Famous Monsters of Filmland #71 / Monster World #2 cover painting of THE MUNSTERS by unknown artist 🔍 Click to enlarge

Famous Monsters of Filmland #71 / Monster World #2 Monster World 2

Jan-65 Uncredited
Monster World 2
Variant Issue Monster World 2
Inside This Issue

The Munsters move in for Issue #71 (Monster World #2), TV’s lovably ghoulish family front and center. Boris Karloff “Takes the Cake,” Toho’s Godzilla vs. the Thing levels the screen, and The Mummy’s Hand claws out of the sand. Cozy monster comfort food, mid-’60s style.

Cover Spotlight

The whole magnificent MUNSTERS clan — Grandpa, Herman, Lily, Marilyn, and Eddie — gathered for a painting at the peak of their mid-sixties television reign.

Contents

  • Can You Scare Up an Answer to This?
  • Godzilla vs. the Thing
  • Karloff Takes the Cake

Recurring Departments

  • Fang Mail
  • It Asked for You

Personalities

Bylines & Contributors

☠ Collector's Notes

Monster-kid comfort food, mid-’60s vintage: the Munsters at full craze, Karloff celebrated, Toho rampaging. Issue #71 (Monster World #2 by the dual count) is the run at its warmest — the clubhouse with the TV on.

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Discussion

FM #71 / Monster World #2 — January 1965

The whole magnificent MUNSTERS clan — Grandpa, Herman, Lily, Marilyn, and Eddie — gathered for a painting at the peak of their mid-sixties television reign. Inside: THE MUNSTERS, GODZILLA VS. THE THING, MUMMY'S HAND, and THE TIME TRAVELERS, and Boris Karloff and Bill Obbagy.

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

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