Famous Monsters of Filmland issue #183 May 1982 cover featuring iconic photo of DC Comics' Swamp Thing 🔍 Click to enlarge

Famous Monsters of Filmland #183

May-82 Photograph
Inside This Issue

Wes Craven drags a hero out of the muck for Issue #183: Swamp Thing takes the cover and the lead feature. “The Lost World, Fantasticlassic Revisited” reaches back to 1925’s dinosaur landmark, “Things with Wings” surveys the winged monsters, Chevy Chase’s Modern Problems gets a look, and “Atomic Atrocities” finishes its mutant parade.

Cover Spotlight

A photo of SWAMP THING — Wes Craven's 1982 adaptation of the DC Comics character, half-man, half-swamp, and entirely in his element on an FM cover.

Contents

  • Salem's Lot Was Hellish Lot
  • The Futurescope, Cyclops Eyes Tomorrow
  • Birthday Witches
  • Swamp Thing
  • 1980 Fantasy Film Sweepstakes
  • The Lost World, Fantasticlassic Revisited
  • Sirki's Spring and Summer-19 Taken to Death's Domain
  • Atomic Atrocities
  • Chevy Chase's Modern Problems
  • Things with Wings
  • Rare Treats

Recurring Departments

  • Fang Mail
  • Mystery Photo
  • Graveyard Examiner

Personalities

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Monsters & Characters

Bylines & Contributors

☠ Collector's Notes

Swamp Thing’s FM cover moment gives Issue #183 comic-crossover pull — DC collectors claim it alongside monster kids — and the 1925 Lost World revisit keeps one foot in the silent era. A late-run issue with broad reach.

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FM #183 — May 1982

A photo of SWAMP THING — Wes Craven's 1982 adaptation of the DC Comics character, half-man, half-swamp, and entirely in his element on an FM cover. Inside: Swamp Thing, The Lost World (1925), and Modern Problems, and Swamp Thing, Tim Moriarty, Chevy Chase, and Deborah R. Painter.

Rip the cellophane off this one in the replies — favorite moments, worst nightmares, cover love, all welcome. ⬇️

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