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Classic Goosebumps is a series of reprints of older Goosebumps titles with all-new covers and bonus materials (first twenty-two books only). The series is primarily used to tie-in to other Goosebumps properties. The first run of the series lasted from May 2008 to November 2011, before coming back in April 2015 to promote the film Goosebumps, and again in July 2018 to promote Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween. The series will release two more books on March 5, 2024 to promote the Disney+ series.

Books[]

Thirty-four of the Classic Goosebumps books are from the original series, three are from Series 2000, and one is from Give Yourself Goosebumps.

No. Book Release date Tie-in
1 Night of the Living Dummy May 2008 Revenge of the Living Dummy
2 Deep Trouble Creep from the Deep
3 Monster Blood July 2008 Monster Blood for Breakfast!
4 The Haunted Mask September 2008 The Scream of the Haunted Mask
5 One Day at HorrorLand November 2008 Dr. Maniac vs. Robby Schwartz
6 The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb February 2009 Who's Your Mummy?
7 Be Careful What You Wish For... My Friends Call Me Monster
8 Say Cheese and Die! April 2009 Say Cheese — and Die Screaming!
9 The Horror at Camp Jellyjam May 2009 Welcome to Camp Slither
10 How I Got My Shrunken Head Help! We Have Strange Powers!
11 The Werewolf of Fever Swamp October 2009 Escape from HorrorLand
12 A Night in Terror Tower December 2009 The Streets of Panic Park
13 Welcome to Dead House February 2010 When the Ghost Dog Howls
14 Welcome to Camp Nightmare April 2010 Little Shop of Hamsters
15 Ghost Beach June 2010 Heads, You Lose!
16 The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight August 2010 Weirdo Halloween
17 You Can't Scare Me! October 2010 The Wizard of Ooze
18 Return of the Mummy December 2010 Slappy New Year!
19 Revenge of the Lawn Gnomes April 2011 None
20 Phantom of the Auditorium June 2011
21 Vampire Breath August 2011
22 Stay Out of the Basement November 2011
23 A Shocker on Shock Street April 28, 2015 Goosebumps (film)
24 Let's Get Invisible!
25 Night of the Living Dummy 2
26 Night of the Living Dummy 3
27 The Abominable Snowman of Pasadena
28 The Blob That Ate Everyone
29 The Ghost Next Door
30 The Haunted Car
31 Attack of the Graveyard Ghouls
32 Please Don't Feed the Vampire!
33 The Headless Ghost July 31, 2018 Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
34 The Haunted Mask 2
35 Bride of the Living Dummy
36 Attack of the Jack-O'-Lanterns
37 The Cuckoo Clock of Doom May 7, 2024 Goosebumps (Disney+ series)
38 Go Eat Worms!
41 Invasion of the Body Squeezers: Part 1 October 1, 2024 Goosebumps (Disney+ series)
42 Invasion of the Body Squeezers: Part 2

Collections[]

Behind the Screams[]

The first twenty-two books each contain a "Behind the Screams" segment at the end, a small section containing bonus material. This section was omitted in the movie tie-in reprints.

Covers[]

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Classic Goosebumps cover on the left with new art and logo, and the original print of the book on the right.

The art direction for Classic Goosebumps is vastly different than the original series. The covers are not illustrated by series veteran Tim Jacobus, but instead Brandon Dorman, who is known for his detailed fantasy-like illustrations. Unlike Jacobus' original covers, Dorman creates his artwork digitally. Some of Dorman's illustrations tend to mimic Jacobus' original paintings, but done in his own style (as seen with the image on the right).

The covers for Classic Goosebumps do not feature slime of any kind along the border of the cover. Similarly to the covers of the Goosebumps Series 2000 books, the slime was likely omitted to allow for better presentation of the cover art. The design of the logo has also been changed, and is now white instead of green. The first twenty-two books in the series featured raised covers, similar to Series 2000. Starting with book twenty-three, the covers were printed completely flat. Previous books in the series that featured raised covers were also re-released with flat covers.

In 2024, the Classic Goosebumps line was revived. However, instead of new cover art, the books feature the original Tim Jacobus artwork (with the exception of the rerelease of The Haunted Mask II, which features the previous Brandon Dorman artwork only more saturated.)

Trivia[]

  • Almost all of the original Goosebumps books were reprinted between 2003 and 2007, with Phantom of the Auditorium, Legend of the Lost Legend, Werewolf Skin, I Live in Your Basement!, and Monster Blood IV being the only ones not reprinted alongside the other books. Phantom of the Auditorium is currently the only one of these books to have received a Classic reissue, while Legend of the Lost Legend was reprinted as part of the Goosebumps 25th Anniversary Retro Set. and the latter three later being released as ebooks.
  • Classic Goosebumps is by far the longest running series in the Goosebumps franchise. Despite some hiatuses, it's still receiving new entries over a decade after its inception.
  • In the movie Goosebumps, the Invisible Boy is actually Brent Green from the book My Best Friend Is Invisible. Despite this, Let's Get Invisible! received a Classic reissue instead of My Best Friend Is Invisible, However the latter book was later re-released as a ebook the same year.
  • The Classic reprints of The Cuckoo Clock of Doom and Go Eat Worms! use Tim Jacobus' original artwork prior to Dorman retiring.
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