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Early Basil Gogos, and the issue where FM’s letter pages found their identity. #10 introduces the Jack Davis–illustrated Fang Mail section — the cartoon look that would frame reader mail for years — alongside an article by Robert Bloch. Prime early-Gogos collecting.
Claude Rains behind the mask — a painting of the 1943 PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, all lush Technicolor mystery and tragic, obsessive love for music he will never be allowed to share.
The Jack Davis connection is the quiet draw here — the EC Comics legend’s cartooning gives Issue #10 a bloodline that pulls EC collectors into FM territory. Two hobbies, one book.
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FM #10 — January 1961
Claude Rains behind the mask — a painting of the 1943 PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, all lush Technicolor mystery and tragic, obsessive love for music he will never be allowed to share. Inside: The Phantom of the Opera, Flash Gordon, The Tormented, and The Lost World, and Basil Gogos, Claude Rains, Jack Davis, and Robert Bloch.
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