Famous Monsters of Filmland issue #148 October 1978 cover featuring iconic Darth Vader poster art from Star Wars 🔍 Click to enlarge

Famous Monsters of Filmland #148

Oct-78 • Poster Art
Inside This Issue

The Dark Lord takes the cover: poster art of Darth Vader fronts Issue #148, with “A Darth Vader Fantasy” spinning original fiction inside. The classic heart still beats — “Kong’s ‘Mother’ Dies” bids farewell to King Kong screenwriter Ruth Rose, “Lest We Forget Those Horror Helpers” salutes the genre’s great supporting players, and “Scar Wars” surveys the scars that made horror faces famous.

Cover Spotlight

Poster art of Darth Vader — the Dark Lord of the Sith in full regalia, still the most visually commanding villain the movies had produced in years.

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Contents

  • Gotcha Buffalo'ed
  • Fantasy Film Flashes
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Recurring Departments

  • Fang Mail
  • Graveyard Examiner
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Films Featured

Star WarsMad Doctor of Blood Island
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Personalities

Ruth RoseErnest B. Schoedsack
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Monsters & Characters

Darth Vader
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Bylines & Contributors

Ronald Norman Waite

☠ Collector's Notes

Vader-fronted issues ride Star Wars demand, but Issue #148’s quiet keeper is “Kong’s ‘Mother’ Dies,” the farewell to King Kong screenwriter Ruth Rose — a piece Kong devotees value. Star Wars era, classic-monster heart.

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FM #148 — October 1978

Poster art of Darth Vader — the Dark Lord of the Sith in full regalia, still the most visually commanding villain the movies had produced in years. Inside: Star Wars and Mad Doctor of Blood Island, and Darth Vader, Ruth Rose, Ernest B. Schoedsack, and Ronald Norman Waite.

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