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2010-05-15T14:41:00.027-04:00

Famous Monster Movie Art of Basil Gogos
Compiled & Edited by Kerry Gammill & J. David Spurlock
Vanguard Productions (2006)

The master of movie monster art is profiled in this retrospective of his career. Over 150 color and 50 b/w reproductions of Gogos' work from men's adventure mags, paperback books, movie posters, album covers and, of course, monster magazines. Also includes tributes by other artists and famous fans. Introduction by Rob Zombie.

Hardcover Edition

Deluxe Slipcase Hardcover Edition
Includes a 16 page bonus folio.

Trade Paperback

The Warren Companion
Edited by David A. Roach & Jon B. Cooke
TwoMorrows Publishing (2001 / OOP)

The ultimate compendium to the great comics of Warren Publishing! The book features a complete reprinting of the Eisner Award-winning Comic Book Artist #4, plus the entire history of the company from 1956 to 1983, examining all the titles including Creepy, Eerie, Vampirella, Blazing Combat, Help!, The Spirit, and many more. Includes the most definitive Warren checklist ever compiled, unpublished art, archival photos, plus Warren merchandise, conventions, most prolific contributors, foreign publications and many other fascinating oddities! Also featuring interviews with Jim Warren, Bernie Wrightson, Will Eisner, Neil Adams, Gene Colan and many more.

Hardcover Limited Edition
Signed and numbered by James Warren, with
16 extra pages, plus extra Bernie Wrightson plate.

Trade Paperback

Cover Art by Alex Horley

Shock! Theater: An Illustrated History
by Jim Clatterbaugh (editor) and Michael Kronenberg (designer)
Published by Monsters From The Vault (2001 / OOP)

In 1957, Screen Gems released it's package of 52 Universal horror and mystery films to television. Within a year the first monster mag was published and the monster boom was on! This volume contains the complete, rare Shock! TV promotional book. Also included are an introduction by the "Cool Ghoul", Zacherley, tributes and memories of Shock! Theater from the writers of Monsters From The Vault and tons of rare photos and promotional material. 136 glossy pgs.

Trade Paperback

The Complete Illustrated History Of The
Skywald Horror-Mood
by Alan Hewetson
Headpress/Critical Vision (2004)

Skywald editor Alan Hewetson tells the complete, behind-the-scenes story of this influential horror comic publisher from the 1970s. With titles like Nightmare, Psycho and Scream this small New York publishing company produced some of the ghastliest stories in the history of illustrated horror. Also includes contributions from all the Skywald writers and artists, plus special features and unpublished artwork. 224 pages.

Trade Paperback

The Great Monster Magazines
A Critical Study of the Black and White Publications of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s
by Robert Michael Cotter
McFarland & Company (2008)

An overview of horror film magazines and b/w comics mags from the 1950s through the 1970s. The book examines the contributions of Marvel, Warren, Eerie, Skywald and others. The book includes several indexes and technical credits.

Hardcover

The Weird World of Eerie Publications
Edited by Mike Howlett
Feral House (2010)

From the publisher's description:
Eerie Publications' horror magazines brought blood and bad taste to America's newsstands from 1965 through 1975. Ultra-gory covers and bottom-of-the-barrel production values lent an air of danger to every issue, daring you to look at (and purchase) them. Introduction by Stephen R. Bissette.

COMING SOON

Monster Magazine Indexes

2010-05-12T22:51:00.012-04:00

The Teratoid Guide

The International Guide To Magazines Dealing With Science-Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. Four issues were published in 1973-1974 by Claude D. Plum Jr. List of monster magazines and fanzines with publisher information. Magazine

No. 3

Fantasy Magazine Index

In 1976, Maryland fan Delbert Winans published the one shot Fantasy Magazine Index, an index of the contents of most monster magazines published up until 1974. All articles of every issue of Famous Monsters, Castle of Frankenstein, Horror Monsters, Fantastic Monsters, etc. Still the only publication that can offer all of that information in one place and a valuable resource for today's collector. Magazine

Cover Art by David Robinson

Forrest J Ackerman, Famous Monster of Filmland

Published in 1986 by Imagine Inc. (Bob Michelucci et al) and written by Uncle Forry, these books were designed in the style of early FM's and include Forry's reminiscences of editing the first fifty issues of FM. Filled with way too much good stuff to list here, the book has an introduction by Vincent Price, a new Graveyard Examiner and You Axed For It, an alumni section of fans turned pro, a look at the Captain Company, plus 150 fascinating photos and much more.
Trade Paperback

Vol. 2 (1991 Hollywood Publishing Co.) covers FM #51 - #100 and has a forward by Bill Warren and 60th and 50th anniversary tributes to Universal Studios' Frankenstein, Dracula and The Wolf Man.
Trade Paperback

Famous Monsters Chronicles

Published by Fantaco Inc. in 1991 and edited by Dennis Daniel.
A complete index to all 191 issues of FM, the Yearbooks, Monster World #1-10 and the FM paperbacks. Each listing also contains a cover photo. Too much to cover here, but there's Greg Theakston's Warren Report, interviews with FM cover artists and others, tributes from top writers, reminiscences from actors, writers and directors and a wonderfully nostalgiac cover by Theakston. A must for the FM fan.
Trade Paperback

Cover Art by Greg Theakston

Gathering Horror
A Completist Collector’s Catalogue and Index for Warren Publishing

Edited by David Horne. A comprehensive guide to the complete output of Warren Publishing assembled to date. Famous Monsters, Vampirella, Creepy, Eerie, Help!, Spacemen, Warren Presents, Blazing Combat, Heidi Saha, and many more. Over 700 pages.
Phrona Press 2010.

Complete listings of all Warren publications, including full contents, full indicia information, and any relevant historical or background information.
A complete listing and description of all Warren-related merchandise.
A comprehensive list of publications that reprinted Warren material.
The first detailed, comprehensive list of foreign Warren reprint or related publications.
An extensive section devoted to books and magazines that included information about Warren Publishing.
Over 100 pages of appendixes, featuring writer, artist, and editor indexes for Warren titles; title indexes for both comics and movie-related magazines; feature indexes for the movie-related magazines ("You Axed For It," etc.); and a Warren chronology featuring issue pub dates, among other things
Only 300 copies of this reference book have been printed.

Monster Magazine Price Guides

2010-05-11T22:40:00.013-04:00

Larry Kenton's Monsters Price Guides

Baltimore area ephemera dealer Larry Kenton put out the first monster magazines price guide in 1974. The 20 page digest sized Monsters Price Guide included prices (but no photos) for monster mags, horror comics and monster trading cards. The second edition (with 8 cover photos) of the Kenton guide was published in 1975. Interior art in both volumes was by Claude Brooks. Magazine

1974 Guide

Cover Art by Claude Brooks

1975 Guide

Cover Art by Bernie Wrightson

The Collector's Guide To Monster Magazines

Published by Dick Z Associates and edited by Bob Michelucci, the guide featured b/w photos (with eight pages in color) of all issues of the magazines covered , along with publisher information, collector tips and prices (FM #1 - $150 !). The book also included a foreward by Forrest J Ackerman, interviews with Forry and Fred (Cinefantastique) Clarke, plus fan club, convention and fanzine info and other articles. Trade Paperback

1977 Guide
Cover Art by Bob Michelucci

It would be another decade before the second edition came out. Now published by Imagine Inc. and again edited by Michelucci, the guide was retitled The Collector's Guide To Monster, Science Fiction and Fantasy Film Magazines and was updated to include the newer magazines, like Starlog, Cinefex and Filmfax. An eight page color section, pricing and grading guide and articles by Steve Dolnick, Tom Skulan, Mark Sielski and F.J.A. rounded out the book.
Trade Paperback Thanks to Brian K. for the scan.

1988 Guide
Cover Art by Jack Davis

Monster Magazine & Fanzine Collector's Guides

The most recent guides were published by monster magazine dealer Michael W. Pierce of Monsters Among Us. His 1995 Monster Magazine & Fanzine Collector's Guide had more than 500 titles and 2,400 covers of monster magazines and fanzines (plus foreign magazines and fanzines), as well as a color center spread of every issue of Famous Monsters of Filmland. Trade Paperback

1995 Guide

Monster Magazine & Fanzine Collector's Guide #2, published in 2000 by Pierce and co-editor John M. Ballentine, had 600 titles and over 5,200 covers. Like the previous volume, it lists prices for Good, VG-F and VF-NM condition. Also included are articles on collecting and reminiscences by Ron Borst, Gary Dorst, Mark Frank, Gary Svehla and the editors and a foreward by FJA. Trade Paperback

2000 Guide
Cover Art by Michael F. Calandra

Famous Monsters of Filmland 4

2010-05-02T17:44:00.016-04:00

Warren Publishing Company
Publisher: James Warren
Editor: Forrest J Ackerman
February 1958 - March 1983

The End of FM!

Nearly all photo covers the last few years of the Warren FM. The Gogos "Phantom" makes his 3rd appearance, along with three older, previously unpublished Gogos paintings. A Sanjulian "Mummy", an unknown "Frankenstein" and "ET" and finishing up with a new cover painting by Bill Selby on #191.

Also shown are the 1974 and 1975 FM Convention programs and the 1982 Famous Monsters Game Book, made up of reprinted material from FM and a reused cover from Creepy #1.

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Cover Art by H. R. Giger
(movie production art)

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(movie poster art)

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Cover Art by Basil Gogos

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Cover Art by Basil Gogos

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Cover Art by Basil Gogos

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Cover Art by Basil Gogos

No. 180
Cover Artist Unknown

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No. 185
Cover Art by Sanjulian

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No. 188
Cover Art by Gogos/Sanjulian/Gogos

No. 189

Cover Artist Unknown

No. 190
(movie poster art)

No. 191
Cover Art by Bill Selby

FM Convention Programs

1974

Cover Artist Unknown

(movie poster?)

1975
Cover Art by Ken Kelly

Famous Monsters
Game Book

1982

Cover Art by Jack Davis

Famous Monsters of Filmland 3

2010-04-07T13:06:00.015-04:00

Warren Publishing Company
Publisher: James Warren
Editor: Forrest J Ackerman
February 1958 - March 1983

End of an Era!

The era of classic FM cover art comes to an end. Photo covers will dominate the final fifty issues. Basil Gogos keeps turning out those classic portraits, while Ken Kelly makes his mark on FM by contributing a dozen excellent covers.

No. 101
Cover Art by Basil Gogos

No. 102
Cover Art by James Warren

No. 103
Cover Art by Basil Gogos

No. 104
Cover Art by Ken Kelly

No. 105
Cover Art by Basil Gogos

No. 106
Cover Art by Basil Gogos

No. 107
(movie poster art)

No. 108

Cover Art by Basil Gogos

No. 109
Cover Art by Basil Gogos

No. 110

Cover Art by Basil Gogos

No. 111

Cover Art by Basil Gogos

No. 112

Cover Art by Basil Gogos

No. 113

Cover Art by Ken Kelly

No. 114

Cover Art by Ken Kelly

No. 115

Cover Art by Basil Gogos

No. 116
Cover Art by Ken Kelly

No. 117
Cover Art by Ken Kelly

No. 118
Cover Art by Harry Roland

No. 119
Cover Art by Ken Kelly

No. 120
Cover Art by Harry Roland

No. 121
Cover Art by Ken Kelly

No. 122
Cover Art by Ken Kelly

No. 123
Cover Art by Ken Kelly

No. 124
Cover Art by Ken Kelly

No. 125
Cover Art by John Berkey
(movie poster)

No. 126
Cover Art by Basil Gogos

No. 127
Cover Art by Ken Kelly

No. 128
Cover Art by Drew Struzan
(movie poster)

No. 129
Cover Art by Ken Kelly

No. 130
Cover Art by Basil Gogos

No. 131

No. 132
Cover Art by Basil Gogos

No. 133
Cover Art by Bill Selby

No. 134
Cover Art by Basil Gogos

No. 135
Cover Art by Basil Gogos

No. 136
(movie poster art)

No. 137

No. 138
Cover Art by Don Maitz

No. 139

No. 140
Cover Art by Maelo Cintron

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No. 146
Cover Art by Bob Larkin

No. 147
Cover Art by Basil Gogos

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No. 149

No. 150

Wildest Westerns

2010-03-15T22:55:00.006-04:00

Warren Publishing Co.
Publisher: James Warren
Editors: Harvy Kurtzman, Sam Sherman
May 1960 - Aug. 1961

Favorite Westerns of Filmland / Wildest Westerns was Warren's 2nd magazine. It was to be for the western genre what FM was for horror, covering cowboy movies and the many TV western series. Kurtzman likely only edited the first couple of issues, in a mostly gag oriented style, before moving on to Help! Once Sherman took over the reins, the mag started taking on a more serious tone, but folded after only six issues. WW #5 was the first issue of a Warren mag to use the name "Captain Company" in the ads pages.

No. 1

No. 2
Cover Art by Jack Davis

No. 3
Cover Art by Jack Davis

No. 4

Cover Art by Jack Davis

No. 5
Cover Art by Basil Gogos

No. 6
Cover Art by Basil Gogos

Screen Thrills Illustrated

2010-03-14T23:24:00.003-04:00

Warren Publishing Co.
Publisher: James Warren
Editor: Sam Sherman
June 1962 - Nov. 1964

Screen Thrills Illustrated was for action movie fans what FM was for monster movie fans. Editor Sam Sherman wrote most of the articles on westerns, war and crime films and most especially serials. Action stars and stunt men were also profiled. Sherman would later co-found (with Al Adamson) Independent-International, turning out such exploitation films as Dracula vs Frankenstein.

No. 1
Cover Art by Basil Gogos

No. 2
Cover Art by Norm Eastman

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No. 10

The Monster Times

2010-03-02T18:17:00.017-05:00

The Monster Times Publishing Co.
Published and Designed by Larry Brill and Les Waldstein
Editors: Chuck R. McNaughton, Allen Asherman, Joe Brancatelli,
Tom Rogers and Joe Kane
1972 - 1976

The world's first monster newspaper was one of the best new monster mags of the '70s and developed a good following in it's four year run. Brill and Waldstein had previously designed Famous Monsters and other mags. Joe ("Phantom of the Movies") Kane edited the mag from no. 11 till the end of it's run. Other contributors included writers like Allan Asherman, Mark Evanier, Mark Frank, Ron Haydock, Gary Svehla, Lon Talbot, Steve Vertlieb, Jim Winoroski, Gary Gerani, Toni Isabella and Marv Wolfman and artists like Neal Adams, Frank Brunner, John Byrne, Jeff Jones, Mike Kaluta, Gray Morrow, Bill Nelson, Tom Sutton, Larry Todd and Bernie Wrightson. Each issue contained a feature article on a current or classic horror or sci-fi film, plus book reviews, news of upcoming comics and sci-fi conventions, color center-fold poster, a two page comic story and ads for fanzines. At first publishing bi-monthly, TMT's schedule and page count dropped off in it's latter issues.

TMT also published three special issues.
Star Trek Lives #1 ( Sci-Fi Super TV Special Issue ).
Star Trek Lives #2. The blue background version was the newsstand issue. The grey background version (not pictured) was distributed at the 1974 Star Trek Convention.
Special Issue #3 was an all giant monster poster special and is the rarest of all issues of TMT.

Though still fondly remembered by it's readers, TMT has never caught on with collectors and issues can often be picked up for less than the cost of most new mags.

Thanks to Terry Ingram from the Universal Monster Army for several scans!

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The Monster Times Specials

Special Issue no. 1

Star Trek Lives 1972

Special Issue no. 2

Star Trek Lives 1974

Famous Monsters of Filmland 2

2010-02-27T15:58:00.028-05:00

Warren Publishing Company
Publisher: James Warren
Editor: Forrest J Ackerman
February 1958 - March 1983

The Return of Gogos!

Absent since no. 24, Basil Gogos returned to do a special cover for the Boris Karloff tribute issue (no. 56) and stayed on as a regular contributor, turning out many classic covers. Ron Cobb would turn in his final cover.

In Sep. 1969, Warren sent a memo to all employees announcing that FM's numbering would jump from no. 69 to no. 80, so that FM would reach it's 100th issue that much sooner.

Between 1962 and 1971, Warren published a series of 10 FM "yearbooks". After the initial volume, each succeeding yearbook would feature next years date on the cover.

No. 51

Cover Art by Basil Gogos

No. 52

No. 53

Cover Art by Basil Gogos

No. 54

Cover Art by Ron Cobb

No. 55

Cover Art by Harry Schaare
(Aurora box art)

No. 56

Cover Art by Basil Gogos

No. 57

Cover Art by Vic Livoti
(movie poster)

No. 58

Cover Art by Basil Gogos

No. 59

Cover Art by Basil Gogos

No. 60

Cover Art by Basil Gogos

No. 61

Cover Art by Peter Green

No. 62

Cover Art by Basil Gogos

No. 63
Cover Art by Basil Gogos

No. 64

Cover Art by Basil Gogos

No. 65

Cover Art by Basil Gogos

No. 66

Cover Art by Basil Gogos

No. 67

Cover Art by Vic Prezio

No. 68

Cover Art by Vic Prezio

No. 60
Cover Art by Basil Gogos

No. 80

No. 81

Cover Art by Harold Shull

No. 82

No. 83

Cover Art by Basil Gogos

No. 84

No. 85

No. 86

(movie poster art)

No. 87

Cover Art by Ron Cobb

No. 88

No. 89

No. 90
Cover Art by Ken Kelly
(movie poster)

No. 91

Cover Art by Ken Kelly

No. 92

Cover Art by Barry Morgan

No. 93

Cover Art by Luis Dominguez

No. 94

Cover Art by Sanjulian

No. 95
Cover Art by Luis Dominguez

No. 96

Cover Art by Vic Prezio & Ron Cobb

No. 97
Cover Artist Unknown

No. 98

Cover Art by Randy Counts

No. 99

Cover Art by Basil Gogos

No. 100

Cover Art by Basil Gogos

FM Yearbooks

1962 Yearbook

1964 Yearbook

Cover Art by Basil Gogos

1965 Yearbook

Cover Art by James Bama

1966 Yearbook

Cover Art by Vic Prezio

1967 Yearbook

Cover Art by Vic Prezio

1968 Yearbook

Cover Art by Ron Cobb

1969 Yearbook

Cover Art by Basil Gogos

1970 Yearbook

Cover Art by Basil Gogos

1971 Yearbook

Cover Art by Basil Gogos

1972 Yearbook

Legend Horror Classics

2010-02-13T10:51:00.009-05:00

Legend Publishing / Harpdown Publishing
Editors: Jim Shire (Shier), Kevin O'Neill and John Barraclough
1974 - 1975

Posterbooks were very popular, in Britain, in the '70s. Legend Horror Classics was a bit different than Monster Mag in that it featured a horror comic strip in each issue. The strips were primarily drawn by Kevin O'Neill, who would later draw The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen books. The back cover of the books featured a portrait of a popular film star, like Bela Lugosi, or Peter Cushing and when the posterbook was opened a full color photo from a British horror film filled the other side. Starting with issue number 10, Legend Horror Classics dropped the comic strip and switched to all film features format. Number 10 was an all Vampires issue, no. 11 Werewwolves and no. 12 Frankenstein.

Thanks to Maurice for the scans of no. 10 and no. 12!

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Monster Mag

2010-02-09T11:20:00.022-05:00

Top Sellers, Ltd.
Editors: Roger Cook & Jan Cook (nos.1-14 ) Dez Skinn ( V2 no. 1-3 )
1973 - 1976

Monster Mag was a poster book. Unfolded, the mag had a 24" x 36" poster on one side. The reverse side contained the (1-3 page) articles on eight magazine size pages. Posters were usually a color photo from a Hammer film (V2#1 and V2#3 contained a split poster with two photos), but V2#2 had a reproduction of the British Quad poster from (Horror of) Dracula (1958).

The articles were mostly reviews / previews of the then current horror movies (Hammer Films, "The Exorcist", "The Rocky Horror Picture Show", "Planet of the Apes", etc.), or short career articles of popular horror stars. Some non-movie "horror" content was also featured. Contributors to V2 of MM included Tise Vahimagi, John Brosnan and Barrie Pattison. A "Monster Mag Double X Issue" was advertised in no. 17, but never appeared. All issues of Monster Mag are hard to find in excellent condition. .

Because of it's graphic content, Monster Mag carried an "Adults Only" lable. Upon it's arrival from the foreign printers, the English language edition of MM no. 2 was seized by "Her Majesty's Customs & Excise" and all copies were destroyed. European editions of no. 2 survive and most of the material in no. 2 was recycled in later issues. See Magazines of the Movies 1991 Yearbook for an excellent piece on MM. After Monster Mag, Dez Skinn created the popular magazine House of Hammer.

Thanks to Mike Howlett for scans of most of the British editions!

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No. 2

Digital Recreation.

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Vol. 2 No. 1

Vol. 2 No. 2

Vol. 2 No. 3

The first four issues of Monster Mag had editions in German and French and the four French issues were resold, in Canada, in a folder titled Monster Mag Album 1. The German editions are much harder to find, as they were destroyed shortly after arriving from Milan, Italy, where Monster Mag was printed. However, a number of copies were saved and these, on rare occassion, turn up on the collectors market.

Monster Mag - German Ed.
Publisher: Bildschriftenverlag GmbH

Nov. 1973 - July 1974

Monster Des Monats no. 1

Monster Des Monats no. 2

Monster Des Monats no. 3

Monster Des Monats no. 4

Monster Mag - French Ed.
Publisher: J. C. Lattès
1973 - 1974

Monster Mag no. 2

Warren Presents (1977-1983)

2009-10-14T18:56:00.013-04:00

Warren Publishing Co. / Warren Communications Inc.
Publisher: James Warren

Warren Publishing produced a dozen one-shot movie mags from 1977-1983, most under the heading Warren Presents. Several of these were "Official Collector's Edition" type mags covering a single movie, while Movie Aliens Illustrated (Warren Presents #4) and Dracula '79 (WP #5, both featuring all reprinted material) covered a then trendy aspect of fantasy films. The final three were FM yearbooks (again, all reprints), although the Famous Monsters connection was downplayed, somewhat, and the Warren Presents title was again used.

(The other titles in the Warren Presents line were all one-shot comics mags and included UFO and Alien Comix (1977), Future World Comix, Starquest Comix, Galactic War Comix (all 1978), Ring of the Warlords (WP #1), The Rook (WP #2), Alien Invasions Comix (WP #3), Strange Stories of Vampires Comix (WP #6, all 1979), Pantha (WP #8), Empire Encounters Comix (WP #9, both 1980), Sword & Sorcery Comix (WP #13) and Rex Havoc (WP #14, both 1981). There is no WP #7, 10-12.)

When Warren got wind that the publisher of the UK mag House of Hammer was planning to change the name to House of Horror and distribute the mag in the US, he quickly rushed out his House of Horror no. 1 in order to trade mark the name and, hopefully, quash the competition. This 34 pg. "ashcan" edition was completely made up of reprinted FM material and had a low print run (probably no more than 400 copies) and limited distribution. All of which helped make it one of the scarcest Warren mags. House of Hammer eventually changed it's name to Halls of Horror and got it's US distribution.

Famous Monsters
Star Wars Spectacular
Editor: Forrest J Ackerman
Oct. 1977

Close Encounters Of The Third Kind

Editor: FJA
Jan. 1978

House of Horror no. 1

Editor: FJA
April 1978

Cover Artist Unknown

Lord of the Rings
Editors: FJA, Bill Dubay
May 1979

Cover: Movie Poster Art

Dracula '79

Editor: Warren, Ackerman
Sep. 1979

Cover Art by Basil Gogos

Movie Aliens Illustrated

Editor: Warren, Ackerman
Sep. 1979

Cover Art by John Stone

Moonraker

Editor: Jeff Rovin
Oct. 1979

Cover: John Berkey Poster Art

Alien

Editor: Jeff Rovin
Dec. 1979

Meteor

Editor: Jeff Rovin
Jan. 1980

Horror Movie Yearbook 1981

Editors: Ackerman, Rovin
Feb. 1981

Film Fantasy Yearbook 1982

Editors: Ackerman, Rovin, Bill Mohalley
March 1982

Film Fantasy Yearbook 1983
Editors: Mohalley, Rovin, Randy Palmer
March 1983

World of Horror

2009-10-12T18:32:00.001-04:00

Dalruth Publishing Group / Gresham Publishing
Editor: Gent Shaw
1972

"An Anthology of the Macabre from Film and Fiction"

This British mag covered the world of horror and sci-fi movies and TV from the classic Hollywood horrors to Hammer and Dr. Who. The mag featured interior color and horror fiction, as well as the usual film news and reviews. WoH came and went in less than a year.

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One-Shot Magazines (1970s)

2009-10-10T13:12:00.006-04:00

There were dozens of fantasy film one-shots in the 1970s. Practically every high profile film had a magazine, posterbook, or trade paperback (or multiples of any, or all) devoted to it and there were also those one-shots that surveyed the entire genre, or a sub genre (vampire movies, etc.) To keep this gallery at a reasonable size, we will limit the choices to older style "monster mags", as opposed to the Starlog/Fangoria style "sci-fi/horror" mags.

Dracula Classic
Eerie Publications
1976

Revenge of Dracula
Eerie Publications
Winter 1977

Frankenstein Classic
Modern Day Periodicals
Feb. 1977

Silver Screen Horror
Globe Communications
May 1977

Kong
The Most Famous Monster Of All Time
Countrywide Communications
1976

King of the Monsters
Cousins Publications, Inc.
1977

Cover Art by Dean Thompson

King Kong
Sportscene Publisher Ltd.
1977

UK Posterbook

Ghoul
New English Library
1976
UK

The House of Hammer

2009-10-09T22:16:00.032-04:00

Hammer's House of Horror
Hammer's Halls of Horror
G.B.D. Ltd. / Top Sellers Ltd.
Editor: Dez Skinn
1976 - 1978

Halls of Horror
Quality Communications Ltd.
Editor: Dez Skinn
1982 - 1984

The best selling British film magazine of it's time, House of Hammer was very well written by top talent, like John Brosnan, Dennis Gifford, Ramsey Campbell, Alan Frank and others. It featured excellent, colorful cover art with movie posters on most back covers. Combining features on current (especially those from Hammer Studios) and classic horror films with comic strip adaptations of Hammer films by UK comics artists such as Brian Lewis, Brian Bolland, John Bolton and others. Dez Skinn was the editor of Marvel UK, and had earlier helmed Monster Mag (Vol. 2) and later created Doctor Who Weekly and the long running sci-fi movie magazine Starburst.

In March 1978 Hammer's House of Horror was launched in the US with issue no. 1, a compilation of previously published material and the same cover art as no. 17. The title of the UK edition of the mag was similarly changed on issues number 19 and 20. Having earlier gotten wind of this, Warren Publications copyrighted the title and printed a few hundred copies of it's House of Horror no. 1, which forced Top Sellers to change the name, once again, to Hammer's Halls of Horror for issues number 21-23 (US 20-23), after which the mag was cancelled by the parent publisher. In 1982, Halls of Horror returned (now published by Quality Communications Ltd.) for a further seven issues and an all comics Dracula special issue.

No. 1

Cover Art by Joe Petagno

No. 2

Cover Art by Brian Lewis

No. 3

Cover Art by Brian Lewis

No. 4

Cover Art by Brian Lewis

No. 5

Cover Art by Brian Lewis

No. 6

Cover Art by Brian Lewis

No. 7

Cover Art by Brian Lewis

No. 8

Cover Art by Brian Lewis

No. 9
Cover Art by Brian Lewis

No. 10

Cover Art by Brian Lewis

No. 11
Cover Art by Brian Lewis

No. 12
Cover Art by Brian Lewis

No. 13
Cover Art by Brian Lewis

No. 14
Cover Art by Brian Lewis

No. 15

Cover Art by Brian Lewis

No. 16

No. 17

Cover Art by Brian Lewis

No. 18

Cover Art by Bill Phillips

No. 19
Cover Art by Ramon Sola

No. 20

Cover Art by Bill Phillips

No. 21
Cover Art by Villagran

No. 22
Cover Art by Brian Lewis

No. 23

Cover Art by Keenan Forbes

No. 24
Cover Art by Brian Lewis

No. 25

Cover Art by Garry Leach

No. 26
Cover Art by Garry Leach

No. 27

Cover Art by Mick Austin

No. 28

Cover Art by Gary Ward

No. 29

Cover Art by Gary Ward

No. 30

Cover Art by Gary Ward

Dracula Comics Special

Cover Art by Mick Austin

US No. 1

Cover Art by Brian Lewis

US No. 20
(with Halls of Horror title)
Cover Art by Bill Phillips

Top Sellers No. 24

Unused cover art (by Brian Lewis) for the never published issue.

Monster Fantasy

2009-10-03T16:11:00.001-04:00

Mayfair Publications, Inc.
Editor: Tony Tallarico
April - Oct. 1975

Monster Fantasy was Mayfair's other monster mag. Another general interest horror and sci-fi movie/TV publication, MF had some nice montage style cover art which illustrated the main article. (See Quasimodo's Monster Magazine for more info.)

No. 1

No. 2

No. 3

No. 4

Quasimodo's Monster Magazine

2009-10-03T14:51:00.004-04:00

Incorporating Monster World
Mayfair Publications, Inc.
Editor: Tony Tallarico
March 1975 - May 1976

Mayfair magazines were the Charlton's of the '70s. Cheaply produced copies of whatever was hot, just to get a share of the market. Monster World (title changed to Quasimodo's Monster Magazine with the 3rd issue) and Mayfair's other monster mag, Monster Fantasy, were published on alternate month schedules until the end of Monster Fantasy's four issue run. In it's last few issues, QMM played it's subject matter strictly for laughs. Cover art was fairly well done, though inconsistently so.

No. 1

No. 2

No. 3

No. 4

No. 5

No. 6

No. 7

No. 8

Supernatural Horror Filming

2009-10-01T22:23:00.003-04:00

Dorset Publishing Co.
Editor: Tim Stout
1969

This glossy UK mag's main focus was on current British fantasy film and television productions. Contents include the usual photo illustrated articles, interviews, etc. Only two issues were published. Trivia: Supernatural Horror Filming had its launch party in the basement of one of the original 1950s Soho coffee bars, Le Macabre.

No. 1

No. 2

Monsters of the Movies

2009-09-28T22:19:00.002-04:00

Curtis Publishing
Editors: Roy Thomas, Jim Harmon
June 1974 - Aug. 1975

Curtis was the imprint that Marvel used for it's b/w magazines from 1971 to 1980. The name derived from Marvel's distributor Curtis Circulation. Covering classic and contemporary horror movies, Monsters of the Movies included interviews, articles and photo features. The mag also featured some excellent cover art from Marvel's stable of artists. The mag's staff was half west coast fans and half east coast Marvel bullpen members and tensions between the two groups are likely what brought about the demise of Monsters of the Movies, after nine issues. Super Annual Issue #1 is also identified as Vol. 1 No. 9.

Another Curtis/Marvel magazine, Monsters Unleashed, though mostly a comic stories mag, also featured a few pages, each issue, of monster movie coverage (with photos), or a review of a book on fantasy films. The cover art was not movie inspired.

No. 1

Cover Art by Luis Domingquez

No. 2

Cover Art by Bob Larkin

No. 3

Cover Art by Bob Larkin

No. 4

Cover Art by Bob Larkin

No. 5

Cover Art by Bob Larkin

No. 6

Cover Art by Luis Domingquez

No. 7

Cover Art by Luis Domingquez

No. 8

Cover Art by Bob Larkin

No. 1 Super Annual Issue

Cover Art by Gray Morrow

Movie Monsters

2009-09-28T03:46:00.003-04:00

Seaboard Periodicals
Publisher: Charles Goodman
Editor: Jeff Rovin
Dec. 1974 - Aug. 1975

Marvel Comics founder Martin Goodman left Marvel in 1972 and in 1974 created Seaboard Periodicals to compete with Marvel and DC. The company folded a year later, but not before publishing (amongst other things) four issues of Movie Monsters, a well written, nicely designed and illustrated mag that deserved a longer life. Editor Rovin had previously worked for Warren and would later write several books on fantasy films.

No. 1

Cover Art by Greg Theakston

No. 2

Cover Art by Greg Theakston

No. 3

Cover Art by George Torjussen

No. 4

Cover Art by George Torjussen

Monster Madness

2009-09-27T17:49:00.012-04:00

Curtis Publishing
Marvel Monster Group
Editor: Stan Lee
1972 - 1973

Like Marvel's Monsters To Laugh With in the 1960s, Monster Madness was another mag of full page photos of movie monsters with funny captions. With the third issue, an attempt was made to broaden the scope of the mag with feature articles and regular columns, but this was to be the final issue. A year later, Marvel would finally publish a real (FM style) monster magazine with Monsters of the Movies.

No. 1

No. 2

No. 3

Castle of Frankenstein

2009-09-16T19:26:00.012-04:00

Gothic Castle Publishing Co.

Publisher: Calvin T. Beck

Editors: Larry Ivie, Ken Beale, Bhob Stewart

Feb. 1962 - June 1975

After the false start of Journal of Frankenstein in 1959, Calvin Beck came back with the long running Castle of Frankenstein. Larry Ivie and Ken Beale edited the first three issues, followed by Bhob Stewart, who took over that position until the early 1970s. The early issues followed the "monster mag" formula, established by it's predecessors, but the mag soon started featuring a broader spectrum of fantasy films, foreign and art house films and a more adult perspective in general and occasionally dabbled in politics. CoF would have a very strong influence on future fantasy film journalists and publishers.

Other key features included Stewart's Comic Book Council (a critical review of the then current comic book scene), book reviews by Charles Collins and Lin Carter, the Frankenstein Movieguide "mini-reviews" written by Joe Dante, fantasy art (by Virgil Finley, Hannes Bok, Wally Wood, Bernie Wrightson and others) and coverage of fanzines. Writers William K. Everson, Richard Lupoff and Barry Brown also contributed to the mag.

CoF featured some very nice cover art (including those panoramic wrap-around covers on later issues). Color photos were used on the covers of issues no. 6 - 14, as a cost cutting measure. Castle of Frankenstein had an erratic publishing schedule and even more erratic distribution. Beck cancelled the magazine to devote his time to writing books, including 1975's Heroes of the Horrors, which was followed by Scream Queens: Heroines of the Horrors (with Bhob Stewart). CoF was revived in 1999, for 10 additional issues, by publisher Dennis Druktenis.

No. 1

Cover Art by Larry Ivie

No. 2

Cover Art by Robert Adragna

No. 3

Cover Art by Larry Ivie

No. 4

Cover Art by Lee Wanagiel

No. 5

Cover Art by Larry Ivie

No. 6

No. 7

No. 8

No. 9

No. 10

No. 11

No. 12

No. 13

No. 14

No. 15

Cover Art by Frank Brunner

No. 16

Cover Art by Ken Kelly

No. 17

Cover Art by Frank Brunner

No. 18

Cover Art by Ken Kelly

No. 19

Cover Art by Maelo Cintron

No. 20
Cover Art by Maelo Cintron

No. 21

Cover Art by Marcus Boas

No. 22
Cover Art by Bhob Stewart

No. 23

Cover Art by Marcus Boas

No. 24
Cover Art by Tom Maher

No. 25

Cover Art by Marcus Boas

1967 Annual
Cover Art by Russ Jones

Spacemen

2009-09-15T10:42:00.007-04:00

Spacemen, Inc./Warren Publishing Co.
Publisher: James Warren
Editor: Forrest J Ackerman
July 1961 - June 1964

Covering sci-fi movies from Metropolis to the sci-fi serials and the classic space movies of the 1950s, Spacemen (like Warren's Screen Thrills Illus.) took it's subject a bit more serious than the pun-filled Famous Monsters (much to the delight of it's editor). Each issue also include a piece of short (science) fiction. With the whole country space crazy (in the early 1960s), it's surprising that Spacemen didn't sell well enough to last longer than it's short eight issue run.

No. 1

Cover Art by Basil Gogos

No. 2

Cover Art by Bruce Minney

No. 3

Cover Art by Basil Gogos

No. 4

Cover Art by Basil Gogos
(alien head by James Warren)

No. 5

Cover Art by Basil Gogos

No. 6

Cover Art by Basil Gogos

No. 7

Cover Photo: 12 To The Moon

No. 8

Cover Artist Unknown

1965 Yearbook

Cover Art by Wally Wood & Russ Jones

Monster World (Warren)

2009-09-14T21:04:00.007-04:00

Warren Publishing Co.
Publisher: James Warren
Editor: Forrest J Ackerman

Nov. 1964 - Sep. 1966

Monster World was the short lived sister magazine to Famous Monsters of Filmland. Virtually identical to FM, but not selling nearly as well, it was phased out after ten issues and the frequency of FM was increased. Monster World was also the place where Warren published his first comics stories. A year before Creepy and Eerie, several movie adaption strips were included in the pages of MW. FM cover artists Vic Prezio, Ron Cobb and Gray Morrow also lent their talents to Monster World. In their race to get to FM #100, Warren Publishing skipped over FM numbers 70-79 and incorporated MW numbers 1-10 as the missing issues.

No. 1

Cover Art by Russ Jones

No. 2

Cover Art by Vic Prezio

No. 3

Cover Art by Ron Cobb

No. 4

Cover Art by Vic Prezio

No. 5

Cover Art by Gray Morrow

No. 6

Cover: Don Post Mask

No. 7

Cover Art by Gray Morrow

No. 8

Cover Art by Ron Cobb

No. 9

Cover Photo: The Addams Family

No. 10

Cover Photo: The Reptile