Famous Monsters of Filmland #102 October 1973 cover uncredited painting of Lon Chaney from The Phantom of the Opera featuring horror phantom themes 🔍 Click to enlarge

Famous Monsters of Filmland #102

Oct-73 • UNCREDITED
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An uncredited painting of Lon Chaney's Erik from THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA — the skull face that started it all, still as arresting as the day it first appeared on a newsstand rack.

▶Contents
  • Main Features
  • FM, We Love You! (congrats from Bloch, Pal, Lee & more)
  • The Diabolic Duo (Frankenstein excerpt)
  • Master of the Masks (Verne Langdon profile)
  • Even the Children Know (Frankenstein short story)
↻Recurring Departments
  • Welcome (editorial)
  • Fang Mail
  • You Axed For It
▶ Films Featured
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERATHE FRANKENSTEIN LEGENDTHE MYSTERY EYECURSE OF THE WEREWOLF
★ Personalities
Lon ChaneyRobert BlochGeorge PalChristopher LeeVerne LangdonSteven UtleyHoward WaldropOliver ReedEdgar G. UlmerForry Ackerman
☠ Collector's Notes

100th issue celebration continues

Edgar G. Ulmer obituary

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FM #102 — October 1973

An uncredited painting of Lon Chaney's Erik from THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA — the skull face that started it all, still as arresting as the day it first appeared on a newsstand rack. Inside: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, THE FRANKENSTEIN LEGEND, THE MYSTERY EYE, and CURSE OF THE WEREWOLF, and Lon Chaney, Robert Bloch, George Pal, and Christopher Lee.

What's your memory of FM #102? Got a copy? Got a favorite bit? Let's hear it. ⬇️

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