If you draw a monster from the monster cup and put it on the gameboard.

Can you look at the back of the monster token, to see how strong the monster is before you go to the space for a battle?

Or must you take the risk , without looking and reading the information before ?

Thank you.

Jitti

You may freely look at the backs of Monster Tokens.
All information about what is hidden from players is specified in the "Hidden Information" section of the Reference Guide.

You may also consider the fact that you'll have to look at the backs of all monsters with reckoning effects and all monsters with spawn effects.
And the back side of the Cultist is always visible.
Only monsters that don't belong to any of the above groups could have their backs hidden.

Some characters, like Tommy Muldoon, would require you to look at the back anyway. Or if, say, you used Dynamite. You don't have to be on the space or anything.