Famous Monsters of Filmland #68 cover painting from MYSTERIOUS ISLAND by Vic Prezio 🔍 Click to enlarge

Famous Monsters of Filmland #68

Aug-70 • Vic Prezio
Inside This Issue

Issue #68 sails to Mysterious Island on a Vic Prezio cover. Inside, George Pal earns a “Time Traveler #1” salute, the Phantom is revisited, and “When Dracula Invaded England” traces the count’s voyage to British shores. A globe-trotting issue with the Man of a Thousand Faces never far from frame.

Cover Spotlight

A painting from Jules Verne's MYSTERIOUS ISLAND — the 1961 Harryhausen film of giant crabs, prehistoric birds, and Captain Nemo lurking beneath the waves.

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Contents

  • The Mysterious Island
  • Time Traveler #1
  • The Phantom Revisited
  • Queen of Outer Space Unmasked
  • When Dracula Invaded England
  • Revenge of Mystery Lines
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Recurring Departments

  • Speaking of Monsters
  • Fang Mail
  • Mystery Photo
  • Professor Gruebeard
  • Monster Horrorscope
  • You Axed for It
  • Graveyard Examiner
  • Girls and Ghouls Gallery
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Films Featured

Mysterious IslandThe Phantom of the OperaDracula
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Personalities

George PalLon Chaney
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Bylines & Contributors

Rudy BelmerG. John Edwards

☠ Collector's Notes

The George Pal salute is the keeper — FM honoring the producer who kept fantasy respectable through the ’50s, while he was still working. Issue #68’s Verne-flavored slate shows the magazine’s adventure-horror borderlands.

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More covers by Vic Prezio
Famous Monsters of Filmland #35 October 1965 cover painting by Vic Prezio of Bela Lugosi as Dracula #35 Oct-65 Famous Monsters of Filmland #36 December 1965 cover painting by Vic Prezio of Lon Chaney Jr as Kharis the Mummy #36 Dec-65 Famous Monsters of Filmland #73 / Monster World #4 cover painting of THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON by Vic Prezio #73 Jun-65 Monster World 4 Famous Monsters of Filmland #38 April 1966 cover painting by Vic Prezio of Demon from Curse of the Demon #38 Apr-66 Famous Monsters of Filmland 1966 Yearbook cover facsimile of Lon Chaney as The Phantom of the Opera 1966 Yearbook Jul-66 Famous Monsters of Filmland 1967 Yearbook cover featuring Fredric March as Mr. Hyde from Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1967 Yearbook Jul-67 Famous Monsters of Filmland #67 cover painting of Lon Chaney Jr. from WITCHCRAFT by Vic Prezio #67 Jul-70 NEXT ISSUE → Famous Monsters of Filmland #69 cover painting of Lon Chaney from LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT by Basil Gogos #69 Sep-70

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FM #68 — August 1970

A painting from Jules Verne's MYSTERIOUS ISLAND — the 1961 Harryhausen film of giant crabs, prehistoric birds, and Captain Nemo lurking beneath the waves. Inside: MYSTERIOUS ISLAND, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, and DRACULA, and George Pal, Rudy Belmer, Lon Chaney, and G. John Edwards.

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