Famous MonstersForryeverDying to keep the memory of Famous Monsters of Filmland alive!
Famous MonstersForryeverDying to keep the memory of Famous Monsters of Filmland alive!
Inside This Issue
The Gill-Man gets the Basil Gogos treatment on the cover of Issue #103, but the heart of the issue beats slower: “Lon Is Gone” bids farewell to Lon Chaney Jr. with a full career retrospective and an open letter to fans from his wife. Beverly Presar’s “Blacula Is Beautiful” interview with William Marshall brightens the gloom, while farewells to Robert Ryan, Veronica Lake, Jack Hawkins, and Apes producer Arthur P. Jacobs make this one of the run’s great memorial issues.
Cover Spotlight
Basil Gogos turns his brush on the Gill-Man — a masterful painting of the CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON from the artist who defined FM's golden cover era.
Roll The Film
Creature from the Black Lagoon
Thumb Thru Thursday 3:29
Gogos Creature cover (Gill-man designed by Milicent Patrick, credit buried by Bud Westmore) fronting the 1973 memorial issue / long Lon Chaney Jr farewell
☠ Collector's Notes
The Gogos Gill-Man stands among the most celebrated Creature covers in the hobby, and the Lon Chaney Jr. memorial gives Issue #103 a second, sadder claim on collectors. A key issue of the early-’70s run on both counts.
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