IMOVIES YOU SHOULDN'T SEE ( •)

FAMOUS

OF FILMLANDNOVEMBER 19S9

WHYTHCYMiTO

BRINfi BACK"THE FLY"

THE WINNERS!

lU PHOTOSIK Ollll MAKE-IP CONTEST

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BLACKLAG0ONSTORY

ILLUSTRATED

"Look Ma-no eavilies!" Ion Chaney, Sr., is having a tough time finding a newsstand in LONDONAFTER MIDNIGHT so he can sink his teeth info the new issue of FAMOUS MONSTERS.

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Hallo, weenies!Know you pun, kins? One dictionary defini-

tion of "truck" is "a low grade of literature."

If you are reading this editorial in anymonster magazine other than FAMOUSMONSTERS, put down that truck, mac.Treat yourself, instead, to FM #5 — the

greatest horror film publication alive.

Snakes alive — don't feel half safe, feel

unsafe! With ungentle men of distinction it's

FAMOUS MONSTERS three-to-one.

So don't stand there like a broomstick;

before the next customer snatches the last

copy, break open your Jack O'Lantern piggy-

bank and make with the jack. Be a Fan whoShrinks for Himself!

FORREST J ACKERMANJAMES WARRENPHYLLIS FARKASAND THE SKELETON CREW

Vincent Price doesn't appear to want any help with his necktie, but his helpful friend says "Time is

flying, Vince, and you know I have to return soon." For Exclusive Scoop Story on THE RETURN OF THE

FLY, start buzzin' the Table of Contents, cousin.

COVR by AlbtrtNuitull.

ISLAND OF LOST SOULS.

THINGS INSIDE

6 DEAR MONSTER

8 THE HALLOWEEN SCREENNow Dig This Scene : the Monsters are CominR and are a Sight tobe Seen

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FORREST J ACKERMANeditor

PHYLLIS FARKASman aging editor

GEORGE FRENOYart director

JAMES WARRENpublisher

=AMOUS MONSTHS Q., No. 5. Publish«d quarterly by Csniral>ubiicot;orn, Inc., EdTtorlo), Ad.tHii^nqmd Subicrlplion Offinni at IQS* E. Upiol

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20 YOU AXED FOR IT

Sharp Fotos for Little Cut-Upa.

32 THE REVENGE OF THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOONTHAT WALKS AMONG USFirst Time a Title has been Longer than the Article! Pictui-e-Storyof the Famnus Black Lagoon Seriee.

34 THE WHOLE TOWN'S BUZZINGSwat's New7 It's "The Retuin of the F!y"!

42 GRUE-IT-YOURSELFConteat Winners! See the Prize Make-Ups. the Horrible Mentions!

; WONSTE«S Of f

44 THE ALLIGATOR PEOPLERecommended by the Bayou Scouts of Americ

4B THE GIZZARD OF OZThe Man's A Card!

52 MONSTER CLUBNot Just a Little Club but a Monster Club.

CREDITS S ACKNOWLEOaMEHTS: AltonJ. del-oy, Frsullch Poto. &*arg«i Qalltt,*r«. Gordon. Robert Kt^th Miirpliy,

57 "BE KIND TO DUMB MONSTERS" WEEKIt's FeedinK Time Ag'ain and the Beasties are Feeling Weakly. ATransfusion of MONEY would Save Their Lives and m GratitudeThey'd Probably Take Yours! Some (jreat ideas for Halloween here!

THIS IS the Department where we seethe hand-*rithing on wall. Forgreatest assistance to Dr. Acula thistime, a fine First Prize to ED URBWK;2d toSUZY pish: and 3d to BOB SCHERL.Thanx, fiends.

SMART FOR HIS AGEI was sitting here in my furlinedcrypt when I read Mr. Hotin's articlewhich Homercilessly crltisizzled Mr.PJAandl wishtosay "I don't agree."Your book is not mentally harmful, infact its better than these teenagegang wars, books and movies thatgives you ideas about how to knockoff the comer cops. In fact they' relike a story that came right off thenews presses. But as for monsters,ghouls, and vampires they are just a

way of calming tension and your bookis even better than going to themovies. I would like to tell every-one that murder shows are just as badas gang wars. Tlie reason most peoplego to monster movies is to see thepower of good over evil.

ANTI-F.M. ANONYMOUSI TTiing your mag. smells. It rotsaway the intelligent minds ofAmerican youth. PM should be Inthe trash. It isn't worth thepaper it' s printed on. That' s whyI buy your crumby mag- Yes, me andthe thousands of other Mickey MonsterClub Members. So we can burn it, yes,

bum it to the last molecule, and if

you have guts enough to print thisI' 11 buy the next issue and not burnit like the other 4 issues.

NO NiWEPerth Amboj. N.J,

MONSTERS ON VACATION

Here is a picture of me and my ganglooking at your latest great issue.

This Halloween we are all planningon flying up to your offices on ourbrooms - to haunt the editor.

SIEVE LAPIDUSGreat Neck, N.J.

MONSTERS MONHILY1 agree wholeheartedly with readerGoldstein that you should try topublish an Issue every month. Asit is my preceeding issues areworn out from reading them overand over by the time another issuecomes out. Congratulations onyour #4 cover. Artist Neutzellis tops.

CLVDC SIHPSONFlorence, Ala.

LEARNED HER LESSONI confess: I once read your com-petition, but than I realized itwas only written by humans, sohow could it hope to compete withFM?

MOflE ABOUT ZACHMy ghoul-friend and I Just had t

arguement. She claims that Borit

Karloff and New York's Zacherley I

are one and the same. I say she J

is wrong. Who is right? And can!you show us "hat Zacherley looksjlike in real life?

MARILYN RMNew York,

IPS

ZACHERLEY UNMASKED!• Above is aphoto of John Zacherleywithout make-up. This handsomefellow is an extremely talenteddramatic actor - and *e predict big

things for him is the future. --Ed.

DOES HE MEAN IT?Your mag is the MOST with all us

MBAN-Ad! MONSTERS.DAVE KEV <

Wayne, Pa.

MUSH ADO ABOUT MONSTERSThe last issue of your scremy but

funny magazine was so spectacular

that even our teachers couldn'tkeep their noses out of it! Your

monster mush is really keen: keep

up the good work. A devoted reader.

PETER CABELRadio City, N.Y.

ANOTIER SAVING BEAUTYI was growling about not beingable to find your magazine on thenewsstands < they sell out toofast!) when a bat suddenly droppedan Issue In my lap. 1 sure digFH - and I'll subscribe as soonas 1 can dig up the money.

CARSLE PERRYPiteDlo Park, calif.

SUE' S BATS OVER MONSTERS• »e' shall itDiaedlately enter you

in our Queen of Transylvania con-test! --Ed.

A CRITI-GHOUL READERAltho I am only 15 years old, I

have been a fan of horror filmsfor 10 of^those, ever since anAugust day'in 1949--the day I sawmy first horror film, the 1933KING KONG. For 5 of these yearsI have been an avid panner ofcheap monster pictures, and anavid fan of high quality films ofthe olden days. Mr. Ackerman, I

still remember your beautiful deathnotice in the January 1957 ImaginativeTales of the great Bela Lugosi. Itwas one of the most beautiful columnsI ever Teacl of yours. The point I

wish to make ia that thru thesecolumns I have gathered that you toolean towards the finer type of horror

filrBs--those of the 203, 30s and403. I realize that about onethird of your readers must lovethis type of film, therefore youmust please them or lose a greatamount of your circulation. Ho»-ever--more Chancy, Karloff andLugosi, please?--and some coverageon CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI. CATAND THE CANARY, John Barrymore'

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DR. JEKYLL & «R. HYDE. A. Merritf sSEVEN FOOTPRINTS TO SATAN and theearly films of Georges Helies.PLAN NINE FROM OUTER SPACE was themost cheaply produced film I haveever seen in my entire life. Thegravestones were, cardboard, thegraveyard ground was a strawcovered rug, and the outfits forthe outer spacers were borrowedfrom an old plash Gordon serial.I have seen more class in homemovies. However, the acting ofTor Johnson was excellent.

COMMERCIAL UtEAK• We interrupt this letter byBob Scherl to bring you a candidstill shot given us by TOR JOHNSONand showing some horrors -play be-tween him and J(MN CARRAOINE. Be-low that is a photo of them inmake-up, in a scene from THE BLACK

JOHN ft TOR IN (FI^N) R^L LIFE

In an article in our newspaper,Boris Karloff himself stated afterfilming FRANKENSTEIN--1970 heknew they didn* t know ho* to makea decent horror film any more."In the old days the films had a

good plot, direction, productionand intelligence behind them. Inmy day the public would neveraccept such utter nonsense." I

invite challenges from readerswho feel differently and like thetrashy films of the 50s.

BOB SCHERLShaker Heists, Ohio

• Okay, if s Trash vs Treasures,6 paces. We invite

ou r eade s to tri ut this

JOHN ft TOR IN REAL LIFE

argument. -

THE DAY THE END iHIRLEDIf all your monsters were laidend to end, it would serve themright. The day I pay Cor a copyof your magazine (my trained monkeyKween Kong steals them) it would bethe end of the world.

FLASH COULSONYandro, ind.

• Flash, you are a man after myown heart--but must you use sucha sharp knife?--Ed. ^

THE MAN OF 1000 FACES - James Cagney — looks like he has a headache for every one of them as he

g portrays Lon Choney's hunchback.

horrorwood is burning the midnight bat oil to bring you

holloween treats that will scare you off the seats!

Eye say there, Guv'nor, bit baggy around the eye-bails, aren't you? You may be THE MAN WHO COULDCHEAT DEATH, but was it worth it?

Ming the Merciless is about to try out his new hair-restoring machine in MARS ATTACKS THE WORLD. Andif it doesn't work as guaranteed, we've a good notionsomeone will hair of it — in fact they'll undoubtedlybe bald out!

one, two,

three, fear

My breath is coming in short pants and,considering- I'm wearing long underwear to

keep from being chilled, I look pretty peculiar

with the underwear sticking out of my half-

length trousers. But I can't help it. Laff at

me if you will, but I've just read the h'st-I've

prepared and — I'm scared.

You could call the following report "TheCase of the Cowardly Monster Lover," be-

cause you see—Just like a mushy pumpkin, I'm uelloiv to

the core!— Dr. Acula

devilish address13 DEMON STREET will be the diabolic

abode of a number of satanic new characters

nightmared up by Curt Siodmak, some of

whose old satanic characters have includedCURUCU, THE MAGNETIC MONSTER,THE INVISIBLE WOMAN. THE MANWITH THE ATOM BRAIN and DONO-VAN'S BRAIN. Taking up early residence

at the corner of Sinister Drive & ShockingWay is THE MAN WHO COULD CHEATDEATH in color — and believe me ("ask theper,son who's tried) it's hard enough to cheatDeath in black & white.

As the iate Bela Lugosi used to say whenhired to play another vampire role: "Well,

it's a dying." Now Bill Harlow has scripted ,THE UNDEAD NEVER DIE. Sounds like

KILLER CORPSE would be a good one to

co-bill with this feature. Or (now here's a

title you can really sink your teeth into -— if

you don't mind their glowing in the darkafterwards) ATOMIC CANNIBAL. Let',',

hope the jatter isn't just another pot-boiler.

Small wonder they call producer William

Castle "haunted," after he gave the shiver

screen such spookeramas as MACABRE andTHE HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL. Nowhe's responsible for — THE TINGL,ER. Whoor what is the Tingler? Castle describes it as:

"An unpredictable mass of pent-up fury that

soars beyond the wildest flights of yournightmare fantasies ... the most gory,

ghastly, grisly gimmick that ever satellited

to the screen from a launching-pad of

screams."

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Looks like Lionel Atwill has just given his MAN MADI MONSTER a belt on the chest. He better be careful

Lon Chaney Jr. doesn't belt him back!

l^AsK^TowAKrYei) A }!^m%...ff^tt w/

Peopte say I remind them of Ape Lincoln. Do you think

I'M ever be President of the USA (Universal ShockAssociation)? From THE SCARLET CLUE.

What a rotten thing to do, tearing holes in the 3000year old suH of THE MUMMY. This is the brand newMummy, in Tannicoler, starring Peter Cuahing.

the return

of the

winged rodent

Once upon a time there was a baby rat whowandered into a cave and for the first time in

his life saw a bat. He went running to his

Mother and cried, "Mommy, Mommy, I just

saw an angel !" Another once upon a time,

when the parents of most of you reading

these pages were themselves still teenagers,

there was a shocker of a mystery melodramathat was really heavenly. It was THE BAT/And now this Mary Roberts Rinehart classic

has been modernized and THE BAT will

soon swoop again!

oceans of thrills

Jerome Drexel Bixby, scripter of IT! — .

THE TERROR FROM BEYOND SPACE, =

has written a new screenplay dealing with amarine menace. HELL AND HIGH WATER.Filmed in the Philippines, another sea-based

horror-suspense story is THE SEA WITCH. ,

And of course, don't fail to keep a weathereye out for Jules Verne's great sequel to •

20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA: THEMYSTERIOUS ISLAND.

a bert's eye viewWatch the Bert I! Yes, Bert I. Gordon,

after a brief vacation from producing suchpictures as THE SPIDER. THE FANTAS-TIC PUPPET PEOPLE and THE AMAZ-ING COLOSSAL MAN, is busy with a newtrio of. trick and terror tales. The first is

THE BOY IN THE BOTTLE, in which,

producer Gordon revep'o, "a special dimen-sional process will be-lised for the first time.

It is called Perceptovision, and its effect is

quite startling." He also plans THEUID andTHE HAUNTED.

Alex Gordon and his mate. Ruth Alexander,have launched their futuristic submarine andit will soon torpedo onto the screen. I know,because one noon recently when I went out to

visit the set of ATOMIC SUBMARINE, noone was there, but a large explanatory sign

was posted reading "Out to Launch!"

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Who el5e? Robby the Robot's tin brother! (To the left: Bela Lugosi as Dr. Zorko in the Universal serial

THE PHANTOM CREEPS.)

"If you torch me — I'll scroami" Bala Lugosi in RETURNOF THE APE MAN.

I knocked twice at the Editor's door but no response.Do you suppose he could be out seeing a People movie?

Other thriller-dillers on the Gordons' pro-

.

auction scaredule are PROJECT X, FrankQuattrocchi's PROJECTED MAN, EdgarAllan Poe's MASK OF THE RED DEATH.Robert Louis Stevenson's THE SUICIDECLUB and (the most horrible story ever tobe attempted on the screen) HE WAS. ATEENAGE ACKER-MAN. No one under 90will be admitted to th'e picture, declares AlexGordon, and those over 90 only if accom-panied by their parents or bearing a notefrom their grandparents. He explains thisunusual policy by saying: "It is due to thecontroversial character of the picture, whois none other than the Editor of FAMOUSMO?JSTERS." It is understood it will be alow budget film in black & white — or per-haps only black — as the record-shatteringsum of $10 (ten dollars. Confederate) hasbeen paid for .the rights (not to overlook thewrongs) of the youthful story of FJA, andthis naturally did not leave a great deal ofmoney for the actual film, to which the Vice-Principal of Delinquent Junior High said,

"Just as well-" It is further understood thatproducer Gordon is having great casting diffi-

culties, as everyone from Gory Cooper to

Haunts Conreid has turned down the role asone that would typecast them and destroytheir popularity forever.

"kro" babyBill Alland's new "baby" will be cailod

KRA !, a super hush-hush horror subject. Forco-release with it he'll make DIMENSIONFOUR. The latter is not to be confused withJack Harris' current great picture about a

4th dimensional man, nor lb J. Melchior'sscreen story of THE MULTIPLE MAN.

Mask, mask, who's got the Mask?Apparently everybody!Allied Artists owns THE MASK.Boris Petroif plans to don a MASK OF

TERROR as producer.We're to get a peek BEHIND THE MASK,And Weaver Wright has dreamed up an

idea for a kind of poor golem's golem calledTHE MASK OF MELOG.

ziva and kivaZivaRodann, last menaced in PHARAOH'S

CURSE, will be the leader of the luckless

VOODOO WOMEN. A Hopi Indian legendwill be the basis of THE KIVA MONSTER.Other monsters, unwilling to let Kiva getahead of them (or even an arm or a leg) , will

give their all in such epics as—THE BEAST FROM WORLD'S END . . .

. . . MONSTER ASSASINTHE BEAST FROM ASSUAN . . .

. . . THE FLYING EYEFIEND FROM THE FUTURE . . .

. . . THE WASP WOMANJack Williamson's WOLVES OF DARK-NESS . . .

Calling all TEENAGERS FROM OUTER SPACE and any other place you may be: don't lef this happen to

you! This reader got so interested in FAMOUS MONSTERS that he forgot to eat and wasted away to skin

and bones. Now he's so skinny he opens his door with o skeleton key and keeps himself in a closet.

"I'll teach you. to neck with my daughter!" says LeoCarroll in TARANTULA, while poor Ed Porker wisheshe had stayed home and watched Zacherley on TV.

...and still

more monstersMR. & MRS. MONSTER . . .

. . . GORGO (million dollar monster fromthe King Bros.)THE INVISIBLE MONSTER {alias DR.DOOM) . . .

. . . THE GILA MONSTERTHE SEAWEED CREATURE (anotherBill Alland venture) . . .

. . . THE 2-HEADED MONSTERTHE CREATURE FROM THE CAVE . , .

. . . And Thad Swift's wholly unusualLITTLE MONSTER, for which a theme songhas recently been recorded and Jim (Mr.Magoo) Backus reported as interested in

playing the frantic Father of THE LITTLEMONSTER.

hollow laughterDon't look behind you now, but that ap-

parition rising at any moment may be THEGHOST OF DRAGSTRIP HOLLOW. Drag-strip Hollow is located just a little to thesouth-beast of THE MYSTERIOUS HOUSEOF USHER, which Richard Matheson hasconstructed. It is rumored that a certain

Count, a gentleman of Transylvanian nobility,

would like to move a coffin or two into the

Usher mansion, but they won't let him in for

a reason that is unmansionable, so it looks

like HARD TIMES FOR VAMPIRES (a

comedy to feature Christopher DracuLee).At least Lee has not lost his head over it,

which is more than can be said for THEHEADLESS GHOST.

franken's trinaCasting of Trina Petit in FRANKEN-

STEIN FROM SPACE, MEDUSA, DEBBIEAND THE DEMON, SINVALA or TAKEME TO YOUR LEADER could spark a wholecareer as a horrorine (that's a heroine ofhorror pix) for this pixie. She's the ingredi-

ent that's been missing ever since Maria(THE SHE-CREATUKE) English left the

screen. All Trina needs is one good ScreamTest. Speaking of which, there's to be a sci-fi

feature called SCREAMING TEENS.

from the sea

to the starsWhen THE MAN BENEATH THE SEA

meets the 21st CENTURY SUE, it may beenough to sink the legendary island of AT-LANTIS all over again. Curt Jurgens is

being sought to star in the latter story, whichshould be a first class spectacle provided theydon't do a watered down version.

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"I'm really very fond of you, Jules, but of all my boy friends why are you the only on<

$2.50 for a shave artd a haircut when we go out on a date?"who won't spend

"Well, I'll be a monkey's unclel" exclaims Bela Lugosi

in THE APE MAN.

You can try to outstare me if you care to, but i bet I'll

still be right here staring back even if you fall asleep,

if you don't believe me, woke up and see!

On the space front, keep your optics in

orbit for HAVE ROCKET, WILL TRAVEL... 12 TO THE MOON ... I AIM FOR THESTARS {the Wernher von Braun biofiim)

and MYSTERIOUS SATELLITE.Dragons could scarcely be accused of

draggin* behind in the monster race, whatwith ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON,SIEGFRIED AND THE DRAGON and EVEAND THE DRAGON all breathing fire downtheir producers' necks. In fact SIEGFRIEDhas been completed in Germany, and all that's

holding up its release in America is the dub-

bing of the dragon's roars into English.

last minute noose. . . And, as we go to press {to press another

hunaan beneath the body of a giant monster,that is) , the line-up of future shoclters looks

real shook up

:

THE DEMOLISHED MAN (award-winning Alfred Bester novel purchased for pro-

duction by John Payne)THE DREAMERS (modern hex book

turned into screenplay by Ray Bradbury)ZEX, THE ELECTRONIC FIEND (by

Charles Eric Maine)THE TIME MACHINENEW YEAR'S EVE, 2000THE DEMON OF CAWNPORE ... A

JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THEEARTH ... and 800 LEAGUES ON THEAMAZON — all by Jules Verne. Pius his INTHE YEAR 2889.THE BROTHERGULLIVER'S TRAVELS (another Harry-

hausen triumph)VISIT TO A SMALL PLANETPoe's THE GOLD BUG and THE BLACK

CATTHE MAID AND THE MARTIANHONEYMOON IN HELL (Fredric

Brown)CURSE OF THE UNDEADHORROR OF THE UNDEADCOWBOY FROM OUTER SPACECONJURE WIFE (Fritz Leiber's classic)

OLE DOC METHUSELAH (L. Ron Hub-bard's series, for TV)CRATER BASE 1 (telcseries)

SPACE (also video adventures)SPACE HOTEL (Curt Siodmak TV pro-

gram)THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (sec-

ond remake)THE GENIE (starring Fritz Leiber, Bjo

Fortaff and Spencer Strong)DEATH COMES FROM SPACETWILIGHT ZONE (with unusual tales-

with-a-tilt by Rod Serling, Ray Bradbury,Lyn Venable and others, on TV)THE RETURN OF DER ZAUBERER

(Unicorn Productions)THE RETURN OF DR. MABUSE (Fritz

Lang)LAZARUS NO. 7 (the return of Lazarus !)

. . . And watch for December and the re-

turn of FAMOUS MONSTERS! •

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"What's up. Ugly?" "Your life, Wolfyl" Typical teen-age conversation from nv<n iO MHKk A MONSTER.

I h»ard that when they filmed CURUCU, BEAST OFTHE AMAZON, a couple of the natives lost theirheads over leading lady Bev»rly Garland. Couldyou show me ony photographic evidence of this

statement? - DICK DANIELS, Oakvaie, Calif. (Bev'sfriends might have something to say about that, butthey obviously aren't talking.)

When I lived in Hannover, Germany, I saw a pictureI never forgot, because the interplanetarian in it

looked like the original Egghead. Do you know whichfilm I mean? - INGRID FRITZSCH, Brentwood, Calif.

(Think so. This it? THE MAN FROM PLANH X. He looksjust the type to put all his "x" in one basket.)

THE MUMMY was made before I was born. Do you have acandid foto of Boris KoriofT from it? - MICHAEL BANKS,Wyncote, Penna. (Candid enuf? That's the great Mr. K.

lighting up a camel; this was centuries ago before theythought of smoking cigarets.)

As a bit player with aspira-

tions to play in more monstermovies, I always enjoy be*hind-the-scenes scenes. Wouldyou have anything with Kar-loff, Rothbone or Lorre? —DWAYNE AVERY, Hollywood.(Here's Korloff and Rothbone,relaxing on-set 20 years agOduring the filming of SON OFFRANKENSTEIN.)

EVERY FISH-MAN WANTS A GILL- FRIEND

THE REVENGE OF

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LAGOON THAT

WALKS AMONG US

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Do the fools think puny chains like these can hold me? Why, in my family we're chain smokers!

I made a Big Splash in my first picture.

It'll take more than a manicure to cure that hand!

Of all the semi-explored areas in the worldwhere the prehistoric past clings moststrongly to the present, and frequentlymerges with it, the vast dense humid Ama-zonian jungle is perhaps the most intriguing.

It is full of frightful forms. Almost anythingcould seem to be lurking there—just beneaththe surface.

"Dr. Maia !" The terrified voice of a nativecuts thru the heat and jungle noises of the ,

upper reaches of the Amazon, rousing Dr.Carl Maia of the Morajo Institute of Mari-time Biology from his work.

hand of horror"Dr. Maia! Come quick! A most frighten-

ing discovery!"When Dr. Maia stands before the crum-

bling rock, his eyes bulge in shock at thesight of the fossil embedded in it— the giantclawed hand of some kind of unknown cren-ture. There is evidence that webbing oncestretched between its huge fingers. Tht-

owner of that hand must have towered 8 fee'

tall.

"Good thing no such man live now, huh?"says the native. "He be big — maybe killer."

The doctor agrees. "Killer he would mo.tt

certainly be, with talons like this. Just tho

same, I'd have given almost anything to havfseen him in the live state— from a safe posi-

tion, of course."

Little does Dr. Maia dream how soon, howstartling, and how dangerously his desire is

to be fulfilled,

human bull-frog

So intent is the doctor on speculating aboutthe amphibian aspects of the fossil claw, that

there goes unnoticed altogether an unusualamount of bubbling in the nearby lagoon, as

tho a bull-frog the size of a large man wereactive beneath the surface.

Dr. Maia decides to head back to the out-

skirts of civilization to report the find and re-

turn with a small expedition better equippedto investigate further. He leaves behind to

guard the camp Luis and Tomaso.At Morajo Bay the doc looks up his friends

David Reed (Richard Carlson) and KayLawrence. Dave is a frogman and Kay hi.s

girl Friday. Dave's boss. Dr. Mark Williams,

is also brought into the discussion, along withhis colleagues, Drs. Thompson and Matos."Amazing," "incredible," are some of their

exclamations when they examine the fossil.

In all of their lives as marine experts, theyadmit, they have never seen anything like it.

Wild sea-horses could not keep them fromseeing more.

John Bromfield just became a Life Guard. First job: guarding his own life!

Don Megowan sips a cooling glass of water direct fromhis dear old Black Lagoon between shots on THECREATURE WALKS AMONG US. The term "betweenshots" means between the time one man shoots at himand another.

A rare picture of The Creature in a quiet mood — while

the camera is being focused for the next scene. Secondslater Don Megowan (The Creature) almost scared thelens off the comera.

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of natureMeanwhile, at Mr. Maia's camp . . .

Tomaso and Luis prepare to retire for the

night, their guns by their sides. Suddenlytheir jungle-trained ears hear an ominousnoise : the tread of heavy feet crackling twigsand branches underneath. Their eyes go widewith fright, their nostrils flare, and in oneparalyzing moment the Thing is upon them

!

An 8-foot tower of power, black as the

heart of a shark, tough as a rhino, strong as

a boa constrictor, temper like a bear-trap —that's our "Blacky LaGoon."They call him Blacky for short, but not for

long.

With an instinct for self-preservation, Luis

hurls an oil-lamp at the Creature. It bursts

in the gill-man's face, scalding him withburning oil and sending him into a flaming

rage. He seizes Luis and batters him into

insensibility before the popping eyes of

Tomaso. Like a doll the Creature slams Luis

around the tent until he is limp and lifeless.

Then it turns on Tomaso, who suffers the

same fate.

After that Blacky vents his rage on the

camp, smashing everything to bits.

danger in

the deepWhen the expedition arrives at Dr. Maia's

campsite, the dead men and destruction pre-

sent a bafRing sight.

The days pass and the research progresses.

One day Dave and Williams are underwater,exploring, when Williams is attacked by the

octopus-like branches of a man-eating plant

!

"There is a terrific threshing battle that ab-

sorbs all the skill and energies of both men,until Dave's slashing knife finally mortally

stabs the savage tree.

The narrow escapes and harrowing adven-tures follow thick and fast, freezing the mar-row even in the tropical heat. To repeat themall would require more pages than are avail-

able for a single article in FAMOUS MON-STERS. And don't forget — besides THECREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOONthere was its sequel. REVENGE OF THECREATURE, and the followup to that, THECREATURE WALKS AMONG US, both

with their share of thrills 'n' chills.

In the original film, they capture Blacky

once in a net, but his razor-sharp talons re-

lease him.Another time they try to capture him by

poisoning the lagoon, but to no avail.

A long straw brinss Blacky Lagoon a fresh air soda during the filming of THE CREATURE WALKS AMONG US.

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A Gill Man is born. Bud Wsstmore (with nscktie) diraets the construction of The, Creature's head-to-toecostume. i

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Coma on in, the water's mine.

blacky's black heartAny time the men manage to harpoon him,

Blacky just snaps the spears off like tooth-picks. Even once they've captured him, hemanages to break free. And with man-likecunning Blacky acts to trap the boat in the

lagoon by felling a tree in the shallow en-trance way. Williams and the Creatureeventually tangle underwater, and the Crea-ture's antagonist becomes its 5th victim.

Then the Creature captures Kay!This is too much. Dave realizes by now he

is in love with Kay and will risk his life to

save her. He swims to the sub-aquanian lair

of the gill-man, and there almost loses his life

in hand-to-claw combat with the fish-devii

from the Devonian, It takes four bullets fromDave's friends to finally slow the Creaturedown, and even then; they are not positive heis dying as he heads off for his home in the

Lagoon and the expedition^heads in the oppo-site direction.

Blacky is captured and brought to civiliza-

tion in REVENGE OF THE CREATURE,but they e^'t hold the likes of him long at

the Oceap ^^rbor oceanarium, and while theyharry him, he harries them, the two mainthems being John (Man from Planet Arous)Agar and Lori (Day the World Ended)Nelson.

the creature

from the

walks museumIn THE CREATURE WALKS AMONG

US, Blacky meets up with Jeff Morrow andRex Reason, and they wax enthusiastic aboutmaking him a little more human by removingthe webbing from his burned hands and per-forming plastic surgery on his scarred face.

The operation is a physical success but doesnot particularly improve Blacky's temper, forhe goes on several more rampages before the

last reel sees him reeling into the sea.

The first of the CREATURE pictures wasfilmed in 3D.A book about Blacky's. first adventure was

published in England but unfortunately neverin America.As a public servije to the many friends

and mourners of the late Blacky LaGoon,FAMOUS MONSTERS is proud to presentthis historical tribute to his memory. R.I.P.—which means Rest In Pieces,

-he Creature stares at a mountain lion he has iust sent

to th» Happy Hunting Ground. And we're not lyin'l

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Philippe, the Son of the Fly, is having a tough time finding sun glasses to fit his huge orbs.

D you're the kind of guy who wouldn't hurt a fly, eh?"

Last year crowds lined up at the bugs-offices of the nation like bees swarming to ahoneycomb. Object: to see the sensation of

the hour, the incredible cinemascope andtechnicolor smash hit . . . THE FLY. Theysaw, in the final reel, the helpless screamingtiny figure of "a fly with a white head" en-

meshed in a spider's web, and they saw that

that head was— human.Then a rock mercifully smashed down on

the doomed creature that had once been a

man, extinguishing its life and permittingspellbound audiences to breathe again.

The fly-man did not escape, to return in a

sequel as did the Frankenstein monster, the

Mummy, the Creature from the Black La-

goon, and other legendary "things" before

him, but —

son of the flyRemember at the end of the picture how

the little boy was told that his Father died

because he was a scientist who made a fatal

mistake while trying to help mankind? Well,

in RETURN OF-THE FLY the little guy has

grown up and inherited his Father's burningdesire to pry into the secrets of Nature.The sequel opens at the funeral of Helen

Delambre, widow of Andre-the-Fly. Her son

Philippe is now full grown and an ambitiousyoung scientist, for even time flies.

like father,

like sonAfter leaving the funera!, Philippe insists

that his uncle Francois reveal to him the

family secret his Mother would never dis-

close, and which he was too young to compre-hend when it happened. Reluctantly, Francoistakes him to the ruins of the old lab and there

relates to him the nightmarish circumstancessurrounding the death of his Father. WhenPhilippe announces that he wishes to further

his Father's experiments, Francois becomesangry and refuses to give him funds.

Undismayed, Philippe enlists the aid of a

young scientist named Alan Hinds, and to-

gether they turn the wine cellar of an old

mansion Philippe has inherited into an im-

proved version of Andre Delambre's original

lab. From the old lab they rescue a numberof charred documents which give them someclue as to the construction of the TransmatterMachine.Young and pretty Cecile Bonnard wanders

around in the atmos-fear of the mansion.

wa.

"Uet me call you Swot Heart." "I only hove eyes lor you!"

V\\AMkeLih^J/A

Yow, too, can be a Human Fly. Just slip on this rsady-mode fty-head and fool the gong. They'll dielaughing!

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behind the maskPhilippe's friend anci lab assistant, Alan

Hinds, who has represented himself as beinga scientist, is unmasked as a criminal soughtby the British police as a murderer. His un-

doing is when he schemes to sell the plans for

the matter transmitter to an underworldcharacter named Max Barthold. Hinds is

followed to the lab by a policeman, whom heis forced to kill.

Hinds conveniently gets rid of the body bytransposing it into the "ether," or 4th dimen-sion. Later, when he brings the policeman

back, he is part man and part rat ! — due to

the fact that a rat's atoms were suspended in

nearby space as part of a previous experi-

ment. There is also the counterpart: a small

rat with human arms and legs! Hinds kills

the little monstrosity. The grotesque body of

the dead policeman Hinds stuffs into the

trunk of his own car, drives to a meetingplace with Barthold, and disposes of the body.

Barthold drives him back to the mansion andleaves.

Upon enteringthe lab. Hinds is confronted

by Philippe, who has become suspicious of

Hinds' actions. A fight is prov^ed, andPhilippe is bested. The criminal Hmds puts

Philippe in the disintegrator. As a sadistic

touch, he throws In a fly with him

!

The atoms of Philippe and the fly are

simultaneously smashed to smithereens andflung into inner space!As Hinds is on the verge of escaping with

the plans for the revolutionary mechanism,Philippe's uncle Francois appears and is

wounded by a shot from Hinds' gun. Theweakened Francois manages to operate the

Transmatter-mitter, and puts Philippe backtogether again — but as part man, part fly.

And a giant fly at that

!

the fly flees

The police arrive, and while they are try-

ing to batter their way into the locked lab,

The Fly escapes.

The wounded Francois is rushed to a hos-

pital. While being treated there he persuades

the police to contact Inspector Charas, whowas familiar with the case of the original

Fly.Meanwhile, Philippe-the-monster seeks out

Barthold's establishment and kills the crookwhen Barthold attacks and wounds him.When Philippe finally catches up with

Hinds he clutches him in his giant claw andsnuffs out his life.

Inspector Charas and Francois move backto the mansion, to which they believe thebewildered Fly will instinctively return, andthey are right.

I'll have a shave and a halrcuf — and don't take toomuch off the top, please.

"KISS ME!" And fly to tha ond of th« worMI

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cecile squealsIt is now Ceciie's turn to exercise her lung

power, and this she does powerfully when thefly-headed monster creeps into her room andfaints from loss of blood by the side of herbed.

Between them, the two men and the girl

manage to get the limp body of the half-human downstairs and into the disintegrator.The disintegrator does its job. It is the

end of The Fly and Philippe returns tonormal.

There is no truth to the rumor that Clawd Rainsployed the part of The Fly.

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Response to FAMOUS MONSTERS' make-up contest was phenomenal

!

Entries were submitted from all over theworld — and out of it!

Boys and girls participated! Even severalgenuine monsters tried to take part but weredisqualified when discovered to be lurkingbehind masks that made them appear almosthuman.

GRAND PRIZE WINNERThe #! Prize of TWENTY-FIVE DOI.-

I^RS CASH goes to young LEE GLADWIN.a tad whose make-up would have gladdenedthe heart, we're sure, of the Maestro himself

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IX)N CHANEY. From Lon's thousand faces,Lee chose to duplicate THE PHANTOM OFTHE OPERA, and a magnificent job he didon it, indeed.

"I thought you might be interested toknow," he told the judges, "that for thismake-up I used some of the make-up secretsof the master of us all. Like Chaney, I usedfish-hooks to pull up my nose and small discs(they felt like small mountains) in mymouth."

Lee lives in Washington, D. C, ; fortunatelyis young enough yet that he will get to keepall his $25 and not have to share any of it

with Uncle Sam's Income Taxers. But givehim another 10 years and he may be one ofour high-priced Hollywood Horror Stars.Remember the name! LEE GLADWIN!

You saw him fir.st in FAMOUS MONSTERS!

MONSTERS!

We Got A Million of EmMad Ghouls . . . Mutants . , . Werewolves

. . . Vampires . . . "The Thing of Planet X". . . "Creature from the River Styx" . . .

Fungus Man . . . Mummy . . . "Mr. Wu" . . .

they came by the Karloff-loads. Judge ThadSwift, Jr. — the original Boy Who BecameA Monster (see FM #3) — was in 7thHeaven while observing the vast variety of

make-ups created. Cash prizes have been sentto the 4 other lucky Pro Winners, and thenames of the five winning Amateurs enteredin our Permanent Subscription List.

CONGRATULATIONS to you all from theEditor & Publisher ofFAMOUSMONSTERS— you were ALL great.

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year old boyl Well, heearned hl> award*. KONG-grotulatiani. GarKing Siio congratd). i

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Now this won't hurt one little bite.

Of course I love you, Al — but I could never live in theswamp.

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Lon Chaney Jr.'s back and THE ALLI-GATOR PEOPLE'S got him!THB ALLIGATOR PEOPLE also has one

of the former Tarzans, Bruce Bennett.And, as heroine, the screaming beauty

who's previously been menaced by CURUCU,beast of the Amazon ; Cucumbro, creature of

IT CONQUERED THE WORLD ; and a terrorthat was out of this world in NOT OF THISEARTH;-—brave, brunet Beverly Garland.

Charles O'Neal, author of THE ALLIGA-TOR PEOPLE, reveals that "researchershave discovered repeated references to theexistence of such half-human monsters asdescribed — and seen — in the picture."

Producer Jack Leewood adds : "By piecingtogether all available information, we haverecreated startlingly real monsters, monsterswhich, according to local Louisiana folklore,

once roamed and preyed on the surroundingcountryside in the late 18th and early 19thcenturies."

from altar to

alligators

Jane Marvin (Eev Garland) is aboard ahoneymoon train with her bridegroom, Lt.

Paul Webster (Richard Crane), when he re-

ceives a mysterious telegram. He does notreveal its contents to her, but instead dis-

appears.Altering her plans, Jane makes frantic

efforts to locate Paul, but a whole year passesby in the process and she is about to give upall hope of ever seeing him again. Was it all

a dream? Did she marry a man or a ghost?Then suddenly Jane discovers a university

record that indicates there might be someknowledge of Paul's whereabouts at a placecalled The Cypresses at Bayou Landing.Hurrying there, Jane receives a cold recep-

tion from a woman claiming to be a Mrs.Hawthorne and denying that she knows any-thing about Paul. Jane is put up for the nightbut cautioned to keep close to her room.

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So there I was. Myrtle, lying in the Swamp, mindingmy Own Business^ when this Mad Produter from Holly-

wood came along and said, "Come, Al, I'll make aMAN of you I"

Where's my teethbrush. Ma?

boo's in the nite

As she is about to retire, Jane observesMrs. Hawthorne leave the house hurriedly.

She decides to risk following her. Her adven-ture as a shadow leads her to a clinic on thegrounds, where she hears Mrs. Hawthornetell a Dr. Mark Wingate, "Paul's wife hasarrived ! What shall we do?"The clinic itself has an aura of strangeness

about it. As a nurse, Jane senses that some-thing weird, unusual, is going on there. Thepatients seem to be suffering from acute skindiseases that give them a scaly, somewhatdeformed appearance.

Shortly after she sneaks back undetectedto her room, Jane hears a piano being playedih a sad manner and goes downstairs to in-

vestigate. Startled, the dark figure darts fromthe room and flees into the swamp. It is Paul

!

He has recognized his wife.

The next morning Jane faces "Mrs. Haw-thonie" and accuses her of hiding Paul. Sheadmits she is his Mother but will not reveal

the motive lor her mysterious behavior.

it's a-paulingPerhaps as you've suspected, Paul is turn-

ing into an alligator ! Nextime Jane sees himshe attempts to follow him into the swamp,but he manages to lose her. Instead she is

found by — Mannon (Lon Chaney Jr.-) . Thisgreat hulking brute menaces her more badlythan an alligator till her alligator-man hus-

band comes to her rescue.

Dr. Wingate now reveals what is going on.

"I have been experimenting," he explains,

"with the same glandular secretions that per-

mit some reptiles to grow new limbs, attempt-

ing to return amputation cases (in humanaccidents) to normal. Unfortunately, I havenot always been successful. In science there

is much trial, much error."

Paul's present condition is the result of

such unfortunate experimentation.

SWAMPED!In a last all-out effort to cure Paul, Dr.

Wingate subjects him to rays from a cobalt

bombardment machine, but the operation is

interrupted by the interference of crazed

Mannon, and Paul emerges more like an alli-

gator than ever! In his horror he staggers

into the swamp and drowns as the cobalt ma-chine explodes and destroys the doctor andhis work.Jane survives.

Moral: Don't dig alligators, or you maybe left holding the bag. •

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When the Ghoullup Poll reported that FM readers

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were seeking the beast in Deathday cards, Hallowe'en

greetings, Sorry You Flunked Your Ax-am sentiments,

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The first thing he drew was a long breoth. This heheld till he was purple in the foce, then he lookedaround the place for something to eat. He was the

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SCREAMS FROM CLUB MEMBERSGreetings, Ghouls

!

Monster Vice-Presidents from almost eveiystate in the country have sent in their bits

of chatter for publication ' in good old

FAMOUS MONSTERS—so we're off on awild ride on Dr. Acula's broom as we sweepup the dirt on local monster doings:

STEVE TARRY. 217 East Division, Mt.Vernon, Washington, wants a pen-pal wholoves monsters. His idea of a great double-

featurfe is: DRACULA and PEG O' MYHEART . . . LAWRENCE RAYBOURNE,12009 Brooklawn Ave., Cleveland, Ohio, could

also use a (poison) pen-pal . . . SHELDONHARRIS of New York has a local MonsterClub among his gang . . . Oradell, N. J. is

the hang-out of the ghouls under the leader-

ship of GEORGE CARD . . . T. MINARD,1205 S. 4th St., St. Charles, Illinois has a

bunch of back issues for sale on Mad maga-zine and other "mad-type" books.ROBERT WALKER, 8115 Mapie St.. New

Orleans 18, La., has a few movie monstersnapshots for sale. Write him for details . .

.

STEVE GORMAN, 1228 S. Citrus, L. A. 19,

Calif., wants TOP-TUNE surveys to trade . .

.

Anyone who has a glossy photo of The Re-venge of the Creature, write to CRAIGDUDLEY, 2638 E. 24 St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

^m^N^mW, . . COSIMO GEPPI, JR., 408 S. High St.,

Baltimore 2, Md., wants to buy, sell, or trademagazines ... a fetter from DICK SKOLA,2020 E. 1700 South St., Salt Lake City, Utah,mentions that his Enjflish teacher, Mr. AaronBeard of Hillside Jr. High, has expressedinterest in a FAMOUS MONSTERS sub-scription . . . want to buy some baseball cards?DAN KAMINSKY, 364 Willow St.. Water-bury, Conn., has 'em for sale.

CLAUDE BUTTLE, 4126 De Bullion St.,

Montreal, Que.. Canada, wants a pen-pal whodigs monsters ... so does HOWARDFIELDS, 2197 Ocean Ave., Brooklyn. N. Y.. . . ALLEN BORDA (one of our most de-

voted fans), 137 E. Main St.. Bath, Pa.,

wants to trade monsterific drawings withanyone interested . . . write to DICK WEIS-MAN, 2604 Newkirk Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.if you want to buy a copy of DRACULA

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only 20c ._.

. Monster V.P. BILL SHEPARDof Allison,' Iowa, is lonely for some monstermail . . . JIM McELROY, 4709 Crescent Dr.,

Shreveport, La., has 20 MILLION MILESTO EARTH for sale in book form for 25c.

FRED SELWYN. 785 Ocean Parkway,Brooklyn, N. Y, wants a pen-pal who loves

monsters . . . write to BETTY JANE GOLD-STEIN, 923 East 12 St., Brooklyn, N. Y. if

you're a fan of Bela Lugosi and DRACULA(how did you like our cover this issue,

Betty?) . . . RONALD COLASACCO, 378 E.

165th St., Bronx, N. Y. will trade Mad magsfor monster photos ... if you are a girl

monster fan, 13 to 15 years old, write to

JACK MYERS, 8120 Aspen Ave., N.E.,

Albuquerque, N. Mexico, as Jack is dying to

hear from you . . . DAVE PASKOW has apile of stuff to trade, such as Tom Corbettbooks. Humbug books, etc. White him at 817W. 66th Ave.. Phila. 26, Pa.NEIL JOFFEE, 1416 Manor Court. Mer-

rick, L. I., N. Y., wants a pen-pal. Please sendhim a picture of yourself when you write . , .

LESLIE ANN RAY, 437 N. Fulton Ave.,Lindenhurst, N. Y., also wants a pen-pal tobrighten up her cave . . . LYNNE PRICE,2898 Scobie Road, Peninsula, Ohio, wantsclippings and/or articles about the great Bela. . . TED BROOKE, 4958 La Vista Rd..Tucker, Ga., has a trunk full of goodies to

trade. Get in touch with him . . . ANDYGROSS of Forest Hills, N. Y. thinks FM is

the wildest thing in the universe ... a fannamed ED MAZER. 2241 S. 5th St.. Phila.

48, Pa., wants to trade his monster bookswith another fan . . . BOB DYKE sent us a

picture of himself" as Frankenstein, but thePostmaster of Dearborn, Mich., wouldn't let

it go through the mails for fear it would endup in the DEAD LETTER DEPARTMENT.BILLY McKEOUN, 106Fernon St., Phila.,

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PHILLIP MENDELSON of Long Beach, N. Y., says hello to all youZACHERLEY fans, and wants to know when Zach will be back in FM.We've got a big surprise coming up for you soon, Phil . . . SYLVIAHIRAHARA wants to know what the Publisher of FM looks like. Well.Sylvia^the only reason we haven't put his face on the cover is that it

would scare away readers . . . RICHARD ALLEN of Rockaway Beach,N. Y., growls a hello to alt who howl at the moon . . , MARTHA WILLIAMSsent a picture of herself in a bathing suit and^sks if we would tell theworld that she wants a pen-pal. Sure, Martha—and our staff thinks you'rethe prettiest girl-monster we ever saw in a swimming pool. Were youlooking for Blacky Lagoon? Martha's address is; 82 7th Ave., Newark,N, J. . . . EDWARD ERSLEV wants to buy your monster photos. Let himknow what you've got. Address: 89 Booth Ave., Englewood, N. J. . . . SAMBOCCIITI wants to hear.from all monster-lovers in Philadelphia. If theywill stop in at his barber shop at 15th and Grange Streets, he will buythem ail a eoke.

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The Second Issue told the tale of Boris Karloff, THEMONSTER WHO MADE A MAN, and tfie Life & Deathstory of Bela Lugost, PUBLIC VAMPIRE #1.

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