticia
45 Yea, Yea, Yea
46 I Need a Real Hair-Raising Story
47 He Saw Lurch!
48 Look, No Dandruff!
49 Weaving a Wig for Fester
50 You’re a Real Cut-Up Fester!
51 My Favorite! Devil’s Food Cake
52 Whaddya Mean, I Need a Man’s Deodorant?
53 Son, Now Don’t Scalp Fester!
54 Get Their Vote (Dead or Alive)
55 Gotta Be Sharp for Company
56 I Won’t Be Home for Dinner!
57 Lurch Lowers the Body so Beautifully
58 Let’s Eat Before He Wakes Up.
59 Come on in the Playroom and See Our Guillotine
60 What Do You Mean, Follow You?
61 You’ve Never Heard of Guillotine
62 Hang Around and I’ll Call the Butler!
63 Go Past the Second Grave and Turn Right
64 House for Sale: 3 Bedrooms, 2 Baths, Dungeon. Call Horror 1-3786
65 The Family Hearse
66 Quit Shaking the Coffin
