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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.
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.
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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