The Topps Company has announced that Len Brown, the sole-surviving creator of the original Topps Mars Attacks cards will be signing 10 foil-stamped parallel versions of each of the 55 cards, for a total of 550 autographed cards that will be randomly inserted into the packs of the 50th Anniversary Mars Attacks Heritage Cards.  Each of the autographed cards will be hand-numbered, one through ten.

 

In a career that spanned over four decades at Topps, Len Brown, who functioned effectively and largely behind the scenes at the card publishing giant, helping to create a wide range of non-sports releases including Mars Attacks, Garbage Pail Kids, Wacky Packages, and Ugly Stickers.  In his spare time Brown also co-created (with Wally Wood) the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents comic book.