Famous Monsters of Filmland issue #149 November 1978 cover dominated by Battlestar Galactica title and Cylon warrior photo 🔍 Click to enlarge

Famous Monsters of Filmland #149

Nov-78 • Photograph
Inside This Issue

Battlestar Galactica storms Issue #149, the television cosmos sized up in a full preview. “The Night We Invaded the Earth” replays Orson Welles’ 1938 War of the Worlds panic broadcast, Beneath the Planet of the Apes gets a filmbook, and a House of Wax reprint keeps Vincent Price’s waxworks warm.

Cover Spotlight

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA dominates this cover — the TV franchise's title running large above the FM masthead, with a photo of a Cylon warrior beneath.

▶

Contents

  • Somebody Stole My Gal
  • The Night We Invaded the Earth
  • Broadcast
↻

Recurring Departments

  • Fang Mail
▶

Films Featured

Battlestar GalacticaBeneath the Planet of the ApesHouse of WaxWar of the Worlds
★

Personalities

Orson WellesCarroll Borland
👻

Monsters & Characters

Cylon
✎

Bylines & Contributors

Terri Pinckard

☠ Collector's Notes

Early Battlestar Galactica coverage gives Issue #149 steady pull with the TV-sci-fi crowd, and the Welles panic-broadcast retrospective adds radio-history flavor. The photo-cover era of the run starts earning its keep here.

☠ Don’t just lurk in the crypt

Join the Monster Kids

Talk covers, show off your slabs, and swap finds with fellow fiends. Free to join — the crypt’s always taking new members.

Join the Crypt

Related Issues

More issues from 1978
Famous Monsters of Filmland issue #140 January 1978 cover by Maelo Cintron featuring Glenn Strange as Frankenstein Monster #140 Jan-78 Famous Monsters of Filmland issue #141 March 1978 cover featuring UFO scene with Richard Dreyfuss from Close Encounters of the Third Kind #141 Mar-78 Famous Monsters of Filmland issue #142 April 1978 20th Anniversary fold-out cover featuring Darth Vader over horror genre legends #142 Apr-78 Famous Monsters of Filmland issue #145 July 1978 cover featuring gruesome photo of The Incredible Melting Man #145 Jul-78 Famous Monsters of Filmland issue #146 August 1978 cover by Bob Larkin featuring gorilla vs shark from schlock classic A*P*E #146 Aug-78 Famous Monsters of Filmland issue #147 September 1978 cover by Basil Gogos featuring menacing Tusken Raider from Star Wars #147 Sep-78 Famous Monsters of Filmland issue #148 October 1978 cover featuring iconic Darth Vader poster art from Star Wars #148 Oct-78 NEXT ISSUE → Famous Monsters of Filmland issue #150 January 1978 landmark cover featuring four-armed insect monster from Battlestar Galactica #150 Jan-79

Discussion

FM #149 — November 1978

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA dominates this cover — the TV franchise's title running large above the FM masthead, with a photo of a Cylon warrior beneath. Inside: Battlestar Galactica, Beneath the Planet of the Apes, House of Wax, and War of the Worlds, and Cylon, Orson Welles, Carroll Borland, and Terri Pinckard.

Tell us the first monster from this one that lived in your head rent-free. ⬇️

☢
0 replies in the forum thread
Join the Discussion →
See an error? Let us know!