Warren Presents (1977-1983)

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: Tom Jung 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:  Dan Goozee Poster Art

Alien

Editor: Jeff Rovin
Dec. 1979

Meteor

Editor: Jeff Rovin
Jan. 1980

Cover: John Berkey Poster Art

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

Dalruth Publishing Group / Gresham Publishing
Editor: Gent Shaw
1974-1975
 
"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.

No. 1

No. 2

No. 3

No. 4

No. 5

No. 6

No. 7

No. 8

No. 9

One-Shot Magazines (1970s)

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

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.