Famous Monsters of Filmland issue #150 January 1978 landmark cover featuring four-armed insect monster from Battlestar Galactica 🔍 Click to enlarge

Famous Monsters of Filmland #150

Jan-79 • Photograph
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A photo of the four-armed alien creature from BATTLESTAR GALACTICA — the kind of rubber-suited monster that proved television sci-fi was taking its creature design seriously.

▶Contents
  • Main Features
  • 150th issue celebration
  • MIGHTY JOE YOUNG (part 1 filmbook)
  • BATTLESTAR GALACTICA continued
  • HORROR OF DRACULA 20th anniversary
↻Recurring Departments
  • Fang Mail
  • Rare Treats
  • Graveyard Examiner
▶ Films Featured
Battlestar GalacticaMighty Joe YoungThe Horror of DraculaThe Return of Frankenstein
★ Personalities
Forrest J AckermanRobert QuarryRandy PalmerPaul Linden
☠ Collector's Notes

Landmark 150th issue

Celebrity congratulations

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FM #150 — January 1979

A photo of the four-armed alien creature from BATTLESTAR GALACTICA — the kind of rubber-suited monster that proved television sci-fi was taking its creature design seriously. Inside: Battlestar Galactica, Mighty Joe Young, The Horror of Dracula, and The Return of Frankenstein, and Forrest J Ackerman, Robert Quarry, Randy Palmer, and Paul Linden.

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