Famous Monsters of Filmland #2 September 1958 cover featuring Jim Warren in Mr Hyde mask with horns and monster hands holding 2nd Great Issue card 🔍 Click to enlarge

Famous Monsters of Filmland #2

Sep-58 • Photograph
Inside This Issue

The sophomore issue, and proof the Big Bang wasn’t a fluke. #2 cements the formula that would carry the magazine for decades — a Boris Karloff profile (“The Monster Who Made a Man”), a Bela Lugosi piece billed “Public Vampire #1,” early horror-host coverage, and a letter from a young Robert Bloch. The foundation, set in print.

Cover Spotlight

Warren returns for the sophomore issue in a horned Mr. Hyde mask (Fredric March version) and oversized monster hands, proudly holding a card that reads "First Issue Sold Out!"

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Contents

  • Monsters Are Badder Than Ever
  • The Monster Who Made a Man
  • Mad Creates a Horror Film
  • Girls Will Be Ghouls
  • Public Vampire #1
  • Terrorvision
  • On Newsstands-monsters of Filmland
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Recurring Departments

  • Dear Monster
  • Monsterama Quiz
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Films Featured

Frankenstein
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Personalities

Fredric MarchRobert BlochBoris KarloffBela Lugosi
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Bylines & Contributors

Jim Warren

☠ Collector's Notes

The bridge from experiment to institution — and, with Issues #1 and #3, part of the 1958 trio every serious run is built on. The Robert Bloch letter in the mail column is an early mark of how close this magazine stood to the genre’s working writers from the very start.

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FM #2 — September 1958

Warren returns for the sophomore issue in a horned Mr. Hyde mask (Fredric March version) and oversized monster hands, proudly holding a card that reads "First Issue Sold Out!". Inside: Frankenstein, and Jim Warren, Fredric March, Robert Bloch, and Boris Karloff.

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