Famous Monsters of Filmland #42 cover painting of Frankenstein Monster fighting the Wolf Man by Ron Cobb 🔍 Click to enlarge

Famous Monsters of Filmland #42

Jan-67 • Ron Cobb
Inside This Issue

A Ron Cobb cover fronts #42, but the prize is “The Monster Speaks,” a rare early Christopher Lee interview. Around it: a Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man photo spread, a feature on a giant Don Post Kong model built with the original’s animator Marcel Delgado, and the continuing makeup-masters series.

Cover Spotlight

A cover for the ages — a painting of Frankenstein's Monster locked in combat with the Wolf Man, the Universal monster matchup that made movie history.

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Contents

  • The Creepers
  • Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman
  • King Kong Returns
  • The Abc's of Aliens, Beasts and Creatures
  • Monstermania
  • Headlines from Horrorsville
  • Monster Mix-up
  • Carry on Screaming
  • The Men Behind the Monster
  • The Sixth Finger
  • Inside Darkest Acula
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Recurring Departments

  • The Monster Speaks
  • Mystery Photo
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☠ Collector's Notes

Access is the story: FM getting Christopher Lee on the record in the mid-’60s, while Hammer was still rolling, is the kind of contemporaneous interview that gains weight every decade. Marcel Delgado building a giant Kong with Don Post is the delight on top.

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FM #42 — January 1967

A cover for the ages — a painting of Frankenstein's Monster locked in combat with the Wolf Man, the Universal monster matchup that made movie history. Inside: THE CREEPERS, FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE WOLFMAN, THE UNEARTHLY, and CARRY ON SCREAMING, and Christopher Lee, Lou Hunter, Marcel Delgado, and Peter J. Jarman.

What's your memory of FM #42? Got a copy? Got a favorite bit? Let's hear it. ⬇️

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