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Devilina No. 1, 1975

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Here's Devilina issue 1 from Atlas. I'll refrain from any "hot" jokes. The cover for this issue was flipped to grace the cover of Vampirella issue 111, and the artist, Pulojar, also used the rather sexy pose for Lassiter issue 21. Lots of devilish illustrations, with an article by Gary Gerani titled Filmdom's Vampire Lovers, to help keep you from over-heating. Oh, shoot, I made a "hot" joke, didn't I?

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The House of Hammer No. 1, 1976

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An engaging read could be found in each issue of The House of Hammer (later changing titles to House of Horror then Halls of Horror) edited by Dez Skinn. With illustrated adaptations of Hammer movies such as Dracula and Captain Kronos Vampire Hunter, and the host-slanted Van Helsing's Terror Tales to round out the first issue, there was still room for well-written articles, usually themed around the main adaptation. While the original thought was to only cover Hammer's oeuvre, the studio's production mill ran too slow to fill out each issue, so horror movies beyond Hammer were covered. Eye-catching covers by Brian Lewis and other artists, and article writers including Tony Crawley, John Brosnan, and Denis Gifford, made each issue a satisfying reading experience.

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Monsters of the Movies No. 8, 1975

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Here's my slightly waterlogged copy of Monsters of the Movies issue 8. Gives it a nice monsterkid patina, don't you think? Peter Cushing, Hammer, Amicus, Jonathan Frid, and the Seven Golden Vampires light up this issue. So jump in, the water is fine.

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PictureGoer No. 333, 1937

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Here's another issue of Picturegoer magazine, courtesy of Professor Kinema. In this issue, No. 333 from 1937, the standouts are: nifty period advertisements; an open letter to actor William Powell, from the editor, congratulating him on his lucrative film contract while condemning the increase in movie theater ticket prices; Max Breen lauds over Maureen O'Sullivan; women dare challenge the pants-wearing in Men Wear the Pants in Pictureland; and Leave It to Anne explains how to keep that slim Hollywood figure the starlets have.

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Picture Show No. 176, 1922

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From Professor Kinema's Archives comes this 1922 issue of Picture Show. Page 9's In the Early Days of Pictures provides interesting reading: "Today the production of a single picture is a costly item requiring an army of carpenters, scene painters, electricians, and others, who are frequently at work at the studios day and night." And in Ask the Picture Show on page 23, a reader writes in to complain about "vocals introduced into the programme of a picture theatre he recently visited."

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PictureGoer No. 99, 1933

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Courtesy of Professor Kinema's Archives comes this 1933 issue of the British Picturegoer magazine. Aside from the fun of seeing the period ads and getting a glimpse of Hollywood glamour circa 1933, of particular interest to readers of From Zombos' Closet are pages 14 and 15. Did you know that King Kong stood 50 feet high? Or that each of his eyes was 10 inches long?

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Monster World No. 6, 1965

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Here's what I want for Christmas. No, not the magazine! Got that. But every cool send-away-for item in the magazine! In doubles! That's what I want Santa to bring me. While I'm waiting, like the cover says, "Have a Cool Yule" (with or without a ghoul is fine).

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Fantasy Magazine Vol. 5 No. 3, 1935

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Courtesy of the Professor Kinema's Archives comes another issue of Fantasy Magazine, sent to the Professor by Forrest J. Ackerman some time ago. In this issue, Robert Block writes up a satire, FJA writes another Scientificinematorially Speaking, and Julius Schwartz puts things in focus with The Science Fiction Eye.

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Castle of Frankenstein No. 25, 1975

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With issue 25 of Castle of Frankenstein, the original run of Calvin T. Beck's magazine ends. He decided to move on to writing books (Heroes of the Horrors, Scream Queens: Heroines of the Horrors). In this issue, Phantom of the Paradise, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, George Pal, Andy Warhol's abominable Dracula and Frankenstein (hey, I got physically ill in the theater watching these train wrecks–in 3D for Frankenstein!), Ed Parker (stunt monsterman for Universal), and Young Frankenstein are covered. And for Night Stalker fans, there's an interview with Darren McGavin. 

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Fantasy Magazine No. 39, 1937

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Here's another interesting item from Professor Kinema's Archives, given to him by Forrest J. Ackerman. Of note in this issue is Robert Bloch's article on Voodoo and Julius Schwartz's The Science Fiction Eye. Flash!!–from England is also interesting: "After fifteen months of negotiations with leading authors over here, the firm of George Newnes Limited, of London, have at last decided not to publish what would have been the first real science fiction magazine to appear in England."

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Fantasy Magazine Vol. 4 No. 5, May 1935

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Professor Kinema received this Fantasy Magazine Vol. 1, No. 1 (Scientifilm Issue) from Forrest J. Ackerman. Note FJA's personal note, written in 1990, on the Contents page. A big thanks to Professor Kinema for sharing this rare and fragile magazine with us. (Here's the comic book reader version:  Download Fantasy Magazine Vol 1 No 4 . For more cool monster and scientifilm reading pay a visit to the Magazine Morgue.)

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