Famous Monsters of Filmland issue #124 April 1976 cover by Ken Kelly featuring Mexican horror icon German Robles as a vampire 🔍 Click to enlarge

Famous Monsters of Filmland #124

Apr-76 • Ken Kelly
Cover Spotlight

Ken Kelly paints German Robles as the vampire El Conde Lavud — the Mexican horror icon rarely seen on American monster magazine covers, getting a long-overdue FM spotlight.

▶Contents
  • Main Features
  • Terror of Transylvania (Bela Lugosi tribute)
  • THE GIANT SPIDER INVASION (mini-filmbook)
  • Heart Hammering Horror (Hammer at Monstercon)
  • Lee J. Cobb obituary
↻Recurring Departments
  • Fang Mail
  • You Axed For It
  • Fiend Clubs
▶ Films Featured
Dr. Who and the DaleksThe HindenburgFrankenstein (1931)Black Christmas
★ Personalities
Ken KellyGerman RoblesBela LugosiJames WhaleForrest J Ackerman
☠ Collector's Notes

spider cover

Spider Invasion behind-the-scenes

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Famous Monsters of Filmland #91 July 1972 cover ad art from Frogs by Ken Kelly featuring horror creature themes #91 Jul-72 Famous Monsters of Filmland issue #121 December 1975 cover by Ken Kelly featuring Boris Karloff as The Mummy from the classic Universal horror film #121 Dec-75 Famous Monsters of Filmland issue #122 January 1975 cover by Ken Kelly featuring Ingrid Pitt as a seductive vampire #122 Jan-76 Famous Monsters of Filmland issue #123 March 1976 cover by Ken Kelly featuring terrifying face from Hammer's Plague of the Zombies #123 Mar-76 Famous Monsters of Filmland issue #127 August 1976 cover by Ken Kelly featuring Bride of Frankenstein at Universal Studios #127 Aug-76 Famous Monsters of Filmland issue #129 October 1976 cover by Ken Kelly featuring exposed android from Futureworld #129 Oct-76

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FM #124 — April 1976

Ken Kelly paints German Robles as the vampire El Conde Lavud — the Mexican horror icon rarely seen on American monster magazine covers, getting a long-overdue FM spotlight. Inside: Dr. Who and the Daleks, The Hindenburg, Frankenstein (1931), and Black Christmas, and Ken Kelly, German Robles, Bela Lugosi, and James Whale.

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