Famous Monsters of Filmland #44 cover painting of King Kong by Dan Adkins 🔍 Click to enlarge

Famous Monsters of Filmland #44

May-67 • Dan Adkins
Inside This Issue

A Dan Adkins cover fronts #44 — a rarer hand on the FM cover. Inside, “Karloff Takes Off the Frankenstein Make-Up” looks at the master’s non-horror roles, with a Monster That Challenged the World filmbook and early coverage of the Daleks’ jump to the movies.

Cover Spotlight

King Kong — the mightiest monster ever committed to celluloid — painted once more for a cover that needs no other explanation.

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Contents

  • The Monster That Challenged the World
  • Attack of the Giant Tarantula
  • The Daleks Are Coming!
  • Chamber of Horrors
  • Horror Castle
  • The Attack of Mr. Black
  • Castle of Terrors
  • Monster Mail Call
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Recurring Departments

  • You Axed for It
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Films Featured

The Monster That Challenged the WorldTarantulaInvasion of the DaleksChamber of HorrorsHorror CastleThe Creature Walks Among U.S.
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Personalities

Boris Karloff

☠ Collector's Notes

One-cover wonders are a collecting niche of their own, and Dan Adkins’ turn on Issue #44 is among FM’s most distinctive. Karloff-without-the-makeup coverage inside gives the issue an angle on the man, not just the Monster.

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Discussion

FM #44 — May 1967

King Kong — the mightiest monster ever committed to celluloid — painted once more for a cover that needs no other explanation. Inside: THE MONSTER THAT CHALLENGED THE WORLD, TARANTULA, INVASION OF THE DALEKS, and CHAMBER OF HORRORS, and Boris Karloff.

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