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The Monster Times Issue 26, 1973

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In issue 26 of The Monster Times, Destroy All Monsters brings out the big guns, Metropolis, Illinois, gets super coverage, Richard Bojarski tells us all about Rondo Hatton in Horrorwood, and Star Trek lives! — as a Saturday morning cartoon (which was pretty good, actually). Also not to be glossed over is the Ghoulie Glossies, wherein Gary Gerani reveals the dark side of movie stills traded on the hot convention circuit. Pressbooks are briefly mentioned in the article as “these are sent directly to the theater managers who in turn usually send them directly into the garbage can…” Bite your tongue! On the plus side, there’s coverage (albeit too brief) of the 1973 New York Comic Art Convention, Ah, those were the days!  Conventions were so much cooler back then. I wonder whatever happened to Heidi Saha?

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The Monster Times Issue 21, 1973

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An all-Frankenstein (really they meant The Monster, for you purists) issue of The Monster Times, for number 21, makes for stellar reading. A Glenn Strange interview, Frankenstein in the Comics, Frankenstein’s Castle, The Decline of Frankenstein (bite your electrode!), Frankenstein’s Bloody Terror, and the usual TMT stuff to keep you busy. Whew!

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The Monster Times Issue 41, 1975

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Issue 41 of The Monster Times has some monstrous coverage to sink your teeth into. There’s the wonderful low-budget It! The Terror From Beyond Space, Werewolf comic books are howled at, Six Versions of Frankenstein (up till then, of course) are counted, a mostly I’m-disappointed review of Young Frankenstein (now generally considered a comedy-horror classic), and How to Make a Mummy for Fun and Profit (which, disappointingly, is actually about the actual mummification process). The best part is Looking Back With Zach: An Interview With John Zacherly. One annoyance though: during the interview they showed Zackerly a photo of him with a very young Richard Thomas, taken out on Long Island, New York. “They” didn’t bother to actually include the photo, although Zacherly explains it. I’d love to have seen THE PHOTO. Space:1999 and How to Make a Monster Movie round out the issue.

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Quasimodo’s Monster Magazine
Issue 4, 1975

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In Quasimodo’s Monster Magazine issue 4 you have a whopping 100 pages of monster goodness. Roger Corman, Lon Chaney, Jr., Space 1999, classic horrors, Doug McClure and The Land That Time Forgot, and enough bloody merchandise to scream about–oodles of monsterkid goodness. You can find more of the Quasimodo issues in my magazine morgue too!

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The House of Hammer Issue 17, 1978

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The highlight for this issue 17 of The House of Hammer (volume 2, number 5) is the Vampire Circus comic, followed by Van Helsing’s Carnival of Fear. Dangerous children and Castle of the Living Dead add the movie-related info, along with Fairgrounds of Horror and Media Macabre. The artwork by Brian Holland and Goudenzi is splendid.

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Monster World Issue 9, 1966

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Their house is a museum, and one I’d certainly be at home with, but the Addams Family would have really been something else if done in color, as shown on this cover for Monster World issue 9. I fondly remember building the Aurora Addam’s Haunted House kit and playing with the holy grail of monsterkid-dom: Famous Monsters Photo Printing Set. And I did send away for the Creepy Fan Club and just about most of everything else shown in these wonderful ads. Oh, wait, about the magazine itself…Sir Cedric Hardwicke finally gets some love in Memories of a 30 Year Veteran of Horror Films. The Fang Mail this issue is also especially interesting. Kind of a love/hate relationship going on with FM Issue 37, but check our FJA’s response.

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Modern Monster Issue 1, 1966

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Here’s the first issue of Modern Monsters (they added the “s” with issue two). More monsters are always a party. Lots of great photos and coverage with That Other Werewolf (you know, the one with Henry Hull, who didn’t want Jack Pierce’s full makeup treatment); The Frankenstein Story (up to I was a Teenage Frankenstein); Humor in a Jugular Vein (Abbott and Costello mostly, with a nod to AIP); and a too-short nod to Don Post. From the why-is-this-ad-here dept. we have exclusive original Flamenco prints: send cash, check, or money order today! I’m guessing that ‘they’ (the magazine sales dept.) were going for your mom who, WE ALL EXPERIENCED, usually trashed your stash of horror mags while you were away at school. I figure they hoped she’d thumb through the magazine uttering epithets before tossing it, only to find the Flamenco prints and be compelled to want a set. Whose mom wouldn’t? Back then, that is.

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Castle of Frankenstein Issue 22, 1974

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With issue twenty-two of Castle of Frankenstein, you will find The Mutations, Vincent Price’s Madhouse, Peter Cushing’s Frankenstein, and a positive take on Zardoz (yes, THAT odd movie with Sean Connery). An unusually revealing photo of Ingrid Pitt and the devil to pay in The Exorcist keep this issue naughty and nice. For those looking for the weird (yes, well, like all horror fans do, actually), there’s The Curse that Hangs Over the Exorcist interview with William Friedkin. Be afraid. Be very afraid. Oh, and the Legend of Hell House rounds out the scares this issue.

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Modern Monsters Issue 4, 1966
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A very good monster magazine for the 1960s, Modern Monsters was more adult with its coverage of horror. In this issue 4, Glenn Strange provides interesting behind-the-scenes tidbits from his horror jaunts, Miniatures-Kill or Cure? is pondered by Bob Villard, and Victor Morrison shows us The Invisible Man and His Friends, or something like that. There’s a full color centerfold to pin up, and King Kong and Spy Smasher are examined. At over 80 pages, with pictures galore, and layout that’s plain but easy-reading, it’s a shame Modern Monsters didn’t continue past four issues. (Go to part 2)

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Monsters and Heroes First Issue, 1967

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In this first issue of Larry Ivie's Monsters and Heroes you will find a very opinionated History of Frankenstein, a loving remembrance of Heroes of Radio, and a fond nod to Johnny Sheffield. There are also lots of photos to see in Darkest Africa (1936), Republic Pictures first serial (later cut into Bat Men of Africa (1966), and From Comix to Film. The magazine is a bit rough with typewritten paragraphs and unnecessary title pages, but lots of coverage here and no punny humor to sidetrack the coverage. 

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Monster Madness Issue 3, 1973

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By issue 3 of Marvel's Monster Madness, it looks like the editors realized a magazine solely comprised of funny photos was no longer enough. Monsterkids, nurtured on Famous Monsters of Filmland, were growing up: they needed more meat on those monster bones to gnaw on. In this issue, aside from the many two-page photo spreads, you'll find articles on movie reviews, the Creature from the Black Lagoon as the Monster of the Month, the Fear-Fables of Robert Block, and Marvel's Werewolf by Night. Unfortunately, this would be the last issue, but Marvel would soon bring forth Monsters of the Movies to the crowded newsstands and spinner racks. 

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