Famous Monsters of Filmland issue #175 July 1981 cover featuring color stills from Clash of the Titans (scorpions and Medusa), Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Superman 🔍 Click to enlarge

Famous Monsters of Filmland #175

Jul-81 • Photograph
Inside This Issue

The summer of 1981 in one issue: Clash of the Titans, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Superman II share Issue #175’s cover — blockbuster season as FM saw it. Ringo Starr’s Caveman plays the bill for laughs, and a Rodan filmbook keeps Toho’s flying fury in the rotation.

Cover Spotlight

Color stills from the summer of 1981's biggest genre spectacles — Harry Hamlin battling giant scorpions and the Gorgon from CLASH OF THE TITANS, Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones, and Christopher Reeve as SUPERMAN.

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Contents

  • The Big Bang
  • The Ship of Things to Come
  • Caveman
  • Rodan
  • Rare Treats
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Recurring Departments

  • Fang Mail
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Films Featured

Clash of the TitansRaiders of the Lost ArkSuperman IIRodanCaveman
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Personalities

Harry HamlinHarrison FordChristopher ReeveRay Harryhausen
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Bylines & Contributors

Randy Palmer

☠ Collector's Notes

Summer-of-1981 collage covers are pure newsstand nostalgia, and Issue #175 wears the season’s whole marquee. The Rodan filmbook gives kaiju collectors a reason of their own.

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Famous Monsters of Filmland issue #170 January 1981 cover featuring color stills from Battle Beyond the Stars, Max von Sydow in Flash Gordon, and poster art from The Awakening #170 Jan-81 Famous Monsters of Filmland issue #171 March 1981 cover featuring Basil Gogos-style painting of Lon Chaney as The Phantom of the Opera #171 Mar-81 Famous Monsters of Filmland issue #172 April 1981 cover featuring color still of Lily Tomlin attacked by toy robot in The Incredible Shrinking Woman #172 Apr-81 Famous Monsters of Filmland issue #173 May 1981 cover featuring Bill Cosby as devil from The Devil and Max Devlin and mutant from The Funhouse #173 May-81 Famous Monsters of Filmland issue #174 June 1981 cover featuring three color stills of Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and battling TIE fighters from Star Wars #174 Jun-81 Famous Monsters of Filmland issue #177 September 1981 cover featuring Yoda from The Empire Strikes Back and Christopher Reeve from Superman 2 #177 Sep-81 Famous Monsters of Filmland issue #178 October 1981 cover featuring Indiana Jones from Raiders of the Lost Ark and Superman 2 villains General Zod #178 Oct-81 NEXT ISSUE → Famous Monsters of Filmland issue #176 August 1981 cover by Basil Gogos featuring grotesque creature from The Mutation #176 Aug-81

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FM #175 — July 1981

Color stills from the summer of 1981's biggest genre spectacles — Harry Hamlin battling giant scorpions and the Gorgon from CLASH OF THE TITANS, Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones, and Christopher Reeve as SUPERMAN. Inside: Clash of the Titans, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Superman II, and Rodan, and Harry Hamlin, Harrison Ford, Christopher Reeve, and Ray Harryhausen.

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

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