Famous Monsters of Filmland issue #134 May 1977 cover by Basil Gogos featuring menacing Mr. Hyde transformation 🔍 Click to enlarge

Famous Monsters of Filmland #134

May-77 • Basil Gogos
Inside This Issue

The twin titans share top billing in Issue #134: “Twin Titans of Terror” surveys the Karloff-Lugosi collaborations, and a Black Cat filmbook revisits the first and finest of them. Basil Gogos supplies a Mr. Hyde cover, “The Mysterious Leonard Frank Chaney” pursues the elusive private life of Chaney Sr., and Kong commentary continues in “King Kong or Swing Kong.”

Cover Spotlight

Basil Gogos paints Mr. Hyde — the Jekyll-transformed monster in all his simian, leering fury, given the full Gogos color treatment.

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Contents

  • Crown Prints
  • King Kong or Swing Kong
  • Twin Titans of Terror
  • The Black Cat
  • Young Monsters Arise
  • The Outer Limits
  • Death of a Phantom
  • The Mysterious Leonard Frank Chaney
  • Fiend Clubs
  • Rare Treats
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Recurring Departments

  • Fang Mail
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Films Featured

The Black Cat (1934)Night of the Living DeadKing Kong (1976)The Outer Limits
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Personalities

Boris KarloffBela LugosiLon Chaney Sr.

☠ Collector's Notes

Karloff-and-Lugosi team-up coverage is core FM collecting territory, and Issue #134 leads with exactly that — “Twin Titans of Terror” plus a Black Cat filmbook. The Gogos Hyde cover adds one of his more ferocious subjects to the gallery.

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FM #134 — May 1977

Basil Gogos paints Mr. Hyde — the Jekyll-transformed monster in all his simian, leering fury, given the full Gogos color treatment. Inside: The Black Cat (1934), Night of the Living Dead, and King Kong (1976), and Basil Gogos, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, and Lon Chaney Sr..

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