Famous Monsters of Filmland #52 cover photo of Jonathan Frid as Barnabas Collins from DARK SHADOWS 🔍 Click to enlarge

Famous Monsters of Filmland #52

Oct-68 • Photograph
Inside This Issue

Barnabas Collins brings daytime dread to the rack: Issue #52 rides the Dark Shadows wave with Jonathan Frid’s reluctant vampire front and center. Inside, FM bids farewell to Albert Dekker in “Doctor Cyclops Is Dead!,” goes simian over Planet of the Apes, dusts off Son of Frankenstein, and dares you to outwit the great Dr. Acula.

Cover Spotlight

Jonathan Frid as Barnabas Collins — a photo of DARK SHADOWS' brooding vampire, at the peak of the daytime serial's extraordinary hold over monster kids everywhere.

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Contents

  • Dark Shadows
  • Doctor Cyclops Is Dead!
  • Strange Things Are Coming
  • Son of Frankenstein
  • Mad Mad Monkey World
  • Revenge of the Zombies
  • Can You Outwit Dr. Acula?
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Recurring Departments

  • Strange Things Are Coming (previews)
  • Can you outwit Dr. Acula? (quiz)
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Films Featured

Dark ShadowsDoctor CyclopsSon of FrankensteinPlanet of the ApesRevenge of the Zombies
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Personalities

Jonathan FridAlbert DekkerVerne Langdon
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Monsters & Characters

Barnabas Collins

☠ Collector's Notes

Daytime television, meet the monster magazine: Barnabas Collins on the cover marks the moment FM acknowledged horror’s new living-room address. Dark Shadows collectors cross over for Issue #52 — one of the era’s defining TV tie-in books.

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FM #52 — October 1968

Jonathan Frid as Barnabas Collins — a photo of DARK SHADOWS' brooding vampire, at the peak of the daytime serial's extraordinary hold over monster kids everywhere. Inside: DARK SHADOWS, DOCTOR CYCLOPS, SON OF FRANKENSTEIN, and PLANET OF THE APES, and Jonathan Frid, Barnabas Collins, Albert Dekker, and Verne Langdon.

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