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Toho thunder under a Gogos brush: Issue #135’s filmbook pits Godzilla against his bionic double, while “Terror Times Two” tells the story of Amicus, the studio that made anthology horror an art form. Rick Baker talks gorilla suits in the Kentucky Fried Movie piece, “Caligula Meets Dracula” profiles Jay Robinson, and a Black Cat filmbook carries over from the issue before.
Basil Gogos paints Godzilla squaring off against the Bionic Monster — Toho's kaiju action getting the FM cover glamour treatment from the master himself.
Gogos painting kaiju action gives Issue #135 reach into the Godzilla-collecting crowd, and the Amicus history piece plus the Rick Baker gorilla story make the contents deeper than the cover lets on.
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FM #135 — July 1977
Basil Gogos paints Godzilla squaring off against the Bionic Monster — Toho's kaiju action getting the FM cover glamour treatment from the master himself. Inside: Godzilla vs. the Bionic Monster, Kentucky Fried Movie, and The Black Cat, and Basil Gogos, Godzilla, Rick Baker, and Christopher Lee.
Rip the cellophane off this one in the replies — favorite moments, worst nightmares, cover love, all welcome. ⬇️
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