Famous Monsters of Filmland issue #127 August 1976 cover by Ken Kelly featuring Bride of Frankenstein at Universal Studios 🔍 Click to enlarge

Famous Monsters of Filmland #127

Aug-76 • Ken Kelly
Inside This Issue

A Ken Kelly cover — the artist who carried the FM torch after Gogos — fronts a late-run issue that still bleeds reverence for the Universal era. #127 is a feast for the classic-monster faithful: a Karloff & Lugosi tribute and a homage to Marcel Delgado, the model-maker who built the armature for the original King Kong.

Cover Spotlight

Ken Kelly paints the Bride of Frankenstein with Universal Studios as backdrop — Elsa Lanchester's magnificent creation placed in the theme park that immortalized her.

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Contents

  • The Price Is Writhe
  • The Unholy Duo
  • The Giant Spider Invasion
  • Heart Hammering Horror
  • Exorcist Actor Dies
  • The Golem
  • Answer to Mystery Photo No.90
  • Master Monster Maker
  • Baby Frankenstein
  • Fiend Clubs
  • Rare Treats
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Recurring Departments

  • Fang Mail
  • It Asked for You
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Films Featured

The Giant Spider InvasionThe GolemThe Haunted StranglerDracula Prince of Darkness
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Personalities

Boris KarloffBela LugosiLee J. CobbMarcel Delgado
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Bylines & Contributors

Samuel James Maronie

☠ Collector's Notes

Ken Kelly’s Bride cover is a late-run favorite, and the reprint depth inside — The Golem, The Haunted Strangler, Dracula Prince of Darkness — gives Issue #127 more shelf value than its date suggests. The Lee J. Cobb farewell adds reference weight.

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Famous Monsters of Filmland #104 January 1974 cover painting of The Fly by Ken Kelly featuring horror fly monster themes #104 Jan-74 Famous Monsters of Filmland #114 March 1975 cover painting of Godzilla fighting Rodan by Ken Kelly featuring kaiju battle themes #114 Mar-75 Famous Monsters of Filmland #119 September 1975 cover painting of Christopher Lee as Mummy Dracula Frankenstein Oliver Reed as Werewolf Jacqueline Pierce as Reptile by Ken Kelly featuring horror monster portraits #119 Sep-75 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 #124 April 1976 cover by Ken Kelly featuring Mexican horror icon German Robles as a vampire #124 Apr-76 Famous Monsters of Filmland issue #129 October 1976 cover by Ken Kelly featuring exposed android from Futureworld #129 Oct-76 NEXT ISSUE → Famous Monsters of Filmland issue #128 September 1976 cover by Drew Struzan featuring giant rat attack from The Food of the Gods #128 Sep-76

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FM #127 — August 1976

Ken Kelly paints the Bride of Frankenstein with Universal Studios as backdrop — Elsa Lanchester's magnificent creation placed in the theme park that immortalized her. Inside: The Giant Spider Invasion, The Golem, The Haunted Strangler, and Dracula Prince of Darkness, and Ken Kelly, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, and Lee J. Cobb.

Who had this one on their shelf? Who swiped it from an older cousin? Spill. ⬇️

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