Famous Monsters of Filmland #6 February 1960 cover painting by Albert Nuetzell of King Kong with tiny Chaney Phantom in mouth 🔍 Click to enlarge

Famous Monsters of Filmland #6

Feb-60 Albert Nuetzel
Inside This Issue

The keepsake in #6 is buried in the letters column: a note from Trina Petit that collectors trace straight into Vampirella history. Around it the issue pairs H.G. Wells’ The Time Machine with the molecule-thin 4-D Man and runs “You Itched for It,” one of the strangest features Forry ever ran. A deep early issue for the lore-minded collector.

Cover Spotlight

King Kong in all his glory — a painting of the Eighth Wonder of the World, with a tiny Chaney-as-Erik Phantom peeking out from between Kong's fangs like a delighted stowaway.

Contents

  • Harpy New Year
  • Rosie the Riveter
  • Vampirella
  • Readers Diejest
  • Monster Club Section
  • Monsters International

Recurring Departments

  • Dear Monster
  • You Itched for It

Bylines & Contributors

☠ Collector's Notes

The kind of issue whose significance lives in the footnotes: the Trina Petit letter is a thread collectors trace forward into Vampirella history, making Issue #6 a quiet crossover key for Warren-universe completists.

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FM #6 — February 1960

King Kong in all his glory!!!! — a painting of the Eighth Wonder of the World, with a tiny Chaney-as-Erik Phantom peeking out from between Kong's fangs like a delighted stowaway. Inside: King Kong, The Time Machine, and The 4-D Man, and Albert Nuetzell, Lon Chaney, Trina Petit, and Frank Frazetta.

Tell us the first monster from this one that lived in your head rent-free. ⬇️

this is the best!

heck ya!!

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