Famous Monsters of Filmland #61 cover painting of Bela Lugosi and Carroll Borland from MARK OF THE VAMPIRE by Peter Green 🔍 Click to enlarge

Famous Monsters of Filmland #61

Jan-70 • Peter Green
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Bela Lugosi and Carroll Borland in a painting from MARK OF THE VAMPIRE — Tod Browning's atmospheric 1935 mystery, with Borland's Luna as one of the most haunting presences in classic horror.

▶Contents
  • Main Features
  • THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD (condensed Who Goes There? with George Barr art)
  • THE MARK OF THE VAMPIRE (filmbook)
  • The Clown at Midnight (Robert Bloch reprint)
↻Recurring Departments
  • Inside Ackerman
  • Fang Mail
  • Mystery Photo
  • You Axed For It
  • Hidden Horrors
  • Graveyard Examiner
▶ Films Featured
MARK OF THE VAMPIRETHE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLDTHE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
★ Personalities
Forrest J AckermanEd NahaJohn W. Campbell Jr.George BarrBela LugosiCarroll BorlandRobert BlochClaude RainsBoris Karloff
☠ Collector's Notes

Rare cover

Classic Who Goes There? reprint with new art

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Famous Monsters of Filmland #61 — CGC 9.4
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FM #61 — January 1970

Bela Lugosi and Carroll Borland in a painting from MARK OF THE VAMPIRE — Tod Browning's atmospheric 1935 mystery, with Borland's Luna as one of the most haunting presences in classic horror. Inside: MARK OF THE VAMPIRE, THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD, and THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, and Forrest J Ackerman, Ed Naha, John W. Campbell Jr., and George Barr.

Who had this one on their shelf? Who swiped it from an older cousin? Spill. ⬇️

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