Famous Monsters of Filmland issue #138 October 1977 cover by Don Maitz featuring adorable R2-D2 from Star Wars 🔍 Click to enlarge

Famous Monsters of Filmland #138

Oct-77 • Don Maitz
Inside This Issue

The droid gets the cover: Don Maitz’s R2-D2 fronts Issue #138, while inside the magazine mourns a heavy season — farewells to William Castle, Joan Crawford, and Fantastic Voyage’s Stephen Boyd. “The Golden Years of Terrorvision” rewinds classic horror TV, The Island of Dr. Moreau gets the filmbook treatment, and “Star Swarm” collects the genre’s elder statesmen reacting to Star Wars.

Cover Spotlight

Don Maitz paints R2-D2 — the galaxy's most beloved astromech droid, given a full FM cover portrait by one of the great science fiction illustrators.

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Contents

  • Scare Stare
  • The Golden Years of Terrorvision
  • Chandu the Magician
  • His Last Voyage
  • Star Swarm
  • The Island of Dr. Moreau
  • Answer to Mystery Photos No.98 & 90%
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Recurring Departments

  • Fang Mail
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Films Featured

The Island of Dr. MoreauThe Fearless Vampire KillersChandu the MagicianStar Wars
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Personalities

Stephen BoydJoan CrawfordWilliam CastleDonald Sutherland
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Monsters & Characters

R2-D2

☠ Collector's Notes

A Don Maitz droid cover makes Issue #138 an oddity collectors enjoy — a fantasy-illustration great on a monster mag — and the triple farewell inside (Castle, Crawford, Boyd) gives it real reference weight for one sad season of 1977.

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FM #138 — October 1977

Don Maitz paints R2-D2 — the galaxy's most beloved astromech droid, given a full FM cover portrait by one of the great science fiction illustrators. Inside: The Island of Dr. Moreau, The Fearless Vampire Killers, Chandu the Magician, and Star Wars, and Don Maitz, R2-D2, Stephen Boyd, and Joan Crawford.

What's your memory of FM #138? Got a copy? Got a favorite bit? Let's hear it. ⬇️

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