Famous Monsters of Filmland issue #152 April 1979 cover featuring heroic color photo of Christopher Reeve as Superman in flight 🔍 Click to enlarge

Famous Monsters of Filmland #152

Apr-79 • Photograph
Inside This Issue

Issue #152 splits its heart between tomorrow and ten years ago: Christopher Reeve’s Superman takes the cover and a preview — Valerie Perrine interviewed — while “Boris Karloff Lives” marks a decade since the great man’s passing with tribute and filmography. “Around the World with 80 Monsters” surveys international horror, “If I Were Wolf” opens a werewolf series, and farewells honor Hammer effects ace Les Bowie and Queen of Blood’s Florence Marly.

Cover Spotlight

A color photo of Christopher Reeve as SUPERMAN — the role that proved a man could fly, and that Hollywood could make audiences genuinely believe in a superhero.

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Contents

  • Big Head-son of Big Foot
  • Harpy Birthday
  • The Master Magician of Monster Movies
  • Things Appeared from Other Worlds
  • Florence Marly Dead
  • Journey into Fear
  • Carradine Takes the Cake
  • Boris Karloff Lives
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Recurring Departments

  • Graveyard Examiner
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Films Featured

Superman (1978)Evil of DraculaJourney Into Fear
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Personalities

Christopher ReeveValerie PerrineBoris KarloffJohn CarradineLes Bowie
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Bylines & Contributors

Randy Palmer

☠ Collector's Notes

The Karloff tenth-anniversary tribute — with filmography — gives Issue #152 reference value Karloff devotees seek out, and first-wave Superman coverage brings the crossover crowd. A two-audience issue.

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FM #152 — April 1979

A color photo of Christopher Reeve as SUPERMAN — the role that proved a man could fly, and that Hollywood could make audiences genuinely believe in a superhero. Inside: Superman (1978), Evil of Dracula, and Journey Into Fear, and Christopher Reeve, Valerie Perrine, Boris Karloff, and John Carradine.

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