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

Famous Monsters of Filmland #30

Sep-64 Russ Jones
Inside This Issue

The first cover by artist Russ Jones fronts #30 — a milestone in the magazine’s cover-art history. Inside, a major Fay Wray tribute leads, with previews of Teenage Monster and The Evil of Frankenstein. One for the collector tracking FM’s cover artists.

Cover Spotlight

Bela Lugosi as Count Dracula — the definitive face of cinematic vampirism, returned once more to the FM cover in paint.

Contents

  • Reach for Famous Monsters
  • Monster Mail Call
  • Fright Films to Come
  • A Monsterous Loss-death of the Little Giant
  • The Menace of the Red Death
  • The Return of Frankenstein
  • Headlines from Horrorsville
  • Giants from Japan
  • Werewolf in Monsterland

Recurring Departments

  • Mystery Photo

Personalities

Bylines & Contributors

☠ Collector's Notes

Cover-artist succession is its own collecting lane, and Issue #30 opens the Russ Jones chapter. The Fay Wray tribute inside makes a fitting pairing — a new hand on the cover, the original scream queen in the pages.

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Discussion

FM #30 — September 1964

Bela Lugosi as Count Dracula — the definitive face of cinematic vampirism, returned once more to the FM cover in paint. Inside: Teenage Monster and The Evil of Frankenstein, and Russ Jones, Bela Lugosi, Peter Lorre, and Val Warren.

What's your memory of FM #30? Got a copy? Got a favorite bit? Let's hear it. ⬇️

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