Famous Monsters of Filmland #11 April 1961 cover painting by Basil Gogos of Gorgo 🔍 Click to enlarge

Famous Monsters of Filmland #11

Apr-61 • Basil Gogos
Inside This Issue

A classic early Basil Gogos cover fronts #11 — prime monster-kid collecting. Inside, a Lon Chaney Jr. profile (“Son of Mister Monster”) and a rare overview of Poe on film by Turkish critic Giovanni Scognamillo, an unusually international reach for an American monster magazine in 1961.

Cover Spotlight

The mighty GORGO thunders across this cover — one of Britain's finest giant monsters, beloved by FM's faithful and every monster kid who ever wished they could keep one as a pet.

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Contents

  • Lucky 11
  • Crystal Cherry Tree
  • Whoosh
  • Son of Mister Monster
  • Gorgo the Gargantuan
  • Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
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Recurring Departments

  • Fang Mail
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Films Featured

GorgoDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
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Personalities

Lon Chaney Jr.Fredric March
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Bylines & Contributors

Giovanni Scognamillo

☠ Collector's Notes

An unusually international book for 1961: Giovanni Scognamillo’s Poe-on-film survey gave American readers a window few magazines offered, and it lends Issue #11 a curio appeal with film-literature collectors today.

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FM #11 — April 1961

The mighty GORGO thunders across this cover — one of Britain's finest giant monsters, beloved by FM's faithful and every monster kid who ever wished they could keep one as a pet. Inside: Gorgo and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Basil Gogos, Lon Chaney Jr., Giovanni Scognamillo, and Fredric March.

Tell us the first monster from this one that lived in your head rent-free. ⬇️

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