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Merchandise

Much Misfits merchandise was bootlegged or imitated, and there is an extremely large amount of illegally produced Misfits posters, shirts, stickers, and memorabilia. The following is a list of officially released Misfits merchandise 1977-1999.

SHIRTS
Bullet Color reproduction of cover art on a white shirt Available in small, medium, and large. Sold through Fiend Club in 1981. Black and white version sold through Fiend Club in 1982.
Horror Business Color reproduction of the Horror Business EP cover art on a white shirt. Available in small, medium, and large. Sold through Fiend Club in 1981. Black and white version sold through Fiend Club in 1982.
Night Of The Living Dead Color reproduction of the EP cover art on a white shirt. Available in small, medium, and large. Sold through Fiend Club in 1981. Black and white version with white shirt sold through Fiend Club in 1982. Black shirt version sold in 1983.
Beware The Misfits Beware cover reproduction on a white shirt. Available in small, medium, and large. Sold through Fiend Club in 1981.
3 Hits From Hell All four sets of eyes from the EP cover and The Misfits logo on a white shirt. Available in small, medium, and large. Sold through Fiend Club in 1981-1982.
Fiend Club Fiend Club logo in black on white shirt, or in white on black shirt. Available in small, medium, and large. Both shirts sold through Fiend Club in 1981-1982.
Halloween Black and white reproduction of cover art on a white shirt. Available in small, medium, and large. Sold through Fiend Club in 1982.
Walk Among Us Black and white reproduction of cover art on a white shirt. Available in small, medium, and large. Sold through Fiend Club in 1982.
Thurs Dec 17 Reproduction of 12/17/1981 flyer for Ritz show in New York, featuring all four band members as skeletons riding skeletal horses. Available on a black shirt in small, medium, and large. Sold through Fiend Club in 1982-1983.
Evilive Insert Reproduction of the black and white insert that came with the Evilive 7" EP, featuring the Crimson Ghost reading a book. Available in small, medium, and large. Sold through Fiend Club in 1982-1983.
Evilive Black and white reproduction of top of Evilive 7" EP featuring the Misfits logo with the Crimson Ghost on either side and "Evilive" underneath. Available on a black shirt in small, medium, and large. Sold through Fiend Club in 1982-1983.
Evil Eye Black and white reproduction of Pushead "Evil Eye" art on a white shirt. Available in small, medium, and large. Sold through Fiend Club in 1982.
Wolfs Blood Black and white reproduction of Wolfs Blood art on a black shirt. Available in small, medium, and large. Sold through Fiend Club in 1983.
Legacy Of Brutality Black and white reproduction of Legacy Of Brutality cover art on a black shirt with "Evil Never Dies" phrase and two extra smaller Crimson Ghosts. Available in small, medium, large, and extra large. Sold through Fiend Club in 1983 (2 years before the album was released) and by Plan 9 from 1983 to 1986.
Glenn Danzig Black and white Misfits logo with Sean Wyatt's skeletal Glenn Danzig artwork on a black shirt. Available in small, medium, large, and extra large. Sold through Fiend Club in 1983, and by Plan 9 from 1983 to 1986.
Die, Die My Darling Black and white reproduction of cover art on a black shirt. Available in small, medium, and large. Sold through Fiend Club in 1983.
Graveyard Feast Black and white reproduction of flyer featuring Pushead art on a black shirt. Available in small, medium, large, and extra large. Sold through Fiend Club in 1983. Later licensed by Glenn Danzig and issued in full color on black shirts by Brockum in 1995.
Crimson Ghost Black and white reproduction of Fiend Club envelope featuring detailed Crimson Ghost art with eyeballs and the original Fiend Club address. Available on white shirt in small, medium, large, and extra large. Sold through Fiend Club in 1983.
Die Die My Darling Color reproduction of cover art on front and Wolfs Blood art on back. Available on black shirt in medium, large, and extra large. Licensed by Glenn Danzig and sold by Giant and Brockum in the 1990's.
Evil Eye Color reproduction of Pushead's "Evil Eye" art on front and color reproduction of Earth A.D. cover art on back. Available on black shirt in medium, large, and extra large. Licensed by Glenn Danzig and sold by Giant and Brockum in the 1990's. Early versions have Pushead's name printed in white ink, later versions use signature logo.
Legacy Of Brutality Reproduction of cover art on front and Sean Wyatt's skeletal Glenn Danzig art on back. Available on black shirt in medium, large, and extra large. Licensed by Glenn Danzig and sold by Giant and Brockum in the 1990's.
Violent World Two-headed monster baby "Violent World" art on front and x-ray with "A frightening epidemic of deformed, hideous creatures that remains unexplained" on back licensed to Blue Grape, sold in 1999.
POSTERS
Blank Records 100 16"x20" black and white posters of photo of 1977 lineup (Franché, Manny, Jerry, Glenn) with hands up to their faces. The original Misfits logo is in the upper left hand corner and the Blank Records logo is in the bottom right corner. This was distributed by The Misfits in 1977 and is extremely rare. The band photo was used again in 1997 on the Static Age album and poster.
Bullet Tour 18.5"x24" black and white poster of band onstage with logo at top and "It started with a twisted dream, and ended with the world in heat..." at bottom. Distributed by The Misfits in 1978.
3 Hits From Hell Color reproduction of EP cover with monster letter Misfits logo at top. Distributed in the spring of 1981 to promote the release of the EP.
Walk Among Us Square reproduction of pink cover release originally included with promotional copies of the album in 1982.
Wilson Center October 22 Although not an officially licensed item, the posters for the 10/22/1982 show, are sought by most collectors. According to Gary Broyhill, who silk-screened the posters, there were several hundred copies of the black posters with orange lettering, 10-20 copies of the orange posters with black lettering, and 5-10 copies of the orange and black "3-D" look. All variations feature the Crimson Ghost.
Evil Eye 22 3/4"x28" black, white, and pink poster of Pushead's "Evil Eye" artwork with Misfits logo. Distributed by Caroline Records in 1986.
Static Age 40,000 posters made by Caroline Records to promote the postponed Halloween 1995 release of the Static Age album. 2000 of these posters were distributed by The Misfits on Halloween 1995 and many were randomly given out by Caroline or sold through Fiend Club. The rest were destroyed. It features the Crimson Ghost skull with the old band logo across the top and the following words at the bottom: "The Static Age Is Coming. Halloween 1995."
Collection II 5000 promotional posters made by Caroline Records to promote the release of the Collection II album. The poster features the green Crimson Ghost picture from the back of the Collection II album along with a white Misfits logo. Distributed to record stores in November 1995 and sold by Fiend Club in 1996.
Box Set 5500 promotional posters, along with 2500 album flats, 6500 postcards, 3000 bin cards, and 1000 8"x10" black and white photos to promote the box set. The posters, postcards, and bin cards feature the box set book cover art. The album flats have the Crimson Ghost on one side and "It started with a twisted dream and ended with the world in heat" on the other side. These were distributed by Caroline in January and February of 1996.
Static Age 2000 12"x18" posters of album cover photo. These were distributed to record stores by Caroline in July 1997.
MISCELLANEOUS
Misfits Buttons
(1, 2, 3, 4)
In 1978 and 1979, Glenn Danzig and Jerry Only made a small amount of Misfits buttons, most of which were given out to friends of the band. The various button styles included red Misfits logo on black background, Bullet EP cover, Jerry Only photo with Misfits logo, "Psycho" scene with Misfits logo, John F. Kennedy with Santa Claus hat, zombie monsters with Misfits logo, Crimson Ghost with Plan 9 logo, and the Fiend Club badge (replicated in first pressings of The Misfits Box Set).
Bullet Standup Promotional reproduction of Bullet cover, silk-screened on square 10"x10" cardboard. Used to help sell records at shows.
Horror Business Standup Promotional reproduction of Crimson Ghost from EP cover, silk-screened on specially cut, brown cardboard. Stands from 1979 (20 were made) are about 23" tall and 15.5" inches wide with the front cover of Horror Business glued to the left side. 1982 stands are 10" tall, painted in glow- in-the-dark paint, and include The Misfits logo (monster lettering) at the bottom. The stands were placed in record stores with copies of the EP leaned against them.
Plan 9 PL9-01 Labels Approximately 25 center label sets for the proposed Plan 9 Records release of the Walk Among Us album were printed in 1981. This version of the album was cancelled when the band signed with Ruby/Slash and a new track listing was chosen. The original Plan 9 track version was to include:

A: 20 Eyes | I Turned Into A Martian | Astro Zombies | Vampira | All Hell Breaks Loose | Nike A Go Go | Devils Whorehouse
B: Night Of The Living Dead | Skulls | Violent World | Horror Hotel | Ghouls Night Out | American Nightmare
Evilive Standup Black and white, thick cardboard reproduction of Crimson Ghost reading book from back of sleeve. Approximately 24" tall and specially cut. Several such stands were placed in record stores with copies of the EP leaned against them.
Promo News Packet Unknown amount of photocopied interview packets compiled by Glenn for promotional purposes. Packets included 10-15 interviews from fanzines such as "Wave Sector," "Flipside," "Tales From The Crypt," and "Trouser Press," with a brief table of contents.
Misfits Skateboards These skateboards were advertised in "Thrasher" in May 1987, but never sold. In April 1995, Glenn Danzig's mother gave about 50 of them to Jerry Only and Doyle, who then sold them off at a KISS convention. The decks were found in 6 formats:
  1. purple Pushead "Evil Never Dies" skull cut
  2. black Pushead "Evil Never Dies" skull cut
  3. purple Pushead skull cut with "Pushead Skull"
  4. black Pushead skull cut with "Pushead Skull"
  5. black coffin cut with "Evil Never Dies"
  6. black coffin cut with "Pushead Skull" picture
The decks were individually wrapped in plastic and stored in cases of 12; Glenn had approximately 15 cases made, also including blank black coffin decks and Samhain "Scarecrow Beast" decks.
Evil Eye Backpatch Pushead's "Evil Eye" artwork appeared on a full color jacket backpatch, manufactured by Pusmort, sometime in the late 1980's.
Misfits Halloween Bag In 1988, Warner Brothers distributed Misfits Halloween bags to promote the reissue of the Walk Among Us album.