Famous Monsters of Filmland issue #145 July 1978 cover featuring gruesome photo of The Incredible Melting Man 🔍 Click to enlarge

Famous Monsters of Filmland #145

Jul-78 Photograph
Cover Spotlight

A photo of THE INCREDIBLE MELTING MAN — the 1977 sci-fi horror about an astronaut returning from Saturn with a severe skin condition, one of the era's most memorably gruesome make-up effects.

Contents
  • Main Features
  • ""Finger Lickin' Good"" (editorial)
  • ""STAR WARS Two!"" by Robot Rod 4D (sequel speculation)
  • ""The Great STAR WARS Contest""
  • ""Queen of the Monster Makers"" by Robert Skotak (Milicent Patrick profile)
  • ""CURSE OF THE DEMON"" (making-of/reprint)
  • ""Blood Banquet"" (15th Count Dracula Radcliffe Awards)
  • ""STAR TREK-23rd Century Style"" (upcoming film & series history)
  • ""The Man in the Grave Flannel Suit"" by Reiko Mimura (Haruo Nakajima/Godzilla suit/reprint)
  • Obituaries: Jacques Tourneur, Gertrude Astor
Recurring Departments
  • Fang Mail
  • Mystery Photo No.106 (answer: Lionel Barrymore in MYSTERIOUS ISLAND)
  • Happy Birthday to You
  • Rare Treats
  • Graveyard Examiner
☠ Collector's Notes

Back cover same as #144

Discussion

FM #145 — July 1978

A photo of THE INCREDIBLE MELTING MAN — the 1977 sci-fi horror about an astronaut returning from Saturn with a severe skin condition, one of the era's most memorably gruesome make-up effects. Inside: The Incredible Melting Man, Star Wars, Star Trek, and Curse of the Demon, and Milicent Patrick, Jacques Torneur, Haru Nakajima, and Robert Skotak.

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

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