Famous Monsters of Filmland 1968 Yearbook cover featuring pre-production illustration from Jack the Giant Killer 🔍 Click to enlarge

Famous Monsters of Filmland 1968 Yearbook

Jul-68 • Ron Cobb
Inside This Issue

The 1968 yearbook goes back to the source: nearly the whole heart of Issue #1 — “Welcome, Monster Lovers,” “Monsters Are Good For You,” “Alice in Monsterland,” and “The Frankenstein Story” — reprinted behind a Jack the Giant Killer pre-production illustration. The back cover hawks Aurora’s Forgotten Prisoner of Castel-Maré, a model-kit ad collectors grin at now.

Cover Spotlight

A pre-production illustration from JACK THE GIANT KILLER — Nathan Juran's 1962 fantasy adventure and unofficial answer to THE 7TH VOYAGE OF SINBAD — featured on the cover of this 1968 yearbook.

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Contents

  • Welcome Monster Lovers
  • Monsters Are Good for You
  • Kong Fidentially Yours
  • Alice in Monsterland
  • The Frankenstein Story
  • Mummy's the Word
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Recurring Departments

  • The Scream Test
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Films Featured

Jack the Giant KillerKing KongFrankenstein (1931)The Mummy
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Bylines & Contributors

Forrest J Ackerman

☠ Collector's Notes

For monster kids who missed 1958, the 1968 annual was Issue #1 — its founding features recirculated a decade on — and that gives it a sweet origin-story role in the hobby. The Aurora back-cover ad is period charm at full strength.

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Famous Monsters of Filmland — 1968 Yearbook

A full year of creature features bound in one volume. A pre-production illustration from JACK THE GIANT KILLER — Nathan Juran's 1962 fantasy adventure and unofficial answer to THE 7TH VOYAGE OF SINBAD — featured on the cover of this 1968 yearbook.

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