The first monster magazine to acknowledge the growing tastes of the genre fans sprouting from little monsterkid acorns was Castle of Frankenstein. CoF provided a more erudite approach to its movie coverage, showcased influential comic book artists, struck a good balance between the old and the new in horror, and realized its readers were–ummm–readers by including book and comic reviews. In this issue, Peter Jon Dyer's All Manner of Fantasies investigates the causes and effects of fantasy and horror films, and Dan Bates sets his sight on Boris Karloff's swan song, Targets.
