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Famous MOnsters of filmland cover library

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Famous Monsters of Filmland #1 February 1958 cover featuring Frankenstein Monster Jim Warren in mask with blonde woman Marion Moore Collector's Edition

Famous Monsters of Filmland #1

Feb-58

Photograph

First issue ever | Blaisdell Saucer-Men makeup secrets | Boris Karloff back-cover Hyde | Starts the monster kid revolution

Famous Monsters of Filmland #1 February 1958 UK Price Variant cover featuring Frankenstein Monster Jim Warren in mask with blonde woman Marion Moore Collector's Edition

Famous Monsters of Filmland #1 U.K. Price Variant

Feb-58

Photograph

First issue ever | Blaisdell Saucer-Men makeup secrets | Boris Karloff back-cover Hyde | Starts the monster kid revolution

Famous Monsters of Filmland #2 September 1958 cover featuring Jim Warren in Mr Hyde mask with horns and monster hands holding 2nd Great Issue card

Famous Monsters of Filmland #2

Sep-58

Photograph

Robert Bloch letter | Karloff & Lugosi deep dives | Early TV horror host coverage | Classic monster kid energy

Famous Monsters of Filmland #2 September 1958 UK Price Variant cover featuring Jim Warren in Mr Hyde mask with horns and monster hands holding 2nd Great Issue card

Famous Monsters of Filmland #2 U.K. Price Variant

Sep-58

Photograph

Robert Bloch letter | Karloff & Lugosi deep dives | Early TV horror host coverage | Classic monster kid energy

Famous Monsters of Filmland #3 April 1959 cover painting by Jim Warren of Lon Chaney as Phantom of the Opera

Famous Monsters of Filmland #3

Apr-59

Jim Warren

First "You Axed For It" | Monster Club begins | Early sci-fi horror previews | Phantom cover homage

Famous Monsters of Filmland #4 August 1959 cover painting by Albert Nuetzell of Martian from War of the Worlds

Famous Monsters of Filmland #4

Aug-59

Albert Nuetzell

Ray Bradbury letter + photo | Christopher Lee early profile | Zacherley coverage | Iconic Nuetzell cover

Famous Monsters of Filmland #4 August 1959 Ghoul's Eye Variant cover painting by Albert Nuetzell of Martian from War of the Worlds

Famous Monsters of Filmland #4 Ghoul's Eye Variant

Aug-59

Albert Nuetzell

Ray Bradbury letter + photo | Christopher Lee early profile | Zacherley coverage | Iconic Nuetzell cover

Famous Monsters of Filmland #5 November 1959 cover painting by Albert Nuetzell of Bela Lugosi as Sayer of the Law in Island of Lost Souls test makeup

Famous Monsters of Filmland #5

Nov-59

Albert Nuetzell

Full Creature trilogy breakdown | Return of the Fly preview | Monster makeup contest winners | Classic Nuetzell art

Famous Monsters of Filmland #6 February 1960 cover painting by Albert Nuetzell of King Kong with tiny Chaney Phantom in mouth

Famous Monsters of Filmland #6

Feb-60

Albert Nuetzell

Trina Petit (future Vampirella costume creator) letter | Full King Kong creation history | Legendary "You Itched for It" section

Famous Monsters of Filmland #6 February 1960 M.T. Graves Variant cover painting by Albert Nuetzell of King Kong with tiny Chaney Phantom in mouth

Famous Monsters of Filmland #6 M.T. Graves Variant

Feb-60

Albert Nuetzell

Trina Petit (future Vampirella costume creator) letter | Full King Kong creation history | Legendary "You Itched for It" section

Famous Monsters of Filmland #7 June 1960 cover painting by Albert Nuetzell of Zacherley with tiny Chaney Phantom on shoulder

Famous Monsters of Filmland #7

Jun-60

Albert Nuetzell

Nancy Reagan on set photo | Zacherley feature | Bill Warren early letter | Mad Labs classic

Famous Monsters of Filmland #7 June 1960 Roland Variant cover painting by Albert Nuetzell of Zacherley with tiny Chaney Phantom on shoulder

Famous Monsters of Filmland #7 Roland Variant

Jun-60

Albert Nuetzell

Nancy Reagan on set photo | Zacherley feature | Bill Warren early letter | Mad Labs classic

Famous Monsters of Filmland #7 June 1960 WOR-TV/Zacherley Variant cover painting by Albert Nuetzell of Zacherley with tiny Chaney Phantom on shoulder

Famous Monsters of Filmland #7 WOR-TV/Zacherley Variant

Jun-60

Albert Nuetzell

Nancy Reagan on set photo | Zacherley feature | Bill Warren early letter | Mad Labs classic

Famous Monsters of Filmland #8 September 1960 cover painting by Albert Nuetzell of 13 Ghosts ghost with tiny haloed Phantom on shroud

Famous Monsters of Filmland #8

Sep-60

Albert Nuetzell

Full Lon Chaney filmography | 13 Ghosts Illusion-O preview | Classic Chaney tribute issue

Famous Monsters of Filmland #9 November 1960 cover painting by Basil Gogos of Vincent Price from House of Usher

Famous Monsters of Filmland #9

Nov-60

Basil Gogos

First Basil Gogos cover | Roger Corman/Price Usher preview | Wolverton art | Goes bi-monthly

Famous Monsters of Filmland #10 January 1961 cover painting by Basil Gogos of Claude Rains with mask from Phantom of the Opera

Famous Monsters of Filmland #10

Jan-61

Basil Gogos

Robert Bloch article | Jack Davis Fang Mail art | Buster Crabbe interview | Claude Rains Phantom focus

Famous Monsters of Filmland #11 April 1961 cover painting by Basil Gogos of Gorgo

Famous Monsters of Filmland #11

Apr-61

Basil Gogos

Gogos masterpiece cover | Lon Chaney Jr profile | Gorgo preview | Poe film history

Famous Monsters of Filmland #12 June 1961 cover painting by Basil Gogos of Oliver Reed as Werewolf from Curse of the Werewolf

Famous Monsters of Filmland #12

Jun-61

Basil Gogos

First Graveyard Examiner | Hammer Curse of the Werewolf preview | Who Goes There? reprint | Thesiger obituary

Famous Monsters of Filmland #13 August 1961 uncredited cover painting of Frankenstein Monster

Famous Monsters of Filmland #13

Aug-61

Basil Gogos

First Hidden Horrors | First Mystery Photo | Robert Bloch on monster mags | Wendayne Ackerman debut

Famous Monsters of Filmland #14 October 1961 cover painting by Basil Gogos of Vincent Price from Pit and the Pendulum

Famous Monsters of Filmland #14

Oct-61

Basil Gogos

AIP contest's win a movie role! | Pit and the Pendulum preview | Dick Smith Quasimodo | Gogos classic

Famous Monsters of Filmland #15 January 1962 cover painting by Basil Gogos of TV horror host Zacherley

Famous Monsters of Filmland #15

Jan-62

Basil Gogos

AIP contest continues | Bob Burns makeup | Tor Johnson back cover stare | Monster short story

Famous Monsters of Filmland #16 March 1962 uncredited cover painting possibly by Basil Gogos of Lon Chaney from Phantom of the Opera

Famous Monsters of Filmland #16

Mar-62

Basil Gogos

Robert Bloch horror essay | Dick Smith TV makeup | 3-D Mask photo spread | Ray Bradbury quote

Famous Monsters of Filmland #17 May 1962 cover painting by Basil Gogos of Elsa Lanchester from Bride of Frankenstein

Famous Monsters of Filmland #17

May-62

Basil Gogos

Glenn Strange profile | Rare Lionel Atwill burn photo | Early Bill Warren photo | Possible Dan O'Bannon letter

Famous Monsters of Filmland #18 July 1962 cover painting by Basil Gogos of Bernard Jukes as stage Renfield often mistaken for Dwight Frye

Famous Monsters of Filmland #18

Jul-62

Basil Gogos

Basil Gogos Renfield painting | 2nd Amateur Make-up Contest winners | Even Forry stumped by Mystery Photo | Jack Davis Frankenstein back-cover pinup

Famous Monsters of Filmland #19 September 1962 cover painting by Basil Gogos of Peter Lorre Basil Rathbone Vincent Price from Tales of Terror

Famous Monsters of Filmland #19

Sep-62

Basil Gogos

Peter Lorre bio | Mothra photo spread | Tales of Terror preview | Massive Shocklist index

Famous Monsters of Filmland #20 November 1962 cover painting by Basil Gogos of Lon Chaney from London After Midnight

Famous Monsters of Filmland #20

Nov-62

Basil Gogos

Ray Harryhausen profile | John Carradine bio | London After Midnight cover homage

Famous Monsters of Filmland #21 February 1963 cover retouched photo by Basil Gogos from Bride of Frankenstein

Famous Monsters of Filmland #21

Feb-63

Basil Gogos

Last Karloff Monster makeup (Route 66) | Full Bride of Frankenstein photo essay | Karloff/Lorre/Chaney together | Colorized Elsa Lanchester Bride cover | Dwight Frye tribute

Famous Monsters of Filmland #22 April 1963 cover retouched photo of Bela Lugosi killing Dwight Frye from Dracula with fake head from The Raven

Famous Monsters of Filmland #22

Apr-63

Photograph

Willis O'Brien obituary | Tod Browning tribute | Complete Dracula history with Lugosi quotes | Jim Danforth letter praising O'Brien

Famous Monsters of Filmland #23 June 1963 cover painting by Basil Gogos of Giant Roger Pace from War of the Colossal Beast

Famous Monsters of Filmland #23

Jun-63

Basil Gogos

Forry interviews Karloff | Robert Bloch essay | Early Frankenstein 1910 coverage

Famous Monsters of Filmland #24 August 1963 uncredited cover painting of Henry Hull as Werewolf of London

Famous Monsters of Filmland #24

Aug-63

UNCREDITED

Werewolf of London filmbook | Ackermansion tour | Phantom essay

Famous Monsters of Filmland #25 October 1963 cover with King Kong in red letters four stills and drawing from film

Famous Monsters of Filmland #25

Oct-63

Collage

Epic King Kong history | Vincent Price profile | Hollywood museum Kong plans

Famous Monsters of Filmland #26 January 1964 uncredited cover painting of Robert Culp alien from Outer Limits Architects of Fear

Famous Monsters of Filmland #26

Jan-64

UNCREDITED

Outer Limits feature | Kong part II | 1910 Frankenstein

Famous Monsters of Filmland #27 March 1964 uncredited cover painting of green Cyclops from 7th Voyage of Sinbad

Famous Monsters of Filmland #27

Mar-64

UNCREDITED

Kong finale | Chaney Frankenstein "what if" art | Hitler's Brain preview

Famous Monsters of Filmland #28 May 1964 uncredited cover painting of Bela Lugosi from Island of Lost Souls

Famous Monsters of Filmland #28

May-64

UNCREDITED

Island of Lost Souls filmbook | Two-Faced Monsters feature | Manster filmbook

Famous Monsters of Filmland #29 July 1964 uncredited cover painting from The Flesh Eaters

Famous Monsters of Filmland #29

Jul-64

UNCREDITED

Peter Lorre obituary | Jerry Lewis monster comic | Seven Faces of Dr. Lao preview

Famous Monsters of Filmland #30 September 1964 cover painting by Russ Jones of Bela Lugosi as Dracula

Famous Monsters of Filmland #30

Sep-64

Russ Jones

Fay Wray career profile | Evil of Frankenstein | 28 Dracula facts

Famous Monsters of Filmland #31 December 1964 cover painting by Maurice Whitman of Boris Karloff from The Mummy

Famous Monsters of Filmland #31

Dec-64

Maurice Whitman

First Instant Monsters contest | Mexicreatures return | Lon Chaney Sr tribute | $2,500 cash prizes

Famous Monsters of Filmland #32 March 1965 cover photo of Lance Herpeck monster model winner scene from King Kong

Famous Monsters of Filmland #32

Mar-65

Photograph

Full Horror of Dracula comic | Munsters feature | Hideous Sun Demon filmbook

Famous Monsters of Filmland #33 May 1965 cover painting by Ron Cobb of Lon Chaney from Hunchback of Notre Dame

Famous Monsters of Filmland #33

May-65

Ron Cobb

Ron Cobb Hunchback masterpiece | Full Hunchback filmbook | William Castle profile

Famous Monsters of Filmland #34 August 1965 cover painting by Maurice Whitman of Fredric March as Mr Hyde

Famous Monsters of Filmland #34

Aug-65

Maurice Whitman

Amateur monster movie winners | $1000 contest results | Jekyll & Hyde overview

Famous Monsters of Filmland #35 October 1965 cover painting by Vic Prezio of Bela Lugosi as Dracula

Famous Monsters of Filmland #35

Oct-65

Vic Prezio

Lugosi invades England 1951 | Lost Heston monster film | Godzilla filmbook

Famous Monsters of Filmland #36 December 1965 cover painting by Vic Prezio of Lon Chaney Jr as Kharis the Mummy

Famous Monsters of Filmland #36

Dec-65

Vic Prezio

Dick Smith makeup handbook | Four full filmbooks | Classic Mummy cover

Famous Monsters of Filmland #37 February 1966 cover painting by Gray Morrow of Ymir from 20 Million Miles to Earth

Famous Monsters of Filmland #37

Feb-66

Gray Morrow

Karloff interview | Gray Morrow Ymir cover | Robert Bloch's The Skull

Famous Monsters of Filmland #38 April 1966 cover painting by Vic Prezio of Demon from Curse of the Demon

Famous Monsters of Filmland #38

Apr-66

Vic Prezio

Ymir finale | Four filmbooks | Tor Johnson & Don Post event | Daleks invade

Famous Monsters of Filmland #39 June 1966 cover painting by Vic Prezio of boy monster from Frankenstein Conquers the World

Famous Monsters of Filmland #39

Jun-66

Vic Prezio

Lost O'Brien Frankenstein vs Kong art | Carroll Borland interview | Toho Frankenstein

Famous Monsters of Filmland #40 August 1966 cover painting by Ron Cobb of hidden horror from Horror Hotel

Famous Monsters of Filmland #40

Aug-66

Ron Cobb

classic cover | She-Creature filmbook | Lugosi ghost story | Makeup masters

Famous Monsters of Filmland #41 cover featuring uncredited painting of a werewolf

Famous Monsters of Filmland #41

Nov-66

UNCREDITED

Classic werewolf cover | Three full filmbooks | John Carradine spotlight | Verne Langdon makeup

Famous Monsters of Filmland #42 cover painting of Frankenstein Monster fighting the Wolf Man by Ron Cobb

Famous Monsters of Filmland #42

Jan-67

Ron Cobb

Christopher Lee interview | Giant Don Post Kong | Masterpiece cover

Famous Monsters of Filmland #43 cover painting of Christopher Lee as Dracula rising from the tomb by Ron Cobb

Famous Monsters of Filmland #43

Mar-67

Ron Cobb

Dracula Society Awards | Fantastic Voyage photo spread | Dracula classic

Famous Monsters of Filmland #44 cover painting of King Kong by Dan Adkins

Famous Monsters of Filmland #44

May-67

Dan Adkins

Dan Adkins Kong cover | Karloff non-horror roles | Daleks invade

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