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Harold Shull paints the jungle terror of Captive Wild Woman for Issue #81. It’s a craftsman’s issue: makeup godfather Dick Smith gets his due, Lionel Atwill and Victor Jory prowl through Universal-era chillers, and the long-lost Mystery of the Wax Museum melts back into view.
A painting from JUNGLE CAPTIVE — Universal's third and final Paula the Ape Woman film, now remembered chiefly as the one without Acquanetta.
B-picture rehabilitation, FM specialty: Captive Wild Woman was nobody’s idea of prestige until pages like these treated it with care. Harold Shull’s cover — an uncommon credit — adds roster interest to Issue #81.
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FM #81 — December 1970
A painting from JUNGLE CAPTIVE — Universal's third and final Paula the Ape Woman film, now remembered chiefly as the one without Acquanetta. Inside: CAPTIVE WILD WOMAN, ISLE OF LOST SOULS, VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA, and JUST IMAGINE, and Victor Jory, Dick Smith, Lionel Atwill, and Forry Ackerman.
Rip the cellophane off this one in the replies — favorite moments, worst nightmares, cover love, all welcome. ⬇️
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