Famous Monsters of Filmland #9 November 1960 cover painting by Basil Gogos of Vincent Price from House of Usher 🔍 Click to enlarge

Famous Monsters of Filmland #9

Nov-60 • Basil Gogos
Inside This Issue

A landmark in the run: the first Basil Gogos cover — the beginning of the partnership that would define the Famous Monsters look for a generation. #9 is doubly historic, the issue the magazine went bi-monthly. For collectors, the dawn of the Gogos era is one of the most important dates in all of FM.

Cover Spotlight

Vincent Price in his Roger Corman period — a painting of Price's brooding Roderick Usher from HOUSE OF USHER, all shadow, crumbling masonry, and doomed aristocratic grandeur.

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Contents

  • Only 30 Chopping Days Left Until Halloween
  • The Ship of Things to Come
  • Lugosi's Secret Terror
  • The Fall of the House of Usher
  • The Phantom Strikes Again
  • It Can Happen to You
  • Monster Club Members
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Recurring Departments

  • Dear Monster
  • You Axed for It
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Films Featured

House of UsherThe Phantom of the OperaI Was a Teenage Werewolf
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Personalities

Vincent PriceRoger CormanBela LugosiLon ChaneyMicheal Landon

☠ Collector's Notes

A true key issue. The first Basil Gogos cover puts Issue #9 high on early-run want lists — when the hobby talks about “the Gogos era,” this is page one.

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Related Issues

More issues featuring The Phantom of the Opera
Famous Monsters of Filmland #3 April 1959 cover painting by Jim Warren of Lon Chaney as Phantom of the Opera #3 Apr-59 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 #61 cover painting of Bela Lugosi and Carroll Borland from MARK OF THE VAMPIRE by Peter Green #61 Jan-70 Famous Monsters of Filmland #68 cover painting from MYSTERIOUS ISLAND by Vic Prezio #68 Aug-70 Famous Monsters of Filmland issue #171 March 1981 cover featuring Basil Gogos-style painting of Lon Chaney as The Phantom of the Opera #171 Mar-81 Famous Monsters of Filmland issue #188 October 1982 cover featuring classic Basil Gogos and Sanjulian paintings of Wolf Man, Dracula, and Frankenstein Monster #188 Oct-82 NEXT ISSUE → Famous Monsters of Filmland #10 January 1961 cover painting by Basil Gogos of Claude Rains with mask from Phantom of the Opera #10 Jan-61

In My Collection

Famous Monsters of Filmland #9 CGC 9.2 OW/W slab
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Discussion

FM #9 — November 1960

Vincent Price in his Roger Corman period — a painting of Price's brooding Roderick Usher from HOUSE OF USHER, all shadow, crumbling masonry, and doomed aristocratic grandeur. Inside: House of Usher, The Phantom of the Opera, and I Was a Teenage Werewolf, and Basil Gogos, Vincent Price, Roger Corman, and Bela Lugosi.

Rip the cellophane off this one in the replies — favorite moments, worst nightmares, cover love, all welcome. ⬇️

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